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Camborne School of Mines Modules 2025/6

CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(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
CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(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
CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(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
CodeModule TitleCreditsTerm(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