Minor in Energy

21 credits

This minor gives students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the development, use, and conservation of energy. Students may focus on solar and alternative energy systems, energy policy, economics, or planning. The minor complements majors in planning, business, industrial technology, and the life, physical, and earth sciences.

Required Courses

NREM 331	Energy and Mineral Resources: Issues and Choices	3
NREM 335	Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology	3

3 credits from

GEOL 101	Planet Earth's Geological Environment	3
NREM 101	Environment and Society	3
PHYC 100	Conceptual Physics	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

12 credits from the following groups with at least one course from each:

Group 1

APHY 420	Solar Thermal Systems	3
APHY 422	Photovoltaics	3
GEOL 207	Environmental Geology - Geological/Geochemical Cycles	3
GEOL 435	Sequence Stratigraphy	3
NREM 241	Air Resources	3
NREM 346	Indoor Environmental Quality	3

Group 2

CM 252	Building Diagnostics	3
LA 471	Sustainable Land Systems	3
NREM 405	Integrated Resource Management	3
PLAN 431	Urban Transportation Planning	3
PLAN 433	Environmental Planning	3
PLAN 435	Energy Planning	3
TDPT 204	Energy Processing	3

Group 3

BUSA 300	Introduction to Sustainability in Business	3
CAP 498	Special Projects in College of Architecture and Planning	3
ECON 311	Environmental Economics	3
	or
NREM 203	Decision Making in Natural Resource Management	3
NREM 402	Field Study	1 TO 6
NREM 497	Special Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences	1 TO 3
POLS 342	Problems in Public Policy	3
POLS 347	Environmental Law and Policy	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Total Credit Hours: 21

Advisor approval required for topic of CAP 498, NREM 497, or NREM 402 (maximum of 3 credits applicable). Students electing APHY 420 or NREM 405 are expected to meet the course prerequisites.