2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog


Energy Business Minor

The minor is intended for any major wishing to also minor in energy business. It will help provide students with an understanding of the current/emerging technologies and management strategies associated with the energy business. The minor requires 18 credits from the programs and departments below. Nine credits must be upper level (30000 and above).

No more than two courses from any program or department listed below may count for this minor. No grade lower than "C" may be applied to the minor. Any course substitutions or exceptions must be approved by the program adviser.

Requirements

The program of study requires 18 semester hours, with a grade of C or better in each class, selected from the options below: 

The following courses are required:

BUSI 30703Survey of the Energy Industry

3

BUSI 40723Electric Power Industry

3

BUSI 40733Alternative & Renewable Energy

3

Business

ENTR 30773Entrepreneurship and Energy

3

BUSI 40703Energy Marketing,Trading & Hedging

3

Geography

GEOG 30323Data Analysis and Visualization

3

Environmental Science

ENSC 10143Contemporary Environmental Issues

3

ENSC 30143Introduction to Sustainability Science

3

ENSC 50523Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

ENSC 50333Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation

3

Engineering

ENGR 40303Petroleum Industry Overview

3

ENGR 30113Energy in Society

3

ENGR 40213Sustainable Energy

3

Economics (only one 10000 level course from this group)

ECON 30523Resource and Energy Economics

3

Geology

GEOL 10113Understanding the Earth

3

GEOL 40423Petroleum Engineering

3

GEOL 50563Energy and Natural Resources

3

GEOL 50423Petroleum Geology

3

GEOL 50523Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

Physics

PHYS 10503Energy

3

Energy Technology and Management

ENTM 40970Directed Studies in Energy Technology and Management

1.00-3.00

ENTM 40803Advanced Readings in Energy

3

ENTM 40903Energy Internship

3