Mining Engineering and Management: Mining Industry Applications Specialization, MS

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Contact Information

Dr. Kelli McCormick, Program Coordinator
Mining Engineering and Management Department
MI 235 A
(605) 394-1971
E-mail: Kelli.McCormick@sdsmt.edu

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Students are responsible for checking with their advisors for any program modifications that may occur after the publication of this catalog.

MS in Mining Engineering and Management - Mining Industry Applications Specialization

The Master of Science in Mining Engineering and Management - Mining Industry Applications Specialization only offers a non-thesis option. The course delivery is geared towards both campus and hybrid-distance delivery modes.

SD Mines students accepted to the Accelerated MS option may apply up to 9 credits of 500/600 level MEM credits taken as an undergraduate toward both the BS and the MS degrees.

Degree requirements for non-thesis option

Distribution of credits

Core requirements: 3 credits
Research or project requirements: 0 credits
Elective requirements: 30 credits
Total credits: 33

A minimum of 17 credits of the 33 required must be taken at the 600 level or above.

Core requirements

The following courses are required for this specialization. All core courses must be taken at the 500 level or higher.

MEM 501 Fundamentals of the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3 *
* If a student has a BS or MS in Mining Engineering, they may exchange MEM 501 for an elective course.

Research or project requirements

No research or project is required or permitted for this degree.

Elective requirements

Thirty (30) credits of courses must be selected from this list. All elective courses must be taken at the 500 level or higher.

MEM 410/510 Advanced Mineral Economics for Managers Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 420/520 Advanced Tunneling and Underground Excavation Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 425/525 Advanced Rock Mechanics Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 430/530 Resource Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 433/533 Advanced Mine Planning & Design Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 445/545/445L/545L Advanced Geostatistics and Grade Estimations/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
MEM 450/550 Rock Slope Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 455/555 Geometallurgy Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 470/570 Project Management for Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 476/576 International Business for Engineers and Scientists Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 610 Topics in Mineral Economics for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 620 Reputation Management for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 630 Mining Law and Environment for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 635 Minerals Industry Value Chain Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 640 Advanced Mine Management for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 645 Advanced Finance for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 650 Mine Systems Optimization Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 655 Advanced Human Capital Management for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 660 Mediation and Negotiation for the Mineral Industry Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 665 Equipment Maintenance Reliability and Management Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 670 Advanced Mine Ventilation and Environmental Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 675/675L Computer Applications in the Minerals Industry Credits: (1-2) 3
MEM 680 Advanced Explosives and Blasting Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 685 Influence of Ore Deposits in the Mining Cycle Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 710 Bulk Materials Handling Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 715 Advanced Mining Geotechnical Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
MEM 755 Rock Slope Engineering II Credits: (3-0) 3

Examinations

No final degree examination is required for the non-thesis option. Individual courses may hold final examinations as part of the course.

Additional requirements

A maximum of 9 credit hours may be transferred from another accredited institution (400 level or above).

In addition to these degree-specific requirements, the student must also meet the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education.