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 Systems | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 674 | Energy Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
Electives (12 credit hours)
In consultation with a concentration advisor, students select a mixture of science and policy courses related to energy in accordance to professional goals. At least two courses must be taken from each of the following groups.
Group I - Natural Science Electives (6 credit hours)
| SPEA-E 503 | Natural Gas: Technical and Policy Challenges | (3 cr.) |
| 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 | Renewable and Nuclear Energy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-E 591 | Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resources | (3 cr.) |
| EAS-G 571 | Principles of Petroleum Geology | (3 cr.) |
| EAS-G 576 | Climate Change | (3 cr.) |
| EAS-G 587 | Organic Geochemistry | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG-G 532 | Physical Climatology | (3 cr.) |
| GEOG-G 544 | Climate Change Impacts | (3 cr.) |
Group II - Economics, Public Policy and Law-Related Electives (6 credit hours)
| SPEA-E 501/X 511 | Human Behavior and Energy Consumption | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 541 | Benefit Cost Analysis | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-P 562 | Public Program Evaluation | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 512/LAW-L 660 | Climate Law and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 533/LAW-B 675 | Public Natural Resources Law | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 535 | International Environmental Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 564 | Environmental and Natural Resource Policy Design and Implementation | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 590 | Energy Policy from a Nation-State Perspective | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 625 | Environmental Economics and Policy | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-R 626 | Energy Policy Seminar | (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 | Planning for Climate Change and Resilient Urban Communities | (3 cr.) |
| SPEA-V 550/LAW-L 644 | Energy Law and Policy | (3 cr.) |