Courses Handbook 2008

310052 (v.1) WASM Socio-Environmental Aspects of Mining 331


Area: WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** 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
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 8 Hours Once-only
Syllabus: This unit provides the future mining engineer with a comprehensive and practical understanding of the socio-environment impacts, both positive and negative, that mining has on society. Topics include - product stewardship, legislative and regulatory framework. Voluntary codes, EIA, EMS, environmental auditing, environmental risk management and best practice environmental management, BPE techniques - exploration, noise, water, dust, lighting, tailings and air. Small scale mining, rehab and closure. Social community engagement, developing countries and Indigenous issues.
** 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: 030303 Mining Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*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
2008 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 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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