308920 (v.1) WASM Resource Geology 511

Area:	WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area
Credits:	12.5
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
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s):	308919 (v.1) WASM Geological Concepts 511
Syllabus:	The emphasis of this unit will be on understanding how various mineral resources form, exploration and how they are developed. Topics include an introduction to ore minerals, industrial minerals, ore deposits and fossil fuels, exploration geochemistry, exploration geophysics, resource estimation, rock mechanics and hydrogeology.
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
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