Here is some additional information to help you plan. Go to the Registrar’s Office minor page for the most current list of requirements.
Required Mineral Processing and Mineralogy Courses
You need to take all three of these courses.
- CM 2200 Intro to Minerals and Materials is usually offered every fall semester.
- CM 3830 Mineral Processing and Extraction Lab is usually offered every spring semester.
- GE 2300 Mineral Science is usually offered every fall semester. This course includes a lecture and laboratory.
Thermodynamics Courses
You need to take one course on the list. Check with the department offering the course for the expected planned schedule.
Elective Courses
You need to take at least seven credits from this list.
- CM 3825 Sampling, Statistics, and Instrumentation has not been offered recently.
- CM 4020 Undergrad Research in Mineral Processing Engineering is offered on demand. If you are interested in doing undergraduate research then you will need to talk to the faculty who are doing research in the mineral processing area to see if they have a project that you can work on with them. The faculty currently doing research in this area is Dr. Eisele and Dr. Pan.
- CM 4505 Particle Technology is usually offered every other spring during even years, such as Spring ’22, Spring ’24, etc.
- CM 4510 Interfacial Engineering is usually offered every other spring during odd years, such as Spring ’23, Spring ’25, etc.
- CM/MSE 4740 Hydrometallurgy/Pyrometallurgy is usually offered every spring.
- EC 4630 Mineral Industry Economics is usually offered every other spring semester and requires principles of economics as a prereq. However it hasn’t been offered recently and so you’ll need to check with the College of Business to see when it will be available next.
- ENT XXXX Enterprise Project Work. If you are doing work in Enterprise that is in the mineral processing area then up to three credits of Enterprise may be approved to use towards the minor. Email a brief description of your project for each of the semesters that you wish to be considered for approval to the chemical engineering advisor.
- GE 3400 Drilling and Blasting is usually offered every fall and requires additional prerequisites. However, if you have already completed both PH 2100 University Physics I and CM 2200 Intro to Minerals and Materials, then you might be able to get permission to enroll in the class. Contact the instructor of the course for consideration.
- GE 4360 Bulk Material Dynamics and Engineering is usually offered every spring and requires additional prerequisites. However, if you are a chemical engineering student who has already completed both PH 2100 University Physics I and CM 3110 Transport & Unit Operations I, then you might be able to get permission to enroll in the class. Contact the instructor of the course for consideration.
- MSE 3120 Materials Characterization I are offered every spring and require additional prerequisites and so you’ll need to plan ahead.