Camborne School of Mines Modules 2025/6
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSM1031 | Earth and Environmental Chemistry | 15 | 1 |
| CSM1036 | Field Geology and Geological Maps | 30 | 1, 2 and 3 |
| CSM1041 | Quantitative Methods for Geoscientists | 15 | 1 |
| CSM1042 | Dynamic Planet | 15 | 1 |
| CSM1043 | Crystallography, Mineralogy and Gemstones | 15 | 2 |
| CSM1044 | Earth History and Palaeontology | 15 | 2 |
| CSM1045 | Surveying and Digital Mapping | 15 | 1 |
| CSM1288DA | Mining Life Cycle and Professional Practice | 30 | |
| CSM1289DA | Engineering Fundamentals | 30 | 1 |
| CSM1290DA | Mine Challenge Project | 30 | 1 |
| CSM1291DA | Resource Characterisation | 30 | 1 |
| CSM1904 | CSM Professionalism Year 1 | 0 | 1 and 2 |
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSM2052 | Grand Geoenvironmental Challenges | 15 | 2 |
| CSM2182 | Structural Geology and Tectonics | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| CSM2183 | Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| CSM2184 | Geological Mapping Techniques | 15 | 2 and 3 |
| CSM2185 | Geotechnics | 15 | 1 |
| CSM2190 | Geophysics | 15 | 1 |
| CSM2320DA | Digitisation and Automation | 30 | 1 |
| CSM2321DA | Material Processing | 30 | 1 |
| CSM2322DA | Resource Development | 30 | 1 |
| CSM2323DA | Energy and Sustainability | 30 | 1 |
| CSM2327 | Igneous and Metamorphic Geology | 15 | 1 |
| CSM2328 | Igneous and Metamorphic Processes | 15 | 2 |
| CSM2904 | CSM Professionalism Year 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSM3038 | Surface Excavation Design | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3041 | Tunnelling and Excavation Design | 15 | 1 |
| CSM3046 | Mineral Deposit Geology | 15 | 1 |
| CSM3047 | GIS for Geologists | 15 | 1 |
| CSM3049 | Contaminated Land Management and Remediation | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3059 | Evolution of Earth and Planetary Systems | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3061 | Energy Resource Geology | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3070 | Volcanology | 15 | 1 |
| CSM3071 | Geological History of Life on Earth | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3072 | Climate change: Past and Future | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3151 | Exploration Techniques | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3152 | Hydrogeology | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3404DA | Environmental and Social Governance | 30 | 1 |
| CSM3405DA | Excavation Design and Optimisation | 30 | 1 |
| CSM3406DA | Economics and Risk Management | 30 | 1 |
| CSM3408DA | Feasibility and Business Improvement Project (End Point Assessment) | 30 | 1 |
| CSM3409 | Politics, Mining and Sustainable Development | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3415 | Surveying and Digital Mapping | 15 | 2 |
| CSM3416 | International Field Class | 15 | 2 and 3 |
| CSM3417 | Dissertation Project | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| CSM3444 | Soil Mechanics with Mine Tailings Engineering | 15 | 1 |
| CSM3904 | CSM Professionalism Year 3 | 0 | 2 and 3 |
| Code | Module Title | Credits | Term(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSMM118 | Project and Dissertation | 60 | 2 |
| CSMM130 | Excavation and Geomechanics | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM131 | Health and Safety in the Extractive Industry | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM135 | Economics, Processing & Environment | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM137 | Hydrogeology | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM140 | Surface Excavation Design | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM153 | Mine Planning and Design | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM185 | Soil and Water Contamination | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM187 | Underground Excavation Design | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM188 | Working Environment and Ventilation | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM193 | Exploration Targeting | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM194 | Exploration and Mining Geology | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM195 | Ore Deposit Geology | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM218 | Mineral Exploration Geophysics | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM219 | GIS for Mineral Explorationists and Geoenvironmental Engineers | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM423 | Fourth Year Field Class | 15 | 3 |
| CSMM429 | Industrial Rocks and Minerals | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM430 | Comminution, Flotation and Physical Separation | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM431 | Extractive Metallurgy | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM435 | Process Modelling, Design and Optimisation | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM439 | Research Project | 75 | 1 and 2 |
| CSMM440 | Research Frontiers in Earth Science | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| CSMM441 | Mine Waste Characterisation, Prediction and Treatment | 15 | 1 and 3 |
| CSMM442 | Politics, Mining and Sustainable Development | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM443 | Research Project and Scientific Article | 90 | 1, 2 and 3 |
| CSMM445 | Geometallurgy and Resource Modelling | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM449 | Land Surveying and Data Management | 30 | 1 and 2 |
| CSMM450 | Project and Contract Management | 15 | 2 |
| CSMM451 | Advanced Surveying and Remote Sensing Techniques | 30 | 2 and 3 |
| CSMM452 | GIS for Mineral Explorationists, Geospatial and Geoenvironmental Engineers | 15 | 1 |
| CSMM904 | CSM Professionalism MSc | 0 | 2 |


