Courses Handbook 2009

308924 (v.2) Industrial Minerals and Fossil Fuels 512


Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308919 (v.2) Geological Concepts 511 or any previous version
AND
308920 (v.2) Resource Geology 511 or any previous version
Syllabus: Industrial minerals (sand, gravel, cement, and mineral sands) and fossil fuels (coal, oil shale, tar sands, oil and gas) are significant contributors to the minerals sector. An examination of the origin of the different industrial mineral and fossil fuel deposits, as well as discussing their treatment and uses.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010703 Geology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2         Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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