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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.

310000 (v.2) Surface Mining Systems 432

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

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Area: Department of Mining Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 309994 (v.2) Mining Systems 331 or any previous version
AND
309995 (v.2) Mine Planning 332 or any previous version
AND
    309997 (v.3) Hard Rock Mine Design and Feasibility 431 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 307020 (v.2) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of Science (Mining) or any previous version
Syllabus: This is an advanced course building on the learning acquired in the Mining Systems course. The students will have the opportunity to further develop their knowledge and skills in the selection and evaluation of surface coal and metalliferous mining systems using a project-based learning approach.
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
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