<P> Mines offers degrees in more than 16 engineering and science fields, as well as 12 master's degree programs and 7 Doctorate programs . </P> <P> The campus is located on the eastern side of Rapid City, on the northern slope of small foothills of the Black Hills . South Dakota Tech currently has three residence halls: Connolly Hall, Palmerton Hall, and Peterson Hall . Connolly was built in the 1940s, Palmerton in the 1960s, and Peterson Hall in 2004 . The three combined can house up to 660 students on - campus After completion of Peterson Hall, March Hall and Dake Hall (both built in the 1950s) were demolished in 2006 to make room for additional parking . </P> <P> The APEX Gallery is located in Classroom Building 211, and hosts a new exhibit every four to six weeks . The gallery hosts contemporary works of artists and scientists, many of whom are nationally and internationally recognized . </P> <P> Opening the same year as the school, the Museum of Geology collects, conserves, curates, interprets, and exhibits paleontologically, mineralogically and geologically significant objects and serves as the repository for such objects from South Dakota and the Northern Great Plains . The public exhibits of the museum have been housed since 1944 in second floor of the then newly completed O'Harra Building, while the preparation laboratories and collections are held in the James E. Martin Paleontology Center, constructed in 2009 . </P>

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