Department of Mining Engineering | 230 Mining and Mineral Resources Building | Lexington, KY 40506-0107 | Contact: Jack Groppo, Ph.D. - john.groppo@uky.edu
Mining engineers find, develop, and recover the resources needed to support the daily needs of society from the minerals required to support our daily health to the materials used for roads, buildings, computers, cell phones among most other items used daily. The mining engineering discipline requires a broad range of foundational engineering skills along with the ability to apply specialized technical knowledge in the areas of geotechnical engineering, explosives engineering, ventilation, mine power systems, automation and control, environmental engineering and extractive metallurgy.
Total Hours Required for Degree: 128
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Freshman Year Credit Hours: 31
Fall Semester
14
EGR 101 | EGR 101 - ENGINEERING EXPLORATION I
1
EGR 102 | EGR 102 - FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING COMPUTING
2
CHE 105 --OR-- PHY 231
4
UK Core - Comp. & Comm. I
3
MA 113 | MA 113 - CALCULUS I
4
Spring Semester
17
EGR 103 | EGR 103 - ENGINEERING EXPLORATION II
2
UK Core - Comp. & Comm. II
3
MA 114 | MA 114 - CALCULUS II
4
CHE 105 --OR-- PHY 231
4
PHY 241 --OR-- CHE 111
1
UK Core - Social Sciences
3
Sophomore Year Credit Hours: 35
Fall Semester
18
EES 220 | EES 220 - PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL GEOLOGY