Alternative Energy Option
This option is available within the Environmental Sciences major at the following location:
- Corvallis
The Alternative Energy option draws from a variety of disciplines that offer courses in energy-related topics. Students in this option will be well-informed about energy alternatives for work in urban and regional planning, city government, NGOs promoting energy alternatives to fossil fuels sources, power companies working with the public, policy-making in the energy field, and law school with an aim toward environmental law.
Option Code: 842
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate a rigorous cross-disciplinary base across the biological, physical, and social sciences.
- Articulate connections between multiple components of human and natural systems, including implications for land, air, water, climate, energy, food, biodiversity, and human health.
- Investigate and diagnose interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder environmental issues to propose solutions.
- Apply the analysis of data to an environmental problem.
- Reflect on how identity, including one’s own, affects the perception of issues and the practice of environmental science.
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences in writing, speech, and in graphic forms.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| Select a minimum of 9 credits from the following courses: | 9 | |
| ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE | ||
| +*ENERGY ALTERNATIVES | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENERGY POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| US ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 18 credits from the following courses or additional core courses: | 18 | |
| *ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | ||
| ENERGY IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | ||
| *ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, SUSTAINABILITY AND BUSINESS | ||
| ECONOMICS OF TRADITIONAL AND RENEWABLE ENERGY | ||
| *SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING | ||
| +*MINERALS, ENERGY, WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| +SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD | ||
| *SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY | ||
| *ENERGY, CLIMATE AND SOCIETY | ||
| *THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICY | ||
| RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY | ||
| Total Credits | 27 | |
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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
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Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
Option Code: 842