The minor requirements consist of a selection of technical energy courses, an energy policy/environment course, and a fundamentals-based course. Energy Minor students are also eligible to take an energy engineering projects course, which is comprised of students enrolled in the energy engineering minor and focuses on the design and analysis of energy technologies from a technical, economic, and policy perspective

For many engineering majors, the minor can be completed within the standard curriculum for their major, given a careful selection of elective courses.听 (For example, the required courses meet H&SS or Technical Electives for many majors).听 Please contact your academic advisor for assistance with planning.

Completion of 18 credit hours is required for the minor, distributed as follows:

All students must take one of the following fundamentals-based courses

  • Mechanical Systems for Buildings (3 credit hours)
  • Materials and Energy Balances (3 credit hours)
  • Energy Conversion 1 (3 credit hours)
  • Thermodynamics 2 (3 credit hours)

and:

All students must take one of the following energy policy/environment-based courses

  • Energy Policy and Society (3 credit hours)
  • Energy and the Environment (3 credit hours)
  • or EVEN 3650 Sustainable Energy (3 credit hours)

and:

Four elective courses (12 credit hours)听

  • Note: many students have required courses that will also count towards technical electives for minor

Admission to the minor is by application; The application deadline is October 5, and you will be notified of your status by November 1. Ideally, you should apply to the program in your sophomore year.

GPA Requirements

  • To apply, you should have a minimum CU cumulative GPA of at least 2.5.
  • A GPA of 2.250 or better is required in the courses used to satisfy the requirements for the minor. Each course that is counted towards the requirements must be passed with a D- or better.听 Note, however, that at least a C- is required in all prerequisite courses to move on to a subsequent course.

To apply for the program, you must be an undergraduate student majoring in the college of engineering. If you are not an engineering student, you will not be admitted to the program, although you may wish to pursue the听听offered through the Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI).

The College of Engineering and Applied Science requires the submission of a certified Energy Engineering Minor Degree Audit.听 Please run your audit and once satisfied, submit a printout to your major department academic advisor.

Please contact the Energy Engineering Minor faculty director, Professor Mike Walker (Mike.Walker@Colorado.EDU), in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The CU Energy Engineering Minor is sponsored by ConocoPhillips.