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.
Core Course
One of the following:
| PA 567 | Energy Resources Policy and Administration | 3 |
| | or | |
| USP 529 | Green Buildings I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
Focal Area Courses
Two courses required
| Ec 537 | Public Utility Economics | 4 |
| Ec 538 | Energy Economics | 4 |
| ETM 568 | Energy Technology Innovations | 4 |
| PA 572 | Columbia River Basin Governance | 3 |
| PA 573 | Smart Grid and Sustainable Communities: Making the Smart Grid Work | 3 |
| USP 518 | Energy and Society | 3 |
| USP 582 | Sustainable Transportation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6-8 |
Professional Skills Courses
Two courses required
| Ec 526 | Economics of Regulation | 4 |
| Ec 527 | Cost-Benefit Analysis | 4 |
| Ec 528 | Project Evaluation | 4 |
| Ec 530 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| Ec 569 | Introduction to Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 570 | Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 571 | Advanced Econometrics | 4 |
| Ec 572 | Time Series Analysis and Forecasts | 4 |
| ETM 525 | Strategic Planning | 4 |
| ETM 530 | Decision Making | 4 |
| ETM 531 | Technology Assessment & Acquisition | 4 |
| ETM 534 | Technology Roadmapping | 4 |
| ETM 540 | Operations Research | 4 |
| ETM 545 | Project Management | 4 |
| PA 536 | Strategic Planning | 3 |
| PA 551 | Analytic Methods in Public Administration I | 3 |
| PA 552 | Analytic Methods in Public Administration II | 3 |
| PA 554 | Policy Analysis Research | 3 |
| PA 555 | Program Evaluation and Management | 3 |
| PA 556 | Public Contract Management | 3 |
| PA 558 | Managing Public Projects and Programs: From Local to Global | 3 |
| SySc 514 | System Dynamics | 4 |
| SySc 525 | Agent Based Simulation | 4 |
| USP 532 | Data Collection | 4 |
| USP 536 | Policy Evaluation Methods | 3 |
| USP 578 | Impact Assessment | 3 |
| USP 588 | Sustainable Development Practices | 3 |
| USP 615 | Economic Analysis of Public Policy | 4 |
| USP 634 | Data Analysis I | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6-8 |
Total Credit Hours: 15-19