Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .

Term 2 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.67% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Analyse mining phases from exploration to mine closure to determine the impact of mine planning and design on the safety, productivity and success of a mining operation
2. Outline the acts and regulations associated with Australian Law that impact on mine planning and design for surface, underground, coal and metalliferous mining
3. Determine the optimum pit limits, bench geometry, haul road design, slope stability and equipment selection for a coal or metalliferous deposit requiring surface mining operations
4. Determine suitable orebody access, mining method, level spacing, material handling, ground support, and ventilation for a coal or metalliferous deposit requiring underground mining
5. Deduce the constraints associated with scheduling the development and production of an underground mining operation
6. Demonstrate an effective and professional level of teamwork, communication and support for collaborative peer group learning through the use of forums, reflective journals and workbooks.

The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:

Introductory 3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 1N 4N 6N ) 3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership. (LO: 6N )

Intermediate 1.1 Comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. (LO: 3I ) 1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline. (LO: 3I 4I 5I ) 1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1N 2I 3I 4I 5N ) 1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 3N 4I ) 2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 1I 3I 4N 5N ) 2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 1N 2N 3I ) 2.4 Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects. (LO: 1I 2N 5N ) 3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability. (LO: 1N 2I 3I 4I ) 3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 1N 2N 3I 4N 5N 6I ) 3.5 Orderly management of self, and professional conduct. (LO: 1I 2I 6N )

Advanced 1.4 Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4A ) 1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 3A 4I ) 2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources. (LO: 2N 3I 4N 5A ) 3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 1I 2N 3N 4I 5N 6A )

Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) which link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.

Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping informationhttps://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511

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