Program Overview

Explosives Technology Certificate Program

The Explosives Technology Certificate program requires students to complete four designated 3-credit hour explosives courses, totaling 12 credit hours. To receive an undergraduate certificate, students must maintain an average cumulative grade of 2.0 or better in the certificate courses.

Program Requirements

• The program consists of four courses, with one required course and three additional courses chosen from a list of options.
• The required course can be one of the following:
  • EXP ENG 5612: Principles of Explosives Engineering
  • EXP ENG 5711: Explosives in Industry
  • EXP ENG 5721: Specialty Uses of Energetic Materials
  • EXP ENG 5914: Explosives Manufacturing
• The additional three courses can be chosen from the above list or the following:
  • EXP ENG 5112: Explosives Handling and Safety
  • EXP ENG 5512: Commercial Pyrotechnics Operations
  • EXP ENG 5513: Stage Pyrotechnics and Special Effects
  • EXP ENG 5514: Display Fireworks Manufacturing
  • EXP ENG 5555: Computer Fired Pyrotechnic Show Design and Firing System Operation
  • EXP ENG 5622: Blasting Design And Technology
  • EXP ENG 5713: Demolition of Buildings and Structures
  • EXP ENG 5922: Tunneling & Underground Construction Techniques
  • EXP ENG 6112: Explosives Regulations
• Other courses approved by the explosives engineering faculty may be substituted for any of the above-listed courses on a case-by-case basis.

Admission and Eligibility

• Students admitted to the certificate program will have non-matriculated status.
• If students complete the four-course sequence with a grade of B or better in each course, they will be eligible to apply to the S&T mining engineering B.S. program.
• The certificate credits taken by students admitted to the B.S. program may be eligible to count toward their bachelor's degrees, depending on the degree requirements.
• Prerequisite courses outside of those in this certificate program may be waived at the discretion of the administrative co-coordinators for persons who are not regular Missouri S&T mining engineering students.

Program Completion and GPA Requirements

• Once admitted to the certificate program, students will be given three years to complete the certificate, provided they maintain a 2.0 GPA in the courses taken.
• Students with a GPA of 3.0 in the certificate program may take graduate-level explosives classes as electives.