Curriculum for
Dual Civil and Mining Engineering Degrees

Proposed Course Schedule

1st Year, Fall Semester Hrs CHEM 115 Fundamentals of Chemistry 4 ENGL 101 Composition and Rhetoric 3 ENGR 101 Engr. Problem Solving I 2 ENGR 199 Orientation 1 GEC Elective 3 MATH 155 Calculus 4 Total Hours: 17		1st Year, Spring Semester Hrs ENGR 102 Engineering Problem Solving II 3 GEC: GEOL 101 Planet Earth 3 GEOL 102 Planet Earth Lab 1 MATH 156 Calculus 4 PHYS 111 General Physics 4 Total Hours: 15
2nd Year, Fall Semester Hrs CE 201 Introduction to CE 1 MAE 241 Statics 3 MATH 251 Multivariate Calculus 4 MINE 201 Mine Surveying 3 MINE 205 Underground Mining Systems 3 MINE 261 Engineering CAD 2 Total Hours: 16		2nd Year, Spring Semester Hrs ENGL 102 Composition and Rhetoric 3 MAE 242 Dynamics 3 MATH 261 Differential Equations 4 MINE 206 Surface Mining Systems 4 PHYS 112 General Physics 4 Total Hours: 18
3rd Year, Fall Semester Hrs CE 321 Fluid Mechanics 3 GEOL 342 Structural Geology 3 MAE 243 Mechanics of Materials 3 MAE 320 Thermodynamics 3 STAT 215 Statistics 3 Total Hours: 15		3rd Year, Spring Semester Hrs CE Core* 4 CE Core* 4 MINE 331 Mine Ventilation 3 MINE 427 Coal Preparation 4 MINE 480 Interdisciplinary Team Project 1 Total Hours: 16
4th Year, Fall Semester Hrs CE Core* 4 CE Core* 4 MINE 306 Mining Exploration & Evaluation 3 MINE 382 Mine Power System 3 Total Hours: 14		4th Year, Spring Semester Hrs CE Design Elective† 3 CE Design Elective† 3 CE Seminar 1 CE 322 Hydrotechnical Engineering 3 GEC Elective 3 IENG 377 Engineering Economy 3 Total Hours: 16
5th Year, Fall Semester Hrs GEC Elective 3 GEC: ECON 201 Principles of Microeconomics 3 MINE 411 Rock Mechanics & Ground Control 4 MINE 471 Mine and Safety Management 3 MINE 483 Mine Design - Exploration 2 Total Hours: 15		5th Year, Spring Semester Hrs CE Open Elective†† 3 CE 479 Integrated Design 3 GEC Elective 3 GEC Elective 3 MINE 484 Mine Design - Report (W) 4 Total Hours: 16

Total Credit Hours for the BSCE-MINE program: 158

Notes:

1. Discipline substitutions are:
   1. MINE 306 fulfills requirement of CE Engr/Math/Sci Elective 1
   2. MINE 411 fulfills requirement of CE Engr/Math/Sci Elective 2
   3. MINE requirement for AGRN 455 is fulfilled through CE 322 and CE 351
   4. MINE 382 fulfills requirement of CE Engineering Elective outside CE
   5. MINE 461 is fulfilled by CE 322
   6. MINE 484W fulfills CE requirement of ENGL 305
   7. MINE requirement for STAT 211 is fulfilled by CE requirement of STAT 215
   8. CE 321 fulfills MINE requirement for MAE 331
   9. MINE Technical Elective and MINE Eng/Sci Technical Elective requirements are fulfilled by any two of the following; CE 332, 347 or 361.
      
   10. GEOL 342 fulfills requirement of CE Science Elective
   11. MINE 261 substitutes for CE 210
   
   

2. Course footnotes.

   *    CE Core Classes are: CE 332 Introduction to Transportation Engineering; CE 351 Introductory Soil Mechanics; CE 347 Environmental Engineering; and CE 361 Structural Analysis I.

   †    CE Design Electives may be selected from Civil Engineering design courses approved by the CE Department. See your advisor for a list of acceptable courses in the CE Department.

   ††  CE Open Electives – Includes most 3- or 4-credit hour courses at the CE 300 or CE 400 course level. See your advisor for a list of acceptable courses in the CE Department.

3. For the most recent list of approved courses in the GEC Program, visit the GEC site at WVU Admissions and Records