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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

MJRP-MINGL v.1 Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology Major (GDip AppGeol)


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


The Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology Major provides specialised technical and professional training for graduates in geology or closely related disciplines. It is designed for those with a particular interest in the minerals industry and all students undertake a supervised project on a minerals related topic, often in collaboration with industry or government partners.



Major/Minor/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
ERTH5000 v.1   Geoscience Professional Practice 4.0 25.0
GEOL5017 v.1   Ore Deposits 4.0 25.0
GEOL5000 v.1   Mining Geology and Resource Estimation 4.0 25.0
GEOL5013 v.1   Geology Diploma Project A 4.0 25.0
  100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
GEOL5014 v.1   Geology Diploma Project B 8.0 50.0
GEOP2004 v.1   Geophysics for Mineral Exploration 4.0 25.0
GEOL5016 v.1   Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration 5.0 25.0
  100.0




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