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Graduate Studies
Program Description
The Mining Engineering area or specialty predominantly for mining engineers and it is directed towards the traditional mining engineering fields. Graduate work is normally centered around subject areas such as mine planning and development, rock mechanics, operations research applied to the mineral industry, and similar mining engineering topics.
The Earth Systems Engineering area or specialty is designed to be distinctly interdisciplinary by merging the mining engineering fundamentals with civil, geotechnical, environmental or other engineering into advanced study tracks in earth (rock) systems, rock mechanics and earth (rock) structural systems, underground excavation, and construction systems. Graduate work is normally centered around subject areas such as site characterization, environmental aspects, underground construction and tunneling (including microtunneling), excavation methods and equipment, mechanization of mines and underground construction, environmental and management aspects, modeling and design geo-engineering.
Degrees Offered
Program Requirements
The Master of Engineering degree in Mining and Earth Systems engineering includes all the requirements for the M.S. degree, with the sole exception that an "engineering report" is required rather than a Master's Thesis.
The Master of Science degree in Mining and Earth Systems Engineering has two options available. Master of Science - Thesis and Master of Science - Non-Thesis. Thesis Option requires a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of course work, approved by student's graduate committee, plus a master's thesis. The Master of Science - Non-Thesis option must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours of course work of which 6 credit hours may be applied towards the analytical report writing, if required.
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in Mining and Earth Systems Engineering requires a total of 90 credit hours, beyond the bachelor's degree of which the Ph. D. Thesis shall be no fewer than 30 credit hours. The usual departmental requirement is a minimum of 60 credit hours of course work and 30 credit hours for thesis work. The thesis must be successfully defended before a doctoral committee.
Prerequisites
Students entering a graduate program for the master's or doctor's degree are expected to have had much the same undergraduate training as that required at Colorado School of Mines in Mining, if they are interested in the traditional mining specialty. Students interested in the Earth systems Engineering specialty with different engineering sub-disciplinary background may also require special mining engineering subjects depending upon their graduate program. Deficiencies, if any, will be determined by the Department of Mining Engineering on the basis of the student's education, experience, and graduate study goals.
For specific information on prerequisites, students are encouraged to refer to a copy of the Mining Department's Departmental Guidelines and Regulations for Graduate Students, available from the Mining Department.
Required Curriculum
All graduate students are required to complete three departmental core courses during their first academic year of study at CSM. These courses are:
MNGN505 - Rock Mechanics in Mining MNGN512 - Advanced Surface Mine Design MNGN516 - Advanced Underground Mine Design
In addition, all full-time graduate students are required to register for and attend MNGN625 - Graduate Mining Seminar each semester while in residence, except in the case of scheduling conflicts with other courses approved by the thesis advisor.
Fields of Research
The Mining Engineering Department focuses on the following fundamental areas:
1. Geomechanics, Rock Mechanics and stability of underground openings 2. Computerized mine design and related applications (including geostatistical modeling) 3. Advanced integrated mining systems incorporating mine mechanization and mechanical mining systems 4. Underground excavation (tunneling) and construction 5. Site characterization and geotechnical investigations, modeling and design in geo-engineering
Other graduate classes that are offered at the department
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Master
of Engineering (Engineer of Mines)