Undergraduate Bulletin

Requirements for the minor in Energy Science, Technology and Policy (NRG)

1. Introductory courses (required)

• CME 201 Sustainable Energy - Evaluating the Options
• GEO 105 Energy Resources for the 21st Century
• ESG 201 Learning from Engineering Disaster

 2. Technical electives (choose 3):

Science/Technology focused:

• ESE 350 Electrical Power Systems
• ESE 319 Electromagnetics and Transmission Line Theory
• ESE 352 Electromechanical Energy Converters
• EEO 319 Electromagnetics and Transmission Line Theory (non-SBU students only)
• EEO 470 Renewable Distributed Generation and Storage (non-SBU students only)
• EEO 482 Power Systems Engineering I (non-SBU students only)
• EEO 425 Electric Machinery and Energy Conversion (non-SBU students only)
• MEC 301 Thermodynamics
• MEC 305 Heat and Mass Transfer
• ESG 302 Thermodynamics of Materials (Note: cannot take both ESG 302 and MEC 301 for minor requirements)

Policy focused:

• ESM 486 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering
• EDP 301 Urban Systems
• SUS 344 ​Sustainable Natural Resources
• MAR 336 Marine Pollution

3. ESM 488 Cooperative Industrial Practice (required)

Note: ESM 488 internship must be energy-related; also may substitute independent research course (499) if appropriate (and if approved by director of the minor).