The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42
School of Mines. — Regulations and Plan of Instruction
School of Mines.
Regulations and Plan of Instruction.
The session is the same as in the Arts course, commencing on the first day of May, and lasting for six months continuously. The mode of instruction is by systematic courses of lectures in the prescribed branches of study in connection with written and oral examinations, by practical work in the laboratories, and also, according to circumstances and opportunities, by inspection of mines and field excursions.
The classes are open to all persons over fifteen years of age. There is no entrance examination, but students enrolling themselves are expected to possess a fair knowledge of English and arithmetic, as well as some acquaintance with elementary mathematics, since otherwise they will derive little benefit from the lectures, and can scarcely hope to pass the examinations which are held at the termination of each year's course.
The fees are the same as those charged in the Arts course—namely, three guineas for each course of lectures occupying not less than three hours per week during the whole session; one guinea and a-half for any course occupying two hours per week; and one guinea for a course of one hour per week. In addition to the class fees, students will be required to pay a college fee of one guinea per session. All fees must be paid, in advance, to the Registrar.
There are five divisions in the Mining School—namely, the Mining, the Metallurgical, the Geological, the Mine-surveying, and the Assaying Divisions. In the first three divisions the course of study extends through three years. and students who pass the examinations in any of these divisions will obtain the distinction or title of "Associate of the School of Mines, Otago." In the last two divisions the course of study is for two years, and students who pass successfully through these courses will be entitled to receive certificates of Mining Surveyor," and "Metallurgical Chemist and Assayer" respectively.
Students may qualify themselves for certificates in two or more of the above-named divisions, by attending the lectures and passing the examinations in the special subjects prescribed for the respective divisions. For example, a student following the course laid down for the Associateship in the Mining Division may obtain also a certificate in the Metallurgical Division by attending the classes of metallurgy and analytical chemistry (including laboratory practice) which are specially prescribed for the latter division. It will not, however, in all cases, be possible to complete such combined courses within three years.
Examinations in the different branches of study will be held in the month of November of each year, and students who shall have attended any course of lectures in the Mining School, and shall have passed the examination in that course, will receive certificates to that effect. If a student fail to pass the November examination in any subject, an opportunity will be given to him to pass in the same subject in May of the following year; and, if he again fail to pass, he will be required to attend the lectures in that subject a second time. Students who shall have passed the class examinations in all the branches of study prescribed for any division will be entitled, without further examination at the termination of their course, to the certificate of that division.
It shall be competent for the Professorial Board to grant exemption from attendance at any course of lectures in the Mining School to such students as shall produce satisfactory evidence that they have received sufficient instruction in the subject of which these lectures treat; but such students shall, notwithstanding, be required to pass the November examination in that subject.
The certificates of all the divisions of the school shall be signed by the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor of the University, and by the Chairman of the Professorial Board, and shall be sealed with the seal of the University.
First Year's Lectures. | Hours. |
Mathematics | 5 |
Physical Geology | 1 |
Theoretical Chemistry and Chemical Technology | 5 |
Drawing | 4 |
Total hours per week | 15 |
Second Year's Lectures. | Hours. |
Mathematics and Theoretical Mechanics | 5 |
Metallurgy | 3 |
Physics | 3 |
Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory Practice | 10 |
Mineralogy | 4 |
Total hours per week | 25 |
Third Year's Lectures. | Hours. |
Metallurgy | 3 |
Assaying | 3 |
Use of the Blowpipe, and Determinative Mineralogy | 2 |
Applied Mechanics | 3 |
Mechanical Preparation of Ores, last part of mining lectures (for | |
about two months) | 3 |
Drawing | 2 |
Laboratory Practice | 10 |
Total hours per week | 23 to 26 |
First Year's Lectures. | Honrs. |
Mathematics | 5 |
Mining Geology | 3 |
Physical Geology | 1 |
Theoretical Chemistry and Chemical Technology | 5 |
Drawing | 4 |
Total hours per week | 18 |
Second Year's Lectures. | Hours. |
Mathematics and Theoretical Mechanics | 5 |
Mine and Land Surveying | 3 |
Physics | 3 |
Mineralogy | 4 |
Drawing | 4 |
Surveying Practice | |
Total hours per week | 19 |
First Year's Lectures, | Hours. |
Mathematics | 5 |
Physical Geology | 1 |
Theoretical Chemistry and Chemical Technology | 5 |
Analytical Chemistry | 5 |
Metallurgy | 3 |
Drawing | 2 |
Total hours per week | 21 |
Second Year's Lectures. | Hours. |
Assaying | 3 |
Metallurgy | 3 |
Mineralogy | 4 |
Use of the Blowpipe, and Determinative Mineralogy | 2 |
Physics | 3 |
Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory Practice | 10 |
Total hours per week | 25 |