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MINERALS INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING II

For students in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, additional subject
specific criteria are:

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

These program criteria apply to engineering programs including “materials,”
“metallurgical,” “ceramics,” “glass,” “polymer,” “biomaterials,” and similar
modifiers in their titles.

1. Curriculum
The curriculum must prepare graduates to apply advanced science
(such as chemistry, biology, and physics), computational techniques
and engineering principles to materials systems implied by the
program modifier, e.g., ceramics, metals, polymers, biomaterials,
composite materials; to integrate the understanding of the scientific
and engineering principles underlying the four major elements of
the field: structure, properties, processing, and performance related
to material systems appropriate to the field; to apply and integrate
knowledge from each of the above four elements of the field using
experimental, computational, and statistical methods to solve materials
problems including selection and design consistent with the program
educational objectives.

2. Faculty
The faculty expertise for the professional area must encompass the four
major elements in the field.

There are also subject specific criteria for students of Mining Engineering.
A notable difference between this and the metallurgy criteria is the
inclusion of clearly defined specific topic areas such as mine planning, rock
mechanics and ventilation.

Mining Engineering

These program criteria apply to engineering programs that
include “mining” or similar modifiers in their titles.

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