COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 263

_ MINING ENGINEERING COURSE
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING COURSE

The courses in mining, metallurgy, and geology are offered for students
who intend to enter any branch of the mineral industry, and they are also
recommended to those desiring an engineering or broad technical training.

The regular four-year courses in mining and geology leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering Course, and the four-
year course in metallurgy leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science,
Metallurgical and Engineering Course are open to graduates of accredited
high schools, and are fully outlined in pages 266 to 268.

The degrees, Master of Science, Mining Engineering Course, and Mas-
ter of Science in Metallurgy are conferred upon graduates of this and other
approved institutions upon completion of one year’s work in residence and
the submission of a satisfactory thesis. The professional degrees, Engineer
of Mines and Metallurgical Engineer, are granted to graduates of the Col-
lege of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, who have completed five
years professional work in their respective fields, and have submitted a sat-
isfactory thesis. For a detailed statement of the requirements for the de-
gree see section under Higher Degrees.

A survey of mineral production and the metallurgical industries in the
state and in adjacent territory in what might be called Wisconsin’s sphere
of influence shows it to be located near the greatest reserves of iron ore in
the world, on the one hand, and, on the other, are the great blast furnaces
and rolling mills, foremost among the world’s steel producers. Wisconsin
is also located between the copper producing district and the zinc lead dis-
trict, which are among the oldest mining districts in the United States. As
a foundry state, Wisconsin occupies a unique position among American
states for its gray iron foundries, for malleable iron foundries, for steel
foundries, and for electric steel foundries. In the manufacture of various
lines of mining, smelting, and power machinery, Wisconsin is one of the
leaders of the world.

The United States is the preeminent mining nation of the world, pro-
ducing 40 per cent of the mineral production of the world. The mineral
production of the world has increased very much in recent years, the output
since the year 1900 equalling the total production in all past history up to
that date. With this increase in production, the need for technical knowl-
edge and the demand for technically trained mining engineers, metallur-
gists, and geologists has correspondingly increased. These fields are now
the youngest and most rapidly growing branch of engineering, and educa-
tion in them should fulfill certain needs of the industry in the state, and
within the immediate region of Wisconsin influence. It should have that
broad general basis, as well as detailed technical application to make it best
play its part in the future commercial expansion of the United States into
foreign fields. It has been said that university education is to promote
leadership in the state, leadership in the nation, leadership in the world’s
affairs, and to give to the individual the greatest opportunity for advance-
ment. In addition he must have the basic general and technical training
of an engineer. He must make a study of the technical and industrial prob-
lems of his profession, and he should also broaden himself by a study of the
problems of the state and the nation by the study of man.

To give the specialized training to carry out the scheme outlined above,
the Department of Mining and Metallurgy organized in the College of Engi-