Program Overview

Online Education

The university offers various online programs, including graduate certificates. One such program is the Online Graduate Certificate in Explosives Technology, which is part of the Mining and Explosives Engineering department.

About the Certificate

This certificate program is designed to provide formalized education in the area of explosives. Students will be exposed to the theoretical and practical approaches of explosives technology. The program covers analysis and design of explosive-related systems and both natural and built structure effects.

Admission Requirements

The explosives technology certificate program is open to all graduates holding a BA, or advanced higher degree with a mathematics background through trigonometry (equivalent to Missouri S&T Math 6) and a minimum of 12 months of post-BA professional employment experience.

• The student must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in the four courses required for this graduate certificate.
• Students admitted to a graduate certificate program will have non-degree student status but will earn graduate credit for the courses they complete.
• If the four-course sequence is completed with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, the student, upon application, will be admitted to the MS degree in Explosives Engineering.
• However, they will be precluded from taking any graduate courses until successful completion of the following prerequisite courses:
  • General Chemistry 1 (or equivalent)
  • General Chemistry 1 Lab (or equivalent)
  • Intro to Lab Safety & Hazardous Materials (or equivalent)
  • Calculus for Engineers 1 (or equivalent)
  • Calculus for Engineers 2 (or equivalent)
  • Engineering Physics 1 (or equivalent)
  • Statics and Dynamics (or equivalent)
• The applicant must also pass a background check.
• Once admitted to a certificate program, a student will be given three years to complete the program, provided they maintain at least a B average in the courses taken.

Pathway to a Master's Degree

The graduate certificate program is designed as a pathway to a master's degree. It has more relaxed admission requirements, and the credits earned will count toward the degree. Upon successfully earning the graduate certificate, students can continue with the corresponding master's degree without needing to take the GRE/GMAT.

Related Degrees

This graduate certificate may act as a pathway to the following master's programs:

• Mining Engineering (MS) Note that completion of a graduate certificate program does not automatically guarantee admission into a corresponding graduate degree program. To continue in a master's degree program, students must apply.