1. Purpose

The University Studies program is designed to give the student the elements of education essential to a university degree. You will notice that the University Studies requirements include communications, foreign languages, mathematics and science, as well as humanities, social sciences and the integrating aspects of cross-disciplinary subjects. The University Studies requirements keep your education from becoming one dimensional, narrow or excessively parochial. The student is encouraged to study these requirements well so as to obtain maximum benefit from the courses selected.

2. Some Constraints

The selection of University Studies courses has a number of constraints. In the University Bulletin , for Area I., Basic Skills, the student must present evidence of two years of study of a foreign language in high school, or take a two-course sequence. In the Areas of II., Inference and Communicative Skills, and III. A., Natural Sciences, the courses are required as part of the degree requirements. In III. B., III C., IV. and V., however, the student must select courses while respecting two additional constraints. First, the student should take advantage of the rule that allows the combination of the six-hour Disciplinary requirement and the six-hour Cross-disciplinary requirement so as to keep the total credits for the degree at 139. Suggestions on how to do this follow in the section on choosing courses. Second, the student must select courses so as to meet our accreditation (ABET) requirements of at least 16 and preferably 18, credits of humanities and social sciences chosen so as to provide both breadth and depth of subject material. Basically, technical, business and vocationally oriented courses may not be used to satisfy ABET an, therefore, should not be included in the Cross-disciplinary selection. The University Studies rules themselves will provide for breadth and depth.

3. Course Selection

Read the rules before attempting to select courses. They can be found in the University Bulletin and the semester schedule.  Know your own interests and select courses accordingly. Because of pairing and Cross-disciplinary requirements, the selection of one course affects what courses you may take later. Plan for the future and plot your University Studies choices early.  The rules represent minima; nothing but time constraints prevents the student from taking additional coursework.

1. Basic Skills
2. 1. Mathematics, Satisfied by first calculus course.
   2. Foreign Language. If you have not had a foreign language for a minimum of two years in high school, then you must take at least one year of a foreign language in addition to the published degree requirements.
       
3. Inference and Communicative Skills
4. 1. Inference. Satisfied by first calculus course.
   2. Writing. Satisfied by ENG 101 and 102.
   3. Oral Communication. The sequence of COM 199, MNG 371 and MNG592 contains three credits of oral communications.
       
5. Disciplinary Requirements
6. 1. Natural Sciences. Satisfied by physics sequence.
   2. Social Sciences. ECO 201 is required; therefore, the student must select one other course from a separate discipline. Choose this course with care; it could be paired with another course to satisfy IV., Cross-Disciplinary Requirements.
   3. Humanities. Two courses, in an organized sequence, must be chosen. Again, one of these courses may form the basis for requirement IV.
       
7. Cross-Disciplinary Requirement
8. 1. Clustered Courses. As of this writing, clusters 1., 2., 4. and 5 are acceptable, but add three credits to the degree total. Clusters 3. (astronomy and history) and 6. (biology and chemistry) do not satisfy ABET requirements.
   2. Paired Courses. As of this writing, only one pair, 42, PHY 231 and PHI 251, includes a required disciplinary course and does not, therefore, increase total credits needed to graduate. If another pair is chosen, at least one of the courses nust be in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.
       
9. Cross-Cultural Requirement
   
   Choose one course from Area V Cross-Cultural Requirement in the University Bulletin.
    
10. Depth in University Studies of Humanities and Social Sciences
    
    In order to achieve sufficient depth in the social sciences and humanities as required by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), each student must complete a minimum of two 6-credit disciplinary groups or one 9-credit disciplinary group in this area. The literate disciplinary 1 sequence (University Studies requirement III. C) may be considered as a group for this purpose. All students must also complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in the social sciences and humanities. These requirements must be satisfied concurrently with those of University Studies.
    
    A strategy to satisfy all requirements without adding extra credits to the curriculum might be as follows. other approaches are also possible. (Section references within these next four enumerated items refer to the current University Bulletin .)
     
11. 1. Take two social science courses (6 credits) in separate disciplines as required by University Studies (III. B.)
        
    2. Take a 6-credit humanities sequence as required by University Studies (III. C.)
        
    3. Select a University Studies 3-credit cross-cultural course (V) from a discipline which matches the discipline of either social science course (Item 1 above) or the discipline of the humanities sequence (Item 2 above.) The first selection will result in two 6-credit departmental groups and the second will generate a 9-credit departmental group. Students eligible for waiver of the University Studies cross-cultural requirement must still satisfy the depth and minimum credit criteria for ABET.
        
    4. Select a University Studies 6-credit cross-disciplinary pair (IV) such that at least 3 credits of this pair are a social science or humanities course, for example PHY 231 and PHI 251. Any social science or humanities component of this pair may also be used as part of the depth requirement in lieu of a cross-cultural course.
       
        One example of this approach is as follows:
        
    5. 1. Social Sciences (Area III - 6 hours required in separate disciplines)
          
          PS 101 (3)
          SOC 101 (3)
           
       2. Humanities (Area III C - 6 hours required as a disciplinary sequence)
          
          HIS 106 (3)
          HIS 107 (3)
           
       3. Cross-cultural (Area V - 3 hours required)
          
          HIS 247 (3) or PS 212 (3) or SOC 380 (3)
          
          A student who takes HIS 247 will have a 9-credit disciplinary group in history. a student who takes PS 212 or SOC 380 will have two 6-credit disciplinary groups.
           
       4. Cross-disciplinary (Area IV B - 6 credit pair required)
          
          PHI 251 (3)
          PHY 231 (4) (required course for engineering majors)
          
          Other examples are:

1. Supportive Electives

The supportive elective allows students to explore new subjects or to expand upon familiar ones. Courses for the supportive elective may be chosen from any major in the University. The Department of Mining Engineering encourages the student to obtain every benefit possible from this selection; consideration should be given to career goals, special talents, or subjects that have been enjoyed in earlier courses. The only specific prohibition excludes courses, such as pre-calculus mathematics, that are more elementary than those required for the major.

2. Technical Electives

The student is required to take three additional courses offered by the Department plus one other technical course chosen from the following list or, with the consent of the advisor, from other technical offerings of the university. In choosing these courses, the student should establish a theme that becomes an informal concentration such as mineral processing, underground coal mining, surface mining, mine management, automation and systems, ventilation and so on. Examples of some sequences follow the listing of courses. Outlined below (2.i. and 2.ii.) is the listing of acceptable technical electives:

3. Suggested Concentration Sequences

Suggested sequences of technical electives (and other courses) for development of a concentration in Mining Engineering:

• Mineral Processing: MNG 312, MNG 572, MNG 575, CHE 440G
• Underground Coal Mining: MNG 490G, MNG 561, MNG 563, MNG 581, CE 382 or CE 485G
• Surface Mining: MNG 490G, MNG 572, MNG 581, AEN 437G or AGR 501 or CE 461G or CE 471G or CE 579
• Mine Management: MNG 222, MNG 312, MNG 581, CE 521
• Ground Control: MNG 312, MNG 490G, MNG 561, CE 382 or CE 471G or CE 482 or CE 485G or CE 579

Numerous co-operative training opportunities are available between the coal industry and Kentucky mining engineering students. These programs offer on-the-job training, with a steady income, to students who elect to co-op. Typically, a student will take a minimum of five (5) years to complete the program, while spending alternate periods of the spring, summer and fall academic year in industry. Co-op programs are arranged between the student and the sponsoring company. Admission to the college of Engineering is a requisite for entering the program. These programs offer excellent training opportunities and provide a basis for long-term employment, should the co-op prove to be mutually compatible between the student and the sponsoring industry. Experience has shown that it is frequently desirable for two co-op students to alternate with a given sponsor, so that living quarters at the University of Kentucky and in the location of the sponsoring industry can be shared. Hence, when one student is in school, the other student is working. Currently, the College of Engineering of the University of Kentucky has over 100 co-op students.

In addition to the student's mining engineering advisor, help with co-op education can be obtained from the College of Engineering Co-op Education Office, (606)257-8864.

Guidelines and Policies for KMES program Administration

Sources of Financial Aid in Mining Engineering

Appalachian Coal, Inc. Scholarship
Central Appalachian Section/mining Engineering Foundation Scholarship
Catesby W. Clay Leadership Award
Consolidation Coal company Scholarship
David A. Zegeer Scholarship
Donald R. Russell Endowment Scholarship (Sonoco)
Donald S. Kingery Memorial Scholarship **
Dravo Corporation Grant
Elkhorn Coal Corporation Scholarship *
Ernest E. Hollyfield Memorial Scholarship
Ernest L Baulch Scholarship *
Eugene P. Pfleider Memorial Scholarship ***
Gerald V. Henderson Industrial Minerals Division Memorial Scholarship ***
Island Creek Coal Company Scholarship
Jerry T. Booher Memorial Scholarship
John A. Creech, Jr. Scholarship
KSPE Bluegrass Auxiliary Scholarship *
Kentucky Mining Engineering Scholarship (UK Center for Applied Energy Research)
Massey Foundation Scholarship
National Stone Association Scholarship ***
Pearl Bastin Herring Mining Engineering Scholarship
Pittston Coal Group Scholarship
Rogers Scholarship Trust *
SME Coal Division Scholarship ***
SME Mineral and Metallurgical Processing Division Scholarship ***
SME Mining and Mineral Exploration Division Scholarship ***
WAIIME Western Pennsylvania Section Scholarship and Loan Program **