Mining Environmental Management.

Catalog description

PR: CHEM 115 and CHEM 115L and ENGR 102 and MATH 251 with a minimum grade of C- in each. This course covers environmental pollution control as it applies to surface and underground mining systems. General areas of study will include environmental ethical considerations, stakeholder evaluation, mine permitting, and environmental law. Students will also learn the engineering principles of several environmental monitoring and pollution control activities, including material balance calculations, soil management, hydrologic evaluation, fine waste disposal, and remediation.