UNISA Mine Engineering Course Module 2021 – 2022

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UNISA Mine Engineering Course Module 2021 – 2022

Mine Engineering II – MEN2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: SMI181Q
Purpose: Technical drawings; machinery components; applied energy conversion; machinery safety; materials technology.
Mine Valuation II – MVA231Q
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MEP171X
Purpose: Sampling; averaging; tonnage and mineral content; ore flow; grade control; life of mine; evaluation of mineral deposits.
Medical Equipment III (Module A) (Theory) – MEQ3601
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 11
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: MEQPRA1 or MEQ3P1C
Purpose: Introduction to transducers, detectors and sensors. Diagnostic equipment and systems: temperature measuring instruments, blood pressure measurement, electrocardiography, electrocencephalography, electromyography, lung function and spirometry, cardiac output monitoring, specialised systems. Therapeutic equipment and systems: infusion pumps, dialysis machines, ventilation.
Mine Valuation III – MVA3601
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MVA231Q & STA1510
Purpose: Management control factors; present values and compound interest; laws and regulations governing mining leases; taxation and leases; borehole evaluation; statistical distribution; probability; regression; statistical valuation; computer applications.
Medical Equipment III (Module B) (Theory) – MEQ3602
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 11
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: MEQPRA2 or MEQ3P2D
Purpose: Electrical safety of medical equipment and systems, testing for performance of systems and faultfinding, non-ionizing radiation: production and detection, introduction to clinical engineering management.
Mine Survey and Valuation II – SAV2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Purpose: Surface Surveying: traversing (continued), join calculations, triangulation, resection, tacheometry, areas and volumes (continued), major and minor dips, resections. Surface Valuation: definition of an economic deposit, economics of deposit, sampling (continued), weighting (continued), calculations of tonnage and mineral content, ore body estimation techniques, life of mine calculations.
Medical Equipment III (Module A) (Practical) – MEQPRA1
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 1
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: MEQ3601 or MEQ3116
Purpose: Introduction to transducers, detectors and sensors. Diagnostic equipment and systems: temperature measuring instruments, blood pressure measurement, electrocardiography, electrocencephalography, electromyography, lung function and spirometry, cardiac output monitoring, specialised systems. Therapeutic equipment and systems: infusion pumps, dialysis machines, ventilation.
Mine Survey and Valuation III – SAV3601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Purpose: Revision of solution of triangles; join calculations; traversing and tacheometry; triangulation and resection (continued); levelling and gradient calculations; major and minor dips; mine plans; simple curves; mining economics (continued).
Medical Equipment III (Module B) (Practical) – MEQPRA2
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 1
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: MEQ3602 or MEQ3128
Purpose: Electrical safety of medical equipment and systems, testing for performance of systems and faultfinding, non-ionizing radiation: production and detection, introduction to clinical engineering management
Structural Geology III – STG381S
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MGY291S
Purpose: Geological maps; solving of structural problems; orthographic projection; location of displaced reef blocks.
Mining Geology II – MGY2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: MEP171X
Purpose: South African stratigraphy; occurrence of economic deposits
Medical Equipment IV (Module A) (Theory) – MEQ4701
Baccalareus Technologiae Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 11
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: MEQPRA4 or MEQ4PRA
Purpose: Health delivery systems; Environmental Management and hazards; Rehabilitation devices.
Mine Engineering III – MIE3601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MEN2601 or MEN251W
Purpose: Revision and extension of previous applied engineering science; men, material and rock transport; drilling technology; machinery maintenance; civil constructions; reticulation design; water treatment; machinery specifications; structures and functions of engineering services.
Medical Equipment IV (Module A) (Practical) – MEQPRA4
Baccalareus Technologiae Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 1
Module presented in English
Co-requisite: MEQ4701 or MEQ4018
Purpose: Health delivery systems; Environmental Management and hazards; Rehabilitation devices.
Mining II – MIN2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MEP171X
Purpose: Mining strategies, layouts, access to ore bodies, support, planning, intro to ventilation.
Opto-Electronics IV (Practical) – OPEPRA4
Baccalareus Technologiae Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 3
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: OPE4701 or OPE401E
Purpose: Optical fibre waveguides, optical sources, optical detectors, optical fibre systems.
Mining III – MIN3601
Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in
Purpose: Mining methods, open (surface) mining, massive deposits, strip mining, large excavations, incline development, rock breaking, pillar extraction, transport.
Protection Technology IV (Theory) – PRT4701
Baccalareus Technologiae Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 9
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: PRTPRA4 or PRT4PRA
Purpose: Impedance model and network calculations; symmetrical faults; symmetrical components and sequence networks; unsymmetrical faults.
Mining Engineering Practice II – MPR201E
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 60
Module presented in English
Purpose: Experiential learning. See National Diploma: Mining Engineering in the College calendar.
Protection Technology IV (Practical) – PRTPRA4
Baccalareus Technologiae Degree Year module NQF level: 7 Credits: 3
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: PRT4701 or PRT401E
Purpose: Impedance model and network calculations; symmetrical faults; symmetrical components and sequence networks; unsymmetrical faults.
Mine Survey II – MSG211Q
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MEP171X
Purpose: Coordinate systems; traversing; resection; trilateration; tacheometry; area and volumes determination; major and minor dips; curves; computer applications.
Mineral Exploitation I – MEP171X
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Purpose: Mining; geology; surveying; metallurgy.
Mine Survey III – MSG3601
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MSG211Q
Purpose: Missing data calculation; satellite stations; ore passes; area determination; shaft surveying; curves; survey instruments and practical surveying; legal knowledge.
Mining Engineering Practice I – MPR101E
Diploma Year module NQF level: 5 Credits: 60
Module presented in English
Purpose: Experiential learning on the job.
Mine Survey Practice II – MSP242S
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 60
Module presented in English
Purpose: Experiential learning on the job on a mine.
Mine Survey Practice I – MSP101R
Diploma Year module NQF level: 5 Credits: 60
Module presented in English
Purpose: Experiential learning on the job on a mine.
Mine Survey Practice III – MSP352T
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 60
Module presented in English
Purpose: Experiential learning on the job on a mine.
Geology: Mining III – GMI3601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MGY2601 or MGY291S
Purpose: Revision of previous work; structural geology.
Metrology III (Practical) – MTRPRA3
Diploma Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 1
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: ECT2601 or ECT261Z & ECTPRA2 or ECT2PRA Co-requisite: MTR3601 or MTR341X & EKM3601 or EKM341X & EKMPRA3 or EKMPRA3
Purpose: Metrological methods; fundamentals of instruments and measurements; characteristics’ static, dynamic and general; measurement evaluation.
Mineral Beneficiation II – MBE2601
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: MEP171X
Purpose: Ore handling; mineral treatment and concentration; metal extraction techniques; coal beneficiation, general processes, ore processing flow charts, gold, coal, diamond; ISO symbols; ore and waste handling; classification; liquid/solid separation; separation processes; hydro metallurgical processes; residue and effluent control; value analysis.
Mining Technical Services III – MTS351X
Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Purpose: Environmental control; rock mechanics



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