Energy Science - Thematic Tracks

Thematic Tracks

Four Elective Thematic Tracks:
(at least 6 credit hours at the 300 or 400 level)
  1. Energy and Natural Resources
  2. Energy Economics, Policy and Human Dimensions
  3. Plant and Animal Bioenergy
  4. Energy Engineering


Energy and Natural Resources:

  • AGRO 475, Water Quality Strategy
  • BIOS 232, Ecological Issues on the Great Plains
  • GEOG 155, Elements of Physical Geography
  • GEOL 100, Introduction to Geology
  • GEOL 101, Dynamic Earth
  • GEOL 109, Oceanography
  • GEOL 115, The Earth's Energy Resources
  • GEOL 125, Frontiers in Antarctic Geosciences
  • GEOL 421, Carbonate Petrology
  • GEOL 424, Biogeochemical Cycles
  • GEOL 457, Ecosystem Ecology
  • GEOL 485, Fossil Fuel Geology and Exploration
  • METR 100, Weather and Climate
  • METR 140, Severe and Unusual Weather
  • METR 180, Environment, Energy, And Climate Change
  • NRES 220, Principles of Ecology
  • NRES 424, Forest Ecology
  • NRES 467, Global Climate Change


Energy Economics, Policy and Human Dimensions:

  • AECN 265, Resource and Environmental Economics I
  • AECN 357, Natural Resource and Environmental Law
  • AECN 396, Independent Study in Agricultural Economics
  • AECN 445, Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Analysis
  • AECN 456, Environmental Law
  • AECN 465, Resource and Environmental Economics II
  • ANTH 430, Nutritional Anthropology
  • ANTH 473, Ecological Anthropology
  • ENVR 249, Individual and Cultural Perspectives on the Environment
  • HIST 469, Global Environmental History
  • JOMC 444, Science Writing
  • METR 450, Climate and Society
  • NRES 323, Natural Resources Policy
  • PHIL 225, Environmental Ethics


Plant and Animal Bioenergy:

  • AGRO 269, Principles of Soil Management
  • AGRO 435, Agroecology
  • AGRO 437/438, Animal, Food, and Industrial Uses of Grain/Producing Grain for Animal, Food, and Industrial Uses
  • AGRO 438, Producing Grain for Animal, Food and Industrial Uses
  • AGRO 440, Great Plains Ecosystem
  • ASCI 320, Animal Nutrition and Feeding
  • ASCI 485, Animal Systems Analysis
  • ASTR 113, Selected Topics in Astronomy
  • ASTR 117, Life in the Universe
  • BIOC 401, Elements of Biochemistry
  • BIOS 425, Plant Biotechnology
  • FDST 131, The Science of Food
  • FDST 363, Heat and Mass Transfer
  • MSYM 364, Agricultural Products Processing and Handling
  • NRES 220, Principles of Ecology


Energy Engineering:

  • AREN 312, Mech Systm for Bldgs
  • AREN UNO 420, Lighting II: Theory, Design and Application
  • AREN 425, Lighting Design
  • BSEN 244, Thermodynamics of Living Systems
  • BSEN 303, Principles of Process Engineering
  • BSEN 325, Power Systems Design
  • BSEN 344, Biological and Environmental Transport Processes
  • BSEN 444, Biomass and Bioenergy Engineering
  • CHME 202, Mass and Energy Balances
  • CHME 223, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I
  • CHME 331, Equilibrium Stage Operations
  • CHME 332, Transport Operations I
  • CHME 333, Transport Operations II
  • CHME 442, Chemical Reactor Engineering and Design
  • CHME 486, Electrochemical Engineering
  • CIVE 419, Flow Systems Design
  • CIVE 422, Pollution Prevention: Principles and Practices
  • CNST 306, Building Environmental Technical Systems II
  • ECEN 304, Signals and Systems I
  • ECEN 306, Electromagnetic Field Theory
  • ECEN 316, Electronics and Circuits III
  • ECEN 338, Introduction to Power and Energy Systems
  • ECEN 406, Power Systems Analysis
  • ECEN 407, Power Systems Planning
  • ECEN 428, Power Electronics
  • ECEN 430, Wind Energy
  • ECEN 454, Power Systems Operation and Control
  • ENGR 300, Principles of Nuclear Engineering
  • ENGR 301, Introduction to Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Concepts
  • ENGR 310, Utilization of Nuclear Technologies in Society
  • ENGR 401, Elements of Nuclear Engineering
  • ENGR 402, Energy Systems and Resources
  • ENGR 411, Nuclear Reactor Theory
  • ENGR 412, Nuclear Reactor Analysis
  • ENGR 420, Nuclear Reactor Engineering
  • MECH 200, Engineering Thermodynamics
  • MECH 300, Thermal Systems and Design
  • MECH 403, Internal Combustion Engines
  • MECH 404, Theory of Combustion
  • MECH 406, Air Conditioning Systems Design
  • MECH 407, Power Plant Systems Design
  • MECH 408, Heat Exchanger Design
  • MECH 420, Heat Transfer
  • MECH 425, Solar Energy Engineering
  • MSYM 245, Electrical Service Systems


Additional elective courses can be approved by academic advisors and ENSC coordinator.