The Graduate Certificate in Explosives and Blasting offers a formal education in the use of explosives for commercial applications such as mining and civil engineering. Those disciplines require the use of explosives to fracture and remove the rock, to extract valuable minerals or to emplace infrastructure.
The curriculum is designed for mining and civil engineers or other engineering or related professionals that need to increase their knowledge in explosives and blasting. Significant areas include a review of basic concepts of explosives and blasting, advanced blast design, instrumentation for blasting, and the environmental aspects of blasting. The Explosives and Blasting Graduate Certificate is authorized to be delivered via online or hybrid format to students who are physically located in SARA member states and territories. Students who are residents of Kentucky have a waiver of 12 months towards the state blasting license.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the proposed graduate certificate must hold, at least, a Bachelor’s Degree in Mining or Civil Engineering or other related degree prior to enrolling in the program. Applicants without an equivalent course in the theory of explosives in their course work will be required to take MNG 331 - Explosives and Blasting as a prerequisite/corequisite depending on which certificate courses are offered for the semester to which they seek to enroll. Applicants must submit to and pass a background check prior to being admitted into the program because of the potential misuse of the explosives knowledge. The certificate director will make final decisions regarding whether prior course work and related degree counts towards meeting admissions requirements.
The Graduate Certificate in Explosives and Blasting requirese 9 credit hours as follows:
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