Graduate Program in Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Courses
Students in the Petroleum and Mineral Engineering program are required to take 10 credits of compulsory courses. In addition, students must also take a minimum number of course credits in their selected specialty option of industrial health and safety, mining and mineral process engineering, or petroleum and natural gas engineering.
The compulsory courses in PME include:
- PME 500 - Energy and Mineral Project Investment Evaluation (3 credits)
- PME 510 - Occupational Health and Safety Engineering (3)
- PME 520 - Multiphase Systems Analysis (3)
- PME 590 - Colloquium (1)
The courses available in the three specialty option areas include:
- Industrial Health and Safety
- IHS 500 - Occupational Safety Engineering (3)
- IHS 510 - Occupational Health (3)
- IHS 520 - Contemporary Issues in Industrial Health and Safety (3)
- IHS 590 - Colloquium (1-3)
- IHS 596 - Individual Studies (1-9)
- IHS 597 - Special Topics (1-9)
- Mining and Mineral Process Engineering Courses
- MNG 515 - Mine Systems Simulation (3)
- MNG 541 - Surface Mine Equipment Selection Analysis (3)
- MNG 554 - Rock Mechanics Design (3)
- MNG 557 - Computational Geomechanics I (3)
- MNG 590 - Colloquium (1-3)
- MNG 596 - Individual Studies (1-9)
- MNG 597 - Special Topics (1-9)
- MNG 598 - Special Topics (1-9)
- MN PR 401 - Mineral Process Engineering (3)
- MN PR 421 - Particle Technology Laboratory (1-3)
- MN PR 424 - Coal Preparation (3)
- MN PR 425 - Interfacial Phenomena and Flotation (3)
- MN PR 426 - Aqueous Processing (3)
- MN PR 501 - Interfacial Phenomena in Mineral Systems (3)
- MN PR 503 - Colloid Phenomena (3)
- MN PR 505 - Physical Separations in Mineral Processing (3)
- MN PR 506 - Mineral Process Plant Design (3-10)
- MN PR 507 - Hydrometallurgical Processing (3)
- MN PR 508 - Mineral Particle Systems (3)
- MN PR 509 - Particle-Fluid Dynamics (3)
- MN PR 590 - Colloquium (1-3)
- MN PR 596 - Individual Studies (1-9)
- MN PR 597 - Special Topics (1-9)
- MN PR 598 - Special Topics (1-9)
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Courses
- PNG 501 - Steady State Flow in Porous Media (3)
- PNG 502 - Unsteady Flow in Porous Media (3)
- PNG 503 - Reservoir Engineering Problems (3)
- PNG 511 - Numerical Solution of the Partial Differential Equations of Flow in Porous Media (3)
- PNG 512 - Numerical Reservoir Simulation (3)
- PNG 513 - Advanced Numerical Reservoir Simulation (3)
- PNG 514 - Optimization of Petroleum Recovery Processes (3)
- PNG 515 - Advanced Oil Recovery Techniques (3)
- PNG 518 - Design of Miscible Recovery Projects (3)
- PNG 519 - Design of Thermal Recovery Projects (3)
- PNG 520 - Phase Relations in Reservoir Engineering (3)
- PNG 530 - Natural Gas Engineering (1-3)
- PNG 531 - Natural Gas Storage Engineering (3)
- PNG 532 - Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution Engineering (3)
- PNG 533 - Gas-to-Liquid Processing Technology (3)
- PNG 550 - Advanced Engineering Evaluation in Oil and Gas Management (3)
- PNG 555 - Drilling Optimization (3)
- PNG 575 - Gas Lift Design and Optimization (3)
- PNG 576 - Production Operations (3)
- PNG 580 - Advanced Natural Gas Production Engineering (3)
- PNG 590 - Colloquium (1-3)
- PNG 595 - Internship (1-15)
- PNG 596 - Individual Studies (1-9)
- PNG 597 - Special Topics (1-9)
- PNG 598 - Special Topics (1-9)
In addition to the IHS, MMPE, and PNG courses listed, students may also choose from the following courses:
- Industrial Health and Safety Option Students
- ASM 426 - Management of Safety and Health Issues in Production Agriculture and Related Business (3)
- BA 517 - Communication Skills for Management (1-3)
- BB H 432 - Biobehavioral Aspects of Stress (3)
- BB H 440 - Principles of Epidemiology (3)
- BB H 503 - Biobehavioral Systems in Health and Development: Processes and Integration (3)
- BB H 504 - Behavioral Health Intervention Strategies (3)
- GEOSC 498A - Hazardous Waste Operations (3)
- HLHED 450 - Worksite Health Promotion (3)
- I E 418 - Human/Computer Interface Design (3)
- I E 419 - Work Design - Productivity and Safety (3)
- I E 552 - Mechanics of the Musculoskeletal System (3)
- I E 553 - Engineering of Human Work (3)
- LER 444 - Occupational Health: Policy and Practice (3)
- MIN E 415 - Management in the Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, and Health and Safety Problems (3)
- SOC 455 - Work and Occupations (3)
- STAT 500 - Applied Statistics (3)
- STAT 501 - Regression Methods (3)
- STAT 509 - Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (3)
- STAT 511 - Regression Analysis and Modeling (3)
- STAT 512 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)
- WF ED 471 - Training in Industry and Business (3)
- Mining and Mineral Process Engineering Option Students
- E MCH 461 - Finite Elements in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524A - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524B - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524C - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 560 - Finite Element Analysis (3)
- GEOEE 557 - Computational Geomechanics I (3)
- GEOEE 559 - Consolidation of Porous Media (2)
- MIN E 415 - Management in the Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, and Health and Safety Problems (3)
- STAT 511 - Regression Analysis and Modeling (3)
- STAT 512 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)
- Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option Students
- CH E 446 - Transport Phenomena (3)
- CH E 453 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
- CH E 545 - Transport Phenomena I (3)
- CH E 546 - Transport Phenomena II (3)
- E MCH 461 - Finite Elements in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524A - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524B - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- E MCH 524C - Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3)
- GEOEE 557 - Computational Geomechanics I (3)
- GEOEE 559 - Consolidation of Porous Media (2)
- ME 461 - Finite Elements in Engineering (3)
- STAT 511 - Regression Analysis and Modeling (3)
- STAT 512 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3)