Students with an interest in sustainable energy will develop their data-analytic and computational skills, along with a holistic understanding of economics, business, finance policy, social impacts, and law as it relates to sustainable, distributed, and digitized energy systems.
Students will strengthen their communication skills through experiential-learning encounters and develop the ability to innovate, be adaptive, and design forward-thinking solutions to sustainable energy problems.
The GIS consists of six courses totaling 19 credit hours:
Students will receive formal recognition on their transcripts after the completion of the curriculum, some of which may double-count with major requirements.
Enrollment is open to any graduate student who is interested in sustainable energy. Students interested in enrolling should follow the steps linked below. The Minors and Interdisciplinary Specialization enrollment form is located in GRADFORMS under the Graduation and Examination section.
If you are a student interested in adding a course to the DRIVES GIS requirements, you will need to complete this Qualtrics form. To complete your request, you will need the following documents:
In addition, there are three extended response questions. You are encouraged to write our your responses in a separate document and copy them into Qualtrics.
Extended Responses (500 characters max):
1. What is your rationale for the course addition?
2. Explain why the proposed course is in line with the selected thematic area.
3. Why does the proposed course fit into the thematic area regardless of the other courses within the thematic area?
If you are a faculty member interested in adding a course to the DRIVES GIS requirements, please complete this Qualtrics form.