Program Overview

Programme: BEng Mining Engineering ENGAGE

The Engineering Augmented Degree Programme (ENGAGE) is an extended degree programme with a five-year curriculum. It is designed to enable students who show academic potential but who do not meet the normal entry requirements for the four-year degree programme, to obtain an Engineering degree.

Programme Information

• The curriculum for years four and five of the ENGAGE programme are identical to the curriculum for years 3 and 4 of the 4-year programme, respectively.
• Students may apply directly for admission to the programme.
• Students must register for the entire programme, not components of it. The curriculum is fixed; there are no electives.
• Attendance at all components of years 1 to 3 of the programme is compulsory. Non-attendance will only be condoned in the case of illness (sick note required) or family crisis (e.g. a death in the family), in which case students must inform the programme administration immediately.
• Students who fail to meet the attendance requirement for any module in any semester of years 1 to 3 of the programme will be excluded from the programme.
• No augmented module may be repeated more than once.
• Selection into the programme will be based on a combination of performance in the National Senior Certificate examinations or equivalent and other selection tests approved by the faculty.
• A student who fails a mainstream module (e.g. Chemistry) but passes the associated augmented module (e.g. Additional chemistry) does not need to repeat the augmented module.
• A student who fails an augmented module (e.g. Additional chemistry) but passes the associated mainstream module (e.g. Chemistry) does not need to repeat the mainstream module.
• A student must meet the attendance requirement and obtain at least 40% for both the continuous assessment and test components as well as a final mark of 50% in order to pass an augmented module.

Curriculum

The curriculum is structured as follows:

• Year 1:
  • UPO 112: Academic orientation 112 (Credits: 0.00)
  • CHM 172: General chemistry 172 (Credits: 16.00)
  • FSK 116: Physics 116 (Credits: 16.00)
  • HAS 110: Humanities and social sciences 110 (Credits: 8.00)
  • HAS 120: Humanities and social sciences 120 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 110: Professional orientation 110 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 116: Additional Mathematics 1 116 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 120: Professional orientation 120 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 126: Additional Mathematics 2 126 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 152: Additional Physics 152 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 161: Additional Chemistry 1 161 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PWP 121: Workshop practice 121 (Credits: 8.00)
  • WTW 158: Calculus 158 (Credits: 16.00)
  • WTW 164: Mathematics 164 (Credits: 16.00)
• Year 2:
  • EBN 111: Electricity and electronics 111 (Credits: 16.00)
  • JCP 203: Community-based project 203 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 112: Additional Electricity and electronics 112 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 113: Additional Graphical communication 113 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 123: Additional Materials science 123 (Credits: 8.00)
  • JPO 125: Additional Mechanics 125 (Credits: 8.00)
  • MGC 110: Graphical communication 110 (Credits: 16.00)
  • NMC 123: Materials science 123 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PPY 220: Experiential training 220 (Credits: 16.00)
  • SWK 122: Mechanics 122 (Credits: 16.00)
  • WTW 258: Calculus 258 (Credits: 8.00)
  • WTW 263: Numerical methods 263 (Credits: 8.00)
• Year 3:
  • BES 220: Engineering statistics 220 (Credits: 8.00)
  • MPR 213: Programming and information technology 213 (Credits: 16.00)
  • MSD 210: Dynamics 210 (Credits: 16.00)
  • MTX 221: Thermodynamics 221 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PJJ 210: Professional and technical communication 210 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PMY 210: Introduction to mining 210 (Credits: 8.00)
  • SUR 220: Surveying 220 (Credits: 14.00)
  • SWK 210: Strength of materials 210 (Credits: 16.00)
  • WTW 238: Mathematics 238 (Credits: 16.00)
  • WTW 256: Differential equations 256 (Credits: 8.00)
• Year 4:
  • BSS 310: Engineering management 310 (Credits: 8.00)
  • GLY 256: Geology for engineering 256 (Credits: 16.00)
  • MIA 320: Engineering activity and group work 320 (Credits: 8.00)
  • MTV 310: Thermoflow 310 (Credits: 16.00)
  • NMP 310: Minerals processing 310 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PME 320: Mineral economics 320 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PMY 311: Surface mining and geotechnics 311 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PMY 320: Mining 320 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PNB 300: Industrial excursions 300 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PPY 320: Experiential training 320 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PRX 321: Explosives engineering 321 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PSC 321: Introduction to project 321 (Credits: 8.00)
• Year 5:
  • GLY 254: Structural geology 254 (Credits: 12.00)
  • GLY 352: Geodynamics and ore formation 352 (Credits: 18.00)
  • IPI 410: Engineering professionalism 410 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PEE 410: Mine ventilation engineering 410 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PMY 410: Mining 410 (Credits: 16.00)
  • PMY 423: Mine operational risk management 423 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PMZ 422: Mine design and research 422 (Credits: 42.00)
  • PNB 400: Industrial excursions 400 (Credits: 8.00)
  • PSC 411: Project 411 (Credits: 10.00)
  • PSZ 410: Strata control 410 (Credits: 16.00)

Promotion to Next Study Year

• Promotion to the second semester of the first year and to the second year of study (Eng. 14):
  • A new first-year student who has failed in all the prescribed modules of the programme at the end of the first semester, is excluded from studies in the School of Engineering.
  • A student who complies with all the requirements of the first year of study, is promoted to the second year of study.
  • A student who has not passed at least 70% of the credits of the first year of study after the November examinations, must reapply for admission should he/she intend to proceed with his/her studies.
• Promotion to the third year of study of the Four-year Programme, as well as to the third and the fourth years of study of the ENGAGE Programme:
  • A student who complies with all the requirements of the second year of study, is promoted to the third year of study.
  • A student must pass all the prescribed modules at first year level (level 100) before he or she is admitted to any module at third year level (level 300).
• Promotion to the fourth year of study of the Four-year Programme, as well as to the fifth year of study of the ENGAGE Programme:
  • A student who complies with all the requirements of the third year of study is promoted to the fourth year of study.
  • A student must pass all the prescribed modules of the second year of study, before he or she is admitted to any module of the fourth year of study.

Pass with Distinction

• A student graduates with distinction if:
  • No module of the third or fourth year of study of the four year programme or of the fourth or fifth year of the ENGAGE programme was repeated and a weighted average of at least 75% was obtained in one year in all the modules of the final year of study; and
  • The degree programme was completed within the prescribed four years for the four year programme and within the prescribed five years of the ENGAGE programme.