Minor Overview
- About this minor
- This minor builds STEM skills required to work in the mineral resources industry, a critical export industry that underpins the economy of Western Australia and Australia's GDP. This minor is ideal for students majoring in disciplines such as commerce, law, psychology and social sciences, who are considering employment opportunities in the resources sector. An understanding of mineral resources is developed in this minor to support knowledge-led professional contributions to the minerals industry. The minor teaches key scientific skills in data analysis and interpretation applied to relevant, industry-aligned problems. Alongside core knowledge, the minor also offers diverse WIL opportunities, e.g. in geoscience (that may include fieldwork), resource evaluation and mine site rehabilitation. For students taking a minor which shares units with their other unit sets (majors or minors): in order for minors to be recognised on academic and graduation documents, students may only have a maximum of one unit overlapping between their unit sets.
- Outcomes
- Students are able to (1) demonstrate knowledge of core geological concepts and processes relevant to the science of mineral resources; (2) make reliable observations of common Earth materials and combine observations with core concepts to understand the formation of mineral resources in a complex global system; (3) apply a systems-based view to gain an understanding of the challenges of mineral resources through their life cycle; and (4) demonstrate STEM skills in data gathering and analysis, resource estimation and geostatistics, data synthesis, writing and presentation.
- Incompatibility
MJD-GEOGY Geology;
MJD-IEMDM Integrated Earth and Marine Sciences;
MJD-GECDM Geochemistry;
MJD-EMINE Mining Engineering
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
This minor commences in Semester 2 to honour the prequisites required for progression through the minor.
Take the following unit:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S2 | EART1104 | Discovering Earth | None |
Take the following unit:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S1 | EART2231 | Earth Materials |
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Take the following unit:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S1 | EART3351 | Mineral Resources |
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Group A—select 6 Points from either Group A or Group B:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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NS | EART2232 | Field Geology |
Group B—select 6 Points from either Group A or Group B: