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Overview

This interdisciplinary Minor is for students who would like to learn about energy engineering fundamentals, socio-environmental impacts of energy systems, and novel energy engineering technologies. The Minor will enhance their abilities to integrate knowledge from different disciplines with concepts used in energy engineering and offer the students the opportunity to be recognized for study in this growing interdisciplinary field.

General Program Requirements

Students who wish to take the Minor will meet with the Minor Advisor, Dr. Sandeep Kumar, and present the course from their Major that they wish to apply to the Minor requirements subject to the advisor's approval. A plan of work form will be completed that lists the courses that will be applied to the Minor requirements. The Minor Advisor will report the completion of the Minor to the registrar.

For completion of the Minor, students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.00 in all courses required for the minor exclusive of pre-requisites. At least six (6) hours of the required twelve (12) must be taken through courses offered by Â鶹´«Ã½

Note that any class taken prior to the official start date of the Minor that is or later becomes an approved or required Minor class can be credited toward the student's Minor requirements.

Those interested in applying for the Energy Minor Program should download this Application Form (pdf), complete it, and submit via email to Dr. Sandeep Kumar (skumar@odu.edu).

Energy Engineering Interdisciplinary Minor Brochure

Biomass Research Laboratory Brochure

Curriculum

The Energy Engineering Interdisciplinary Minor consists of 12 credit-hours of 300- and 400-level coursework. Four (4) 3-credit hour courses from the following approved list will be selected by the student. A maximum of six (6) credit-hours may be taken in any one discipline. No more than one 3-credit hour course can count towards the student's Major as well as the proposed Minor. The approved courses are: