Energy Resource Management Minor

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ERM Minor

The purpose of the ERM minor is to provide students at UW the opportunity to learn about energy and expand their career opportunities with this credential.

Core Courses- 6 credit hours needed

ERS 1000 - Energy and Society Credits: 3
OR
ENR 1000 - Energy and Society Credits: 3
ERS 3400 - Energy Markets & Policy Credits: 3
OR
ECON 3400 - Energy Markets & Policy Credits: 3

Elective Courses- 6 credit hours needed

ECON 1300 - Oil: Business, Culture, and Power Credits: 3
OR
ERS 1300 - Oil: Business, Culture, and Power Credits: 3
AGEC 3750 - Natural Resource Planning and Economics Credits: 3
OR
ENR 3750 - Natural Resource Planning and Economics Credits: 3
INST 4455 - Energy Security Credits: 3
OR
POLS 4455 - Energy Security Credits: 3
POLS 4350 - Sustainable Development and Global Policy Credits: 3
POLS 4051 - Environmental Politics Credits: 3
SOC 3950 - Environmental Sociology Credits: 3
OR
ENR 3950 - Environmental Sociology Credits: 3
ERS 2010 - Introduction to Land Management Credits: 3
ERS 4100 - Property I Credits: 3
ERS 4110 - Common Law and Contracts Credits: 3
ERS 4120 - Federal Public Land Law Credits: 3
ERS 4130 - Oil and Gas Law Credits: 3
ERS 3010 - Air Quality Management Credits: 3
ERS 4050 - Solar Energy Conversion Credits: 3
OR
CHEM 4050 - Solar Energy Conversion Credits: 3
ATSC 2100 - Global Warming: The Science of Humankinds’ Energy Consumption Impacting Climate Credits: 3
GEOL 4010 - Exploration Geoscience Credits: 3
OR
ERS 4010 - Exploration Geoscience Credits: 3
GEOG 3480 - Environmental Change Credits: 3
OR
ESS 3480 - Environmental Change Credits: 3
GEOL 1600 - Global Sustainability: Managing Earth’s Resources Credits: 4
GEOL 1650 - The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus Credits: 3
OR
ERS 1650 - The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus Credits: 3
GEOL 3650 - Energy for Society: Addressing the Energy Grand Challenge Credits: 4
GEOL 3600 - Earth and Mineral Resources Credits: 4
GEOL 4190 - Petroleum Geology Credits: 3
OR
GEOL 5190 - Petroleum Geology Credits: 3
GEOL 4720 - Ore Deposits Credits: 4
OR
GEOL 5720 - Ore Deposits Credits: 4
ME 4460 - Solar and Geothermal Engineering Credits: 3
OR
ESE 4460 - Solar and Geothermal Engineering Credits: 3
ME 4470 - Wind and Ocean Energy Engineering Credits: 3
OR
ESE 4470 - Wind and Ocean Energy Engineering Credits: 3
ERS 4990 - Topics in Energy Resource Development and Management Credits: 1-6
NAIS 4340 - Natural Resource Management on Western Reservations Credits: 3
ENR 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
OR
GEOG 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
OR
AMST 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
OR
POLS 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
GEOL 4210 - Topics in Geophysics Credits: 1‑3
RNEW 4775 - Forest Ecology Credits: 4
SOIL 4100 - Soil Physics Credits: 3
PETE 4860 - Energy, Environment, and Materials Credits: 3
PHYS 2250 - Themodynamic Systems in Energy Science Credits: 4
ESE 4474 - Topics in Energy Systems Engineering Credits: 1-3
GEOL 4001 - Modeling the Earth System Credits: 4
GEOL 4020 - Global Biogeochemistry Credits: 3
HIST 4535 - History of Oil Credits: 3
ESE 4060 - Energy Systems Design I Credits: 3
ERS 4960 - Energy Field Studies Credits: 1-3
EDSE 3040 - Energy and Power Technology Credits: 3
ENR 4750 - ENR Law and Policy Credits: 3
BKCH 3021 - Fundamentals of Blockchain Credits: 3
GEOL 4525 - Environmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
EE 4510 - Power Systems Credits: 3
ENR 4450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
EE 2220 - Circuits and Signals Credits: 4
EE 3510 - Electric Machines and Power Systems Credits: 4
AGEC 4450 - Negotiation Credits: 3
PETE 2050 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering Credits: 3
CE 3400 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering Credits: 3
CE 4430 - Green Chemistry and Global Environmental Problems Credits: 3
OR
CHE 4430 - Green Chemistry and Global Environmental Problems Credits: 3
ME 3400 - Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning of Buildings Credits: 3
ME 3450 - Properties of Materials Credits: 3
ME 3975 - Internship Credits: 3
ME 4340 - Gas Turbine Engines Credits: 3
ESE 4455 - Combustion Engineering Credits: 3
ME 4430 - HVAC Systems Analysis and Design Credits: 3
ME 4455 - Combustion Engineering Credits: 3
NAIS 4100 - Tribal Government Credits: 3
NAIS 3300 - Federal Indian Law Credits: 3
ERS 4480 - Carbon Capture and Storage Credits: 3
ERS 4481 - Geological Carbon Sequestration Credits: 3
ERS 4482 - Global Climate Governance Credits: 3
ERS 4502 - Energy Finance Credits: 3
ERS 4975 - Global Experience in Energy Credits: 2-4