Undergraduate Minor in Mining Engineering
Expand your engineering career possibilities.
The mining industry is growing quickly, and it needs engineers from every discipline. Apply your skills from any engineering major to open doors for a lucrative future. It’s as simple as adding a handful of classes.
Scholarships are available for students from any engineering major.
Bring interdisciplinary knowledge to the industry for areas including:
- Equipment design and automation
- Water treatment
- Environmental engineering
- Systems optimization
- Hardware and software design
- Data analysis
- Infrastructure design
- Wireless technology
Courses to define your future
- Sustainable mining
- Mineralogy
- Geomechanics
- Hydrometallurgy
- Mineral processing
Student benefits & support
- Exclusive scholarships
- Paid internships
- Networking with industry partners
- Flexible pathways to completion
- Fulfills Gen Ed course requirements
How to declare the minor
To declare Sustainable Mineral Resources as your minor, please complete the online Change of Minor Request form.
This minor does not require an advisor’s signature, but students are encouraged to contact the advisor (major and minor) to confirm any associated limitations, restrictions or prerequisites, and minor coursework. Requests for upper-level classes will be reviewed by the adviser in the department offering the minor.
Contact Us
Mario Muñoz
Suzanne Madrigal
Email: suzannemadrigal@arizona.edu