Major Exploration
Start your major exploration with a self-assessment
Understand your values and strengths before you choose a major. Focus 2 Career helps students explore Mines majors and career paths through strengths assessments and quizzes. To access Focus 2, log into your My.Mines.edu account and search the Focus 2 app in the search bar.
Learn about the different Majors at Mines
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Majors offered:
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Statistics
You’ll gain experience in mathematical modeling, applied analysis, and interpreting data
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Chemical Engineering has 4 tracks:
- Chemical Engineering
- Biological Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Chemical Engineering Honors Research
Encompasses everything from design to large-scale manufacturing of a wide variety of products through chemical and biochemical processes
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Majors offered:
- Chemistry
- Biochemistry
Gain an interdisciplinary approach to solving real-world problems in areas such as sustainability, alternative fuels and energy, bio-detection, materials, nanomedicines and water quality assessment.
Civil and Environmental
Majors offered:
- Civil Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Construction Engineering
Graduates design, protect, and maintain sustainable built and natural environments in society.
Computer Science
Computer Science has 7 focus areas:
- CS General
- CS + Business
- CS + Data Science
- CS + Computer Engineering
- CS + Robotics & Intelligent Systems
- CS + Space
- CS + Research Honors
You will make meaning of large amounts of data; give machines the ability to operate autonomously, or become involved with high performance computing, networking, security and privacy, graphics, or mobile and web development to name a few.
Economics and Business Engineering & Management Science
Majors Offered:
- Economics
- Business Engineering & Management Science
Gain expertise in public policy, industry decision making, entrepreneurship and innovation, especially as they relate to minerals and materials, energy, the environment, and technology
Design Engineering
- Mastery of all phases of the engineering design process.
- A broad education built around hands-on learning experiences.
- Interdisciplinary teamwork tackling real-world challenges.
- A flexible curriculum to explore individual interests and expansive career opportunities.
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering majors can choose to get more in-depth knowledge in a specific area by choosing to specialize their EE technical electives. We offer electives in 4 specialty areas of study within EE:
- Information Systems and Science
- Antennas and Wireless Communications
- Power and Energy Systems
- Integrated Circuits and Electronics
Invent devices that we utilize daily and contribute to solving engineering challenges such as the energy crisis by making solar more economical, reverse engineering the brain to advance manufacturing and communication, and enhancing virtual reality to improve healthcare.
Geological Engineering
Geology has 2 concentrations:
- Minerals and petroleum exploration
- Environmental, engineering geology and geotechnics, and ground-water engineering
Study mineral and energy resources, underground construction and tunneling, geological hazards, and geochemistry, as well as surface and ground water resources.
Geophysical Engineering
Study and explore the earth’s interior through physical measurements collected at the earth’s surface, in boreholes, and from aircraft and satellites.
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering has 7 tracks:
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Automation & Controls
- Biomechanics
- Energy
- Manufacturing
- Materials
- Nuclear Energy
Apply skills in programming, machining, instrumentation and prototyping in four divisions: biomechanics, robotics & automation, Solid mechanics, and thermal fluid systems.
Mining Engineering
Get involved in the extraction of non-metallics, metal ores of all kinds, and solid fuel and energy sources such as coal and nuclear materials.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Be an expert in the processing, properties, selection, and application of structural and functional materials to create bridges to phones to medical devices and everything in between.
Petroleum Engineering
Petroleum Engineering has 5 Focus areas to choose from:
- Resevoirs
- Drilling
- Completions
- Production
- Data Analytics
- Ceramics Engineering
Petroleum Engineering is the exploration, evaluation, development, and recovery of oil, gas, geothermal, and other fluids in the earth.
Engineering Physics
Tackle advanced topics in mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, electronics, and modern physics.
Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering
Interface between biology and mathematics, computer sciences, and chemistry to work in areas of Biology such as pre-med, ecology, systems, and molecular biology.
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