Provide students with a broad foundation in underground mining needed to understand and implement effectively the state-of-the-art underground mining practice through lectures, home-works assignments, mine visits and video films.

To help students to gain ability to select the best suitable mining method for a deposit which the characteristics are given and, to select the equipment(s) or components related to underground mining.

To make students to design and develop underground mines.

Provide students with a creative view of the technical knowledge pertinent to the wide spectrum of the underground mining methods with emphasis placed on general principles, problem solving fundamentals, development and design techniques.

To help students to gain ability to adapt themselves to have creative mind, to changing technologies and to achieve lifelong learning and professional growth.

To make students to be aware of environmental concerns related to underground mining.

To make students to be familiar with analysis and estimation of costs.