Courses

The minor in energy business and finance is composed of 28–29 credits. 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.

A grade of "C" or better is required in all courses that you take to fulfill requirements for the minor.

Course List — Undergraduate Minor in Energy Business and Finance

Prescribed Courses (16 credits)
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
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

Additional Math Courses (3–4 credits; choose one)
Title	Abbreviation	Description	Credits
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	4 credits
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 examination or MATH 40 or MATH 41 or satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement examination	3 credits

Additional Energy Courses (3 credits; choose one)
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

Supporting Courses and Related Areas (6 credits; choose two)
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
Introduction to Electricity Markets	EBF 483	Covers the structure of the electricity industry, regulatory institutions that oversee the industry, and the new market institutions that have been put into place since electricity restructuring. Prerequisites: MATH 140; ECON 102 and MATH 230 or E B F 200 and E B F 301; E B F 472 or STAT 200 or STAT 301 or STAT 401	3 credits

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