Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Define the basic terminology unique to surface mining and list advantages and disadvantages of each surface mining method. Sequence unit operations, production operations, and auxiliary operations involved in surface mining.

2. Demonstrate understanding into strategic and tactical plans and their significant role in surface mine planning.

3. Establish an optimized surface mining layouts, and haulage roads in open pit mining and determine associated equipment matching and selection.

4. Assess environmental and socio-economical impacts of surface mining.