11714 (v.4) Mining 601

Area:	Department of Mining Engineering
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	16.0
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:	4 x 4 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Overview of the Australian and world mining industry for non-mining professionals. The nature of mining and its principal characteristics. Mining methods - surface and underground mining, surface mining methods and underground mining methods. Mining technology - unit operations in mining, drilling and fragmentation, excavation and transport, geotechnical analysis, mine occupational health and safety, ventilation environment monitoring and control.
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
2010	Bentley Campus	Study Period 11	Y
2010	Kalgoorlie Campus	Study Period 11	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