MRGCRTG - Mineral Resource Geology
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Program Type
Graduate Certificate
College
College of Science
Career
Graduate
Program Description
The Graduate Certificate in Mineral Resource Geology has been designed to provide early career professionals and upper-division undergraduates with a focused introduction to mineral resource geology principles and applications. By taking the certificate, participants will gain insights into ore deposits models, geochemistry, mineralogy, and petrology of mineral deposits, structural geology for exploration and mine geology, and advanced field mapping. The certificate also gives the opportunity to dive deeper into other areas of interest (mining, mineral processing, mining law, environment, health, and safety) that complement the core curriculum.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate graduate-level understanding of ore deposit types, their global distribution, and formation processes.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce accurate geological maps and sections using industry best-practice geological mapping and logging methods.
- Debate literature on deposit geology and integrate contradictory and controversial evidence and interpretations.
- Contextualize and communicate minerals industry information to professional and non-professional audiences.
- Contextualize and explain the linkage between ore systems, geodynamic context, and igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes.
- Demonstrate fundamental understanding of geometallurgy and the value of mineralogical characterization in mine planning, ore processing, and mine development.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce accurate geological maps and sections using industry best-practice geological mapping and logging methods.
- Debate literature on deposit geology and integrate contradictory and controversial evidence and interpretations.
- Contextualize and communicate minerals industry information to professional and non-professional audiences.
- Contextualize and explain the linkage between ore systems, geodynamic context, and igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes.
- Demonstrate fundamental understanding of geometallurgy and the value of mineralogical characterization in mine planning, ore processing, and mine development.