Programs
Energy
(18 credit hours) The energy concentration provides students an educational experience in topics associated with energy production, distribution, and use, using an interdisciplinary approach in science, technology, and public policy. This concentration allows flexibility in the choice of courses used to meet the concentration requirements and to meet each student's professional goals.
Required Courses (6 credit hours)
| SPEA-E 574 | Energy Analysis and Markets | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 674 | Energy Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
Electives (12 credit hours)
Students select a mixture of science and policy courses related to energy in accordance to professional goals. No double counting with program core course is permitted. At least two courses must be taken from each group.
Natural Science Elective Group:
| SPEA-E 515 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 518 | Vector-based Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 529 | Application of Geographic Information Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 536 | Environmental Chemistry | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555 | Coal Utilization and Carbon Sequestration | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555 | Natural Gas: Technical and Policy Challenges | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555/ V 550 | Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by concentration advisors) | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG-G 532 | Physical Climatology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG-G 542 | Sustainable Energy Systems | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG-G 575 | Climate Change | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL-G 571 | Principles of Petroleum Geology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOL-G 587 | Organic Geochemistry | (3 cr.) |
| PHYS-P 510 | Environmental Physics | (3 cr.) |
Economics, Public Policy and Law-Related Elective Group:
| SPEA- E 501 | Human Behavior and Energy Consumption | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 555/V 550 | Topics in Environmental Science or Public Affairs (only topics approved by concentration advisors) | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 590 | International Energy Issues: A Nation-State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 541 | Benefit-Cost Analysis of Public and Environmental Policies | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 533/LAW-B 675 | Public Natural Resources Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 643 | Natural Resource Management and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 645 | Environmental Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-S 596 | Sustainable Development | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 550/LAW-L 644 | Energy Law and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 550/LAW-L 660 | Seminar in Climate Law and Policy | (3 cr.) |