| Week | Date | Topic |
| 1 | 8-23-07 | Introduction of Coal, Coal Industry, Use of Coal |
| 2 | 8-30-07 | Guest Speaker: Shenhua CTL Project Development |
| 3 | 9-6-07 | Coal Reserves, Production, & Demand |
| 4 | 9-13-07 | Field Trip 1: Surface Coal Mine |
| 5 | 9-20-07 | Coal Industry & Problems in WV, USA, & Worldwide |
| 6 | 9-27-07 | Coal Market & International Trade; Cost of Coal & Coal Utilization |
| 7 | 10-4-07 | Coal Utilization Industry & Clean Coal Technology |
| 8 | 10-11-07 | Midterm Test |
| 9 | 10-18-07 | Coking & Gasification Technologies |
| 10 | 10-25-07 | Coal Conversion & Coal to liquid Development |
| 11 | 11-1-07 | Guest Speaker: Carbon Management & Environmental Protection |
| 12 | 11-8-07 | The management of resources & byproducts associated with mining (final project assignment) |
| 13 | 11-15-07 | Coal & Coal Conversion project planning |
| 14 | 11-22-07 | Feasibility study of integrated coal mining & utilization project |
| 15 | 11-29-07 | Field Trip 2: Coal Utilization Factory; power plant |
| 16 | 12-6-07 | Case Studies: Shenhua CTL plant & CTL project in Mingo County, WV |
| 17 | 12-13-07 | Final Project Presentation |