The energy engineering minor provides energy-minded students with a foundational understanding of energy technologies and the energy industry, including technological, policy, and economic considerations related to conventional and renewable energy systems.
Required courses include a fundamentals-based energy course, an energy policy/society focused course, and 12 credits of energy-focused technical elective courses. Elective courses, selected from across the CU campus, allow students to specialize according to their specific interest in the energy field.
The energy engineering minor has strong connections with industry through an industry advisory panel and guest speakers.
For more information, visit the college's Energy Engineering Minor webpage.
Requirements
Students must complete 18 credit hours for the minor: one fundamentals-based course, one policy/society course, and four electives chosen from a list of approved courses. A cumulative GPA of 2.250 or better is required for courses used to satisfy the requirements of this minor. For an up-to-date listing of elective courses, visit the Energy Engineering Minor Technical Electives webpage.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Fundamentals Course | ||
| Choose one course (3 credits) from the following: | 3 | |
| Energy Efficient Buildings | ||
| Chemical Engineering Material and Energy Balances | ||
| Electromagnetic Energy Conversion 1 | ||
| Thermodynamics 2 | ||
| Policy Course | ||
| Choose one course (3 credits) from the following: | 3 | |
| Sustainable Energy (or EVEN 3650 Sustainable Energy) | ||
| Energy Policy and Society | ||
| Energy and the Environment | ||
| Electives | ||
| Choose four courses (12 credits) from the following: 1,2 | 12 | |
| Circuits for Architectural Engineers | ||
| Energy System Modeling and Control | ||
| Sustainable Building Design | ||
| Chemical Process Synthesis | ||
| Energy Fundamentals | ||
| Metabolic Engineering | ||
| Catalysis and Kinetics | ||
| Engineering Geology | ||
| Civil Engineering Systems | ||
| Renewable Sources and Efficient Electrical Energy Systems | ||
| Electromagnetic Energy Conversion 2 | ||
| Power Electronics and Photovoltaic Power Systems Laboratory | ||
| Principles of Energy Systems and Devices | ||
| Introduction to Power Electronics | ||
| Electric Power Grid | ||
| Engineering Economics | ||
| Oil and Gas Processing | ||
| Interdisciplinary Energy Engineering Projects | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Introduction to Mineralogy | ||
| Petrology | ||
| Introduction to Geochemistry | ||
| Introduction to Petroleum Geology | ||
| Wind Energy and Wind Turbine Design | ||
| Introduction to Combustion | ||
| Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
| 1 | There may be special topics or other elective courses offered that are suitable for the requirements of this minor. Contact the energy engineering minor faculty director for information about whether a specific course can serve as a technical elective for the minor. |
| 2 | Courses on the required list may be taken as technical electives. |