Graduate Programs

Energy Policy and Management Graduate Certificate

A total of five courses are required for the Graduate Certificate in Energy Policy and Management, with a minimum of 15 total credits.

The courses are listed below and offered across the programs collaborating on this interdisciplinary certificate. They are Public Administration (PA); Urban Studies and Planning (USP); Economics (EC); Engineering Technology and Management (ETM); and Systems Science (SYSC).

Students will select one of the core courses, two of the focal area courses, and two of the professional skills courses, depending on interest and course availability. Courses need not be taken in any particular order, but the core course is recommended early in the program. The second core course (if taken) can be applied towards the focal area requirement.

Core Course

One of the following:

PA 567Energy Resources Policy and Administration

3

or

USP 534Green Buildings

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Focal Area Courses

Two courses required

Ec 537Public Utility Economics

4

Ec 538Energy Economics

4

ETM 568Energy Technology Innovations

4

PA 572Columbia River Basin Governance

3

PA 573Smart Grid and Sustainable Communities: Making the Smart Grid Work

3

USP 518Energy and Society

3

USP 582Sustainable Transportation

3

Total Credit Hours:6-8

Professional Skills Courses

Two courses required

Ec 526Economics of Regulation

4

Ec 527Cost-Benefit Analysis

4

Ec 528Project Evaluation

4

Ec 530Resource and Environmental Economics

4

Ec 569Introduction to Econometrics

4

Ec 570Econometrics

4

Ec 571Advanced Econometrics

4

Ec 572Time Series Analysis and Forecasts

4

ETM 525Strategic Planning

4

ETM 530Decision Making

4

ETM 531Technology Assessment & Acquisition

4

ETM 534Technology Roadmapping

4

ETM 540Operations Research

4

ETM 545Project Management

4

PA 536Strategic Planning

3

PA 551Analytic Methods in Public Administration I

3

PA 552Analytic Methods in Public Administration II

3

PA 554Policy Analysis Research

3

PA 555Program Evaluation and Management

3

PA 556Public Contract Management

3

PA 558Managing Public Projects and Programs: From Local to Global

3

SySc 514System Dynamics

4

SySc 525Agent Based Simulation

4

USP 532Data Collection

4

USP 536Policy Evaluation Methods

3

USP 578Impact Assessment

3

USP 588Sustainable Development Practices

3

USP 615Economic Analysis of Public Policy

4

USP 634Data Analysis I

4

Total Credit Hours:6-8

Total Credit Hours: 15-19