Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Tailings Engineering

The Graduate Certificate in Tailings Engineering provides students with an introduction to tailings and mine waste concepts and practices. This four-course series instills key core competencies and skills needed to practice as a tailings engineer. Students learn how and why to apply aspects of tailings engineering, preparing them to practice environmental stewardship of mine waste from planning through implementation to post-closure.

Overview

This certificate program prepares engineers or other professionals in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering with the knowledge and training needed to practice the environmental stewardship of mine waste.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

1. Identify fundamental components of tailings management.
2. Define fundamental properties of tailings and mine waste that govern engineering behavior.
3. Analyze engineering performance of tailings and mine waste storage facilities.
4. Assess strength, volume change, and fluid flow behavior of tailings.
5. Collaborate on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects of tailings management.

Requirements

• Course List Code | Title | Credits
  ---|---|---
  CIVE 555| Mining Geotechnics| 3
  Select 3 courses from the following:| 9
  • CIVE 556| Slope Stability, Seepage, and Earth Dams|
  • CIVE 558| Containment Systems for Waste Disposal|
  • CIVE 559| Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering|
  • CIVE 655| Advanced Soil Mechanics|
  • CIVE 659| Advanced Topics in Geoengineering|
    Program Total Credits:| 12

Additional Information

• Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
• This certificate may have courses in common with other graduate certificates. A student may earn more than one certificate, but a given course may be counted only in one certificate program.