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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

308923 (v.2) Metallic Mineral Deposits 512

Note

Tutition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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.

Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308919 (v.1) WASM Geological Concepts 511
AND
308920 (v.1) WASM Resource Geology 511
Syllabus: Devoted to the various mineral deposits from which metals are extracted including precious metals (gold and silver) and the base metals (copper, lead, nickel and zinc). Emphasis is placed on grade and tonnage characteristics, uses in society, geological environment and extraction methods.
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
2011 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