Program Overview

Program Overview

The Explosives Engineering Certificate program is designed to provide formalized education in the area of explosives engineering. Students will be exposed to the theoretical and practical approaches of explosives engineering, including analysis and design of explosive-related systems and both natural and built structure effects.

Admission Criteria

The explosives engineering certificate program is open to all persons holding a B.S. (in an applied science, technology, or engineering), M.S., or Ph.D. degree and who have a minimum of 12-months of post-B.S. professional employment experience.

Program Requirements

To receive a graduate certificate, the student must:

• Take four designated courses
• Have an average cumulative grade of 3.0 or better in the certificate courses

Required Courses

The following courses are required:

• EXP ENG 5612: Principles of Explosives Engineering
• EXP ENG 5622: Blasting Design And Technology
• Two more explosives designated classes on the approved list maintained by the explosives engineering program faculty
  • 3 hours of EXP ENG 6099 and EXP ENG 6000 may be substituted at the discretion of the program coordinators
  • Other courses approved by the explosives engineering faculty may be substituted for any of the above listed courses on a case-by-case basis

Program Structure

Students admitted to the certificate program will have non-matriculated status; however, if they complete the four-course sequence with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, they will be eligible to apply to the M.S. explosives engineering program upon application. The certificate credits taken by the student admitted to the M.S. program will count toward their master's degrees.

Completion Timeline

Once admitted to a certificate program, a student will be given three years to complete the program, so long as he or she maintains at least a B average in the courses taken. Students who do not have all of the prerequisite courses necessary to take the course in the certificate program will be allowed to take "bridge" courses at either the graduate or undergraduate level to prepare for the formal certificate courses.