Plan A Type A 1

Master of Engineering Program in Mining Engineering

Plan A-1
Total credits at a minimum of 36
credits
A. Course work none
B. Thesis 36 credits
256798 MN 798 Thesis 36
credits
C. Non-credit courses
1. Graduate school’s requirement foreign
language courses
2. Program’s requirement
(1) In case that a student has insufficient academic
background in some areas concerning his/her thesis
subject, the student must enroll in some non-credit
courses, with out earning credits, as recommended by
his/her thesis advisor.
(2) A student must submit a progress report of his/her
thesis work to the Graduate Program Administrative
Committee during each quarter; in March, June,
September, and December.
(3) A student must organize and present a seminar or
discussion on the topics related to his/her thesis each
semester, for at least three semesters.
 (4) With the approval of the Graduate Program
Administrative Committee, a student must present at
least on academic paper related to his/her thesis at an
academic meeting or publish the paper in an
academic journal. In case of publishing a paper the
stages of having a paper accepted for publication or
being in press are acceptable.

Plan A Type A (2)

Master of Engineering Program in Mining Engineering
Plan A-2

Total credits, with a minimum of 37

หน่วยกิต
A. Course work, with a minimum of 19
credits
1. Graduate courses, with a minimum of 19
credits
1.1 Major courses, with a minimum of
19 credits
1.1.1 Required courses 4
credits
256700 MN 700 Innovative Technology in
Mining Industry 3
credits
 256790 MN 791 Seminar in Mining
Engineering 1 credits
1.1.2 Major electives, a minimum of
15 credits
With the approval of the Graduate Program
Administrative Committee, a
student is Required to enroll in the following
courses with a minimum of 15 credits:
Mine Design and Mining
256711 MN 711 Advanced Blasting
Technology 3 credits
256712 MN 712 Advanced Surface Mine
Design 3 credits
256713 MN 713 Advanced Geostatistics
3 credits
256715 MN 715 Advanced Coal Mining
Methods 3 credits
256716 MN 716 Mechanical Excavation in
Mining 3 credits
256719 MN 719 Selected Topics in Mine
Design and Mining 3 credits
Mineral Processing and Beneficiation
256731 MN 731 Advanced Flotation
3 credits
 256732 MN 732 Design of Mineral Processing
Equipment 3 credits
256735 MN 735 Industrial Mineral Processing
3 credits
256739 MN 739 Selected Topics in
Mineral Processing 3 credits
Mine Management and Mineral Economics
256741 MN 741 Mineral Industry
Management 3 credits
256742 MN 742 Economics of Metallic,
Energy, and
Industrial Minerals 3
credits
256743 MN 743 Operations Research in the
Mineral Industry
3 credits
256744 MN 744 Design and Economics of
Mineral Exploration 3
credits
256745 MN 745 Mining Cost Estimation and
Control 3 credits
Rock Mechanics
256771 MN 771 Rock Mechanics for
Underground
 Excavation 3
credits
256772 MN 772 Numerical Techniques for
Rock Mechanics 3 credits
256773 MN 773 Theory of Rock
Fragmentation 3 credits
256774 MN 774 Rock Slope Engineering
3 credits
256775 MN 775 Rock Mechanics
Instrumentation 3 credits
256779 MN 779 Selected Topics in Rock
Mechanics 3 credits
1.2 Minor courses
none
1.2.1 Required courses
none
1.2.2 Minor electives
none
2. Advanced undergraduate courses
none
B. Thesis 18
credits
256799 MN 799 Thesis
18 credits
C. Non-credits Thesis
 1. Graduate school’s requirement foreign
language courses
2. Program’s requirement. In case that a student has
insufficient academic background in some areas
concerning his/her thesis subject, the student must
enroll in some non-credit courses as recommended
by the Graduate Program Administrative Committee.
3. Also, students without a background in Mining
Engineering, such as those who have a bachelor’s
degree in Science (Geology) or other Engineering,
must enroll or train in some undergraduate courses
as recommended by the Graduate Program
Administrative Committee.
Remark Major courses are the courses offered
through the Mining Engineering
department with 700 or higher level.
 22. Study Plan
22.1 Plan A type A (1)
First year
1 semester 2 semester
st nd

Seminar or discussion 0 Seminar or discussion 0

on the topics related to credit on the topics related to credit
thesis thesis
256798 MN 798 Thesis 12
credits
Total 0 Total 12
credit credits

Second year
1 semester 2 semester
st nd

Seminar or discussion 0 256798 MN 798 12

on the topics related to credit Thesis credits
thesis
256798 MN 798 12
Thesis credits
Total 12 Total 12
credits credits
 22.2 Plan A type A (2)

First year
1 semester 2 semester
st nd

256700 MN 700 3 Major electives 9

Innovative Technology in credits credits
Mining
Industry
256791 MN 791 Seminar 1 credit
in Mining
Engineering
Major electives 6
credits
Total 10 Total 9
credits credits

Second year
1 semester 2 semester
st nd

256799 MN 799 Thesis 9 256799 MN 799 9

credits Thesis credits
Total 9 Total 9
credits credits