The 24-credit minor in energy business and finance is composed of four required and two elective courses. Your required courses are in energy, business, and finance; energy and mineral engineering; and energy and geo-environmental engineering.
Your elective courses will be selected from a list of available courses in energy, business, and finance; energy and mineral engineering; energy and geo-environmental engineering; geography; geosciences; and meteorology.
Six of your 24 credits must be at the 400 level. A grade of "C" or better is required in all courses that you take to fulfill requirements for the minor.
Course List - Energy Business and Finance Minor
*Choose one of the three courses marked with asterisks
| Title | Abbreviation | Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics | EBF 200 | Resource use decisions and their effect on local, national, and global development. | 3 credits |
| Global Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries | EBF 301 | The aim of this course is to introduce fundamental concepts of financial management and illustrate their global applications. | 3 credits |
| Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy | ECON 102 | Methods of economic analysis and their use; price determination; theory of the firm; distribution. | 3 credits |
| Geo-resource Evaluation and Investment Analysis | EME 460 | The course covers engineering evaluation of geo-resources, present value and rate of return analysis, mineral property and reserve estimation, and cost estimation and engineering economy concepts applied to geo-resources including energy and minerals. |
3 credits |
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College Algebra II and Analytic Geometry* |
MATH 22 |
Relations, functions, graphs; polynomial, rational functions, graphs; word problems; nonlinear inequalities; inverse functions; exponential, logarithmic functions; conic sections; simultaneous equations. |
3 credits |
| Techniques of Calculus I* | MATH 110 |
Functions, graphs, derivatives, integrals, techniques of differentiation and integration, exponentials, improper integrals, applications. Prerequisites: MATH 22 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement examination |
3 credits |
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Calculus with Analytic Geometry I* |
MATH 140 |
Functions, limits; analytic geometry; derivatives, differentials, applications, integrals, applications. Prerequisites: MATH 22 and MATH 26 or MATH 26 and satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement examiniation or MATH 40 or MATH 41 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement examination |
3 credits |
| Title | Abbreviation | Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy and the Environment | EGEE 101 | Energy utilization and technological development, energy resources, conversion and consequences on the local and global environment, and future energy alternatives. | 3 credits |
| Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection | EGEE 102 | Exposure to energy efficiency in day-to-day life to save money and energy, and thereby protect the environment. | 3 credits |
| Oil: International Evolution | EGEE 120 | Survey of the commercial development of the world petroleum industry from various international, historical, business, and cultural perspectives. | 3 credits |
| Title | Abbreviation | Description | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy in a Changing World | EGEE 401 | Energy is in transition, with increased international energy demand and increasing environmental pressures. Energy transitions, approaches, and outcomes are addressed. | 3 credits |
| Global Energy Enterprise | EME 444 | Industry perspective on the resources, technologies, engineering approaches and externalities involved in satisfying worldwide energy demand profitably and sustainably. | 3 credits |
| Human Use of Environment | GEOG 430 | The human use of resources and ecosystems and social causes and consequences of environmental degradation in different parts of the world; development of environmental policy and management strategies. Prerequisite: GEOG 010 or GEOG 020 or GEOG 030 or GEOG 040 or GEOG 130 or permission of the program |
3 credits |
| Geography of Water Resources | GEOG 431 | Perspectives on water as a resource and hazard for human society; water resource issues in environmental and regional planning. | 3 credits |
| Energy Policy | GEOG 432 | Analysis, formulation, implementation, and impacts of energy-related policies, regulations, and initiatives. | 3 credits |
| Energy Industry Applications of GIS | GEOG 469 | Roles of geographic information systems in energy siting decisions focusing on electric energy transmission networks. | 3 credits |
| Elementary Statistics | STAT 200 | Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, probability, binomial and normal distributions, statistical inference, linear regression, and correlation. Prerequisites: Placement in MATH 21 or higher |
4 credits |
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