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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312185 (v.1) Mine Geotechnical Engineering 431

Area: Department of Mining Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     303136 (v.2) WASM Engineering Physics 132 or any previous version
    OR
    305690 (v.1) WASM Engineering Physics 134 or any previous version
    OR
    307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
AND
    303146 (v.2) Mechanics of Solids 232 or any previous version
    OR
    308802 (v.1) Strength of Materials 232 or any previous version
AND
303154 (v.4) Mining Geomechanics 331 or any previous version
AND
    303179 (v.2) WASM Structural Geology 317 or any previous version
    OR
    311694 (v.1) Resource and Structural Geology 212 or any previous version
Syllabus: Provides the ability to apply soil and rock mechanics to the design of underground and surface mine excavations and associated infrastructure.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 030303 Mining Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 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