Energy Curriculum
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Are you ready to step forward and begin a journey that will lead you to responsibility, career growth, and possible work locations around the world? This is how we do energy at Texas.
Energy Management Minor (EMM)
Energy Management Minor (EMM)
The Energy Management Minor consists of 18 credit hours and incorporates coursework in business, geoscience, law, and petroleum engineering. This minor is open to all majors.
Energy, Finance, Law and Science Track (EFLS)
Energy, Finance, Law and Science Track (EFLS)
The Texas BBA Program gives finance majors the opportunity to specialize in Energy, Finance, Law and Science.
Energy Management Minor
The Energy Management Minor (EMM), offered through the McCombs School of Business, requires 18 credit hours and is open to all undergraduate students at UT Austin.
Summer Courses
Take 4 classes with your energy peers Monday–Thursday during the summer. Fridays will have speaker lunches, field trips, treks, and more.
Summer Curriculum
- Real Estate and Contracts Law
- Energy Strategy
- Energy Law & Policy
- Electricity Markets/Systems
Remaining Courses
After the summer sessions, you’ll choose two of the following courses to complete your minor:
- Valuation of Natural Resources
- Oil, Gas and Mineral Law
- Non-Technical Exploration and Production
- Energy Technology and Policy
- Physical Geology
- Finance
Hands-On Learning with Industry Professionals
NAPE Expo & Company Visits
NAPE Expo & Company Visits
Students have the opportunity to attend Winter and Summer NAPE Expo. They can also network at energy company headquarters, such as Opportune, BP, Alvarez & Marsal, and Schlumberger.
Dallas Energy-Finance Trek
Dallas Energy-Finance Trek
Approximately 20 undergraduate and graduate students visit Prudential Capital in Dallas, TX for a one-day visit. Other Dallas energy companies attend and discuss current energy industry policies, trends, observations, and opportunities.
Annual KBH Energy Center Conferences
Annual KBH Energy Center Conferences
Each fall and spring, approximately 300 industry professionals gather for a pair of one-day conferences to discuss technology, policy, and economic trade-offs for our collective energy future.
Energy, Finance, Law, and Science Track
Make your study path uniquely yours, designed to match the energy career of your dreams. The Texas McCombs BBA Program gives Finance Majors the opportunity to specialize in Energy, Finance, Law and Science (EFLS).
EFLS Courses
This track requires 18 credit hours, follows the base Finance curriculum, and adds the folowing specialized courses:
- GEO 303 or 401: Physical Geology
- GEO 316P: Sedimentary Rocks or FIN 337: Valuing Natural Resources
- FIN 377-5: Financial Risk Management
- FIN 374C: Valuation
- BGS 370: 10-Nontechnical Exploration and Production
- PGE 379: 8-Oil, Gas and Mineral Law or 14-Oil and Gas Law
Well Site Tour
Well Site Tour
Hunt Oil Company hosted students for a tour of its Eagle Ford operations in South Texas. The time included a field visit with a field foreman and district engineer demonstrating the equipment necessary for producing oil and gas.
Power Plant Tour
Power Plant Tour
Students in the summer program take an annual field trip to the Fayette Power Project near La Grange in Fayette County, Texas. They talk one-on-one with engineers and plant operators to see turbines, fuel, and burning units first-hand.
Interested In Hosting a Student Experience?
Hosting energy students from UT Austin lends real-world experience to the energy industry's brightest and most promising future stars. You will network with soon-to-be graduates well-prepared to contribute to the energy industry.