What do I need to know to plan out a minor in Alternative Energy Technology?

Here is some additional scheduling information to help you plan. Go to the Registrar’s Office minor page for the most current list of requirements.

Thermodynamics Course

Check with the department offering the course for the expected planned schedule.

Circuits Course

Select one course below.

• EE 3010 Circuits and Instrumentation for Cyber Physical Systems. This is the circuits course that most students take because it is an introductory course designed for non-EE majors. It is usually offered every fall, spring, and summer, in-person and/or online. This course includes a required lab.
• EE 2111 Electric Circuits I is intended for EE majors and is usually offered every fall, spring, and summer.
• EET 1121 Circuits I is usually offered every spring and requires an additional lab EET 1122.
• EET 1141 Basic Electronics is intended for College of Computing majors and is usually offered every fall and spring.

Energy Technology Courses

Take three or more credits from this list.

• CM/ENT 3979 Alternative Energy Technology and Processes is usually offered every fall.
• EE 3120 Electric Energy Systems is usually offered every fall and spring, in-person and online.
• EE/MEEM 4295 Intro to Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and EE/MEEM 4296 Experimental Studies in Hybrid Electric Vehicles are usually offered every fall.
• MEEM 4200 Principles of Energy Conversion, MEEM 4235 Wind Energy, and MEEM 4260 Fuel Cell Technology are usually offered every fall.

Energy & Society Courses

Take three or more credits from this list.

• CM 3980 Sustainable Chemical Engineering is usually offered every fall and spring.
• EC 4620 Energy Economics is usually offered every spring semester and can be also used as a HASS class. It is an upper-level HASS course and on the Social and Behavioral Science list. For chemical engineering students, this course usually has a time conflict with senior ChE classes.
• ENG 4515 Introduction to Sustainability and Resilience is usually offered every fall.
• ENG 4525 System Analysis for Sustainability and Resilience is usually offered every spring.
• MEEM 4240 Combustion and Air Pollution is usually offered every fall.
• MEEM 4685 Environmentally Responsible Design & Manufacturing has not been offered recently.
• SS 3280 Anthropology of Energy is usually offered in the spring of even years and is a HASS course on the Social and Behavioral Science list.
• SS 3800 Energy Policy & Technology is usually offered every spring and is a HASS course on the Social and Behavioral Science list. It’s also occasionally offered in the summer as an online course.
• SS 3811 Energy Security and Justice and SS 3815 Energy and Society are usually offered fall of odd years and are HASS courses on the Social and Behavioral Science list.

Optional Elective Courses

Remaining credits can be additional courses from the Energy Technology and Energy & Society lists above or those listed below.

• CM 4080 Undergraduate Research in Biofuels Engineering is offered on demand. If you are interested in doing undergraduate research in the chemical engineering department then you will need to talk to the faculty who are doing research in the biofuels engineering area to see if they have a project that you can work on with them. The chemical engineering faculty currently doing research in this area are Dr. Ong and Dr. Shonnard.
• EE 4219 Intro to Electric Machinery and Drives is usually offered every spring, in-person and online.
• EE 4226 Power Engineering Lab is usually offered every spring and occasionally summer and requires instructor permission to enroll.
• EE 4227 Power Electronics is usually offered every fall, in-person and online.
• EET 3390 Power Systems is usually offered every fall.
• Enterprise Project Work with the Alternative Energy Enterprise team is approved for the minor. Project work in the alternative energy area with other Enterprise teams may also be approved. Email a brief description of your project to the chemical engineering advisor for approval.
• MEEM 4220 Internal Combustion Engines I is usually offered every fall.
• MEEM 4250 Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning is usually offered spring of odd years.
• MEEM 4820 Intro to Aeropace Propulsion is usually offered every spring.
• MET 4350 Principles and Application of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems is usually offered every spring.
• MET 4390 Internal Combustion Engines is usually offered every fall.
• MSE 4410 Science of Ceramic Materials is usually offered every spring.
• Undergraduate Research in the alternative energy area from other departments may be approved. Email a brief description of your research to the chemical engineering advisor for approval.