ENERGY-BS - Energy Science and Engineering (BS)
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Program Overview
The four-year program leading to the BS degree provides a foundation for careers in many facets of the energy industry. The curriculum includes basic science and engineering courses that provide sufficient depth for a broad spectrum of energy, engineering, and environmental careers.
One of the program’s goals is to provide experience integrating the skills developed in individual courses to address a significant design problem. In the Senior Project and Seminar in Energy Science and Engineering, taken in the senior year, student teams identify and propose technical solutions for an energy-resource-related problem of current interest.
The Energy Science and Engineering undergraduate curriculum is designed to prepare students for participation in the energy industry or for graduate studies while providing requisite skills to evolve as the energy landscape shifts over the next half-century. The program provides a background in mathematics, basic sciences, and engineering fundamentals such as multiphase fluid flow in the subsurface. In addition, the curriculum is structured with a flexibility that allows students to explore energy topics of particular individual interest and to study abroad.
Minimum Units in the Program
Minimum University Units
The requirements for the BS degree in Energy Science and Engineering are similar, but not identical, to those described in this Bulletin’s “School of Engineering” section. Students must satisfy the university General Education requirements, Ways of Thinking/Ways of Doing (Ways), writing and rhetoric, and language requirements. The standard Energy Science and Engineering undergraduate program automatically satisfies the University Ways requirement in the Disciplinary Breadth areas of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Mathematics.
Courses taken to fulfill the requirements for the major (energy science and engineering core and depth; mathematics; engineering fundamentals; and science) must be taken for a letter grade if the option is offered.
Required Core in Energy Science and Engineering
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Complete at least six courses from the list below. Units must total at least 18 units. Appropriate substitutions are allowed with the consent of the advisor.
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The Energy Science and Engineering program leading to the Bachelor of Science with Honors provides an opportunity for independent study and research on a topic of particular interest. It culminates in a written report and oral presentation.
The honors program is open to students with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 in all courses required for the Energy Science and Engineering major and a minimum of 3.0 in all university coursework. Qualified students intending to pursue honors must submit an Honors Program Application to the undergraduate program director no later than the eighth week of their ninth quarter. Students are encouraged to apply to the program during winter quarter of their junior year. The application includes a short form, an unofficial transcript, and a two to three-page research proposal prepared by the student and endorsed by a faculty member who serves as the research advisor.
Upon approval, students enroll in the honors program via Axess. Students must enroll in a total of nine units of course Undergraduate Research Problems; these units may be spread out over the senior year and may include previous enrollment units for the same research project. Research undertaken for the honors program cannot be used as a substitute for regularly required courses. A formal written report must be submitted to the student’s research advisor no later than the fourth week of the student’s final quarter, and the report must be read, approved, and signed by the student’s faculty advisor and a second member of the faculty. Each honors candidate must present their research results orally.
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