Solar & Renewable Energy Minor

Students will choose between the Policy Track or the Solar Engineering and Sciences Track. 

Policy Track (21 credits) Minimum GPA: 2.0

Available to all baccalaureate majors, the Solar and Renewable Energy minor with a Policy Concentration is intended to provide students with, in its core required courses, knowledge of global environmental problems and different types of solar energy utilization and competence in sustainable building design. In the Solar Policy electives, students will develop competence in environmental history, policy, and science.

Solar Engineering & Sciences Track (21-23 credits) Minimum GPA: 2.0

Available primarily to baccalaureate science and engineering majors, the Solar and Renewable Energy minor-Engineering and Sciences Concentration, is intended to provide students with, in its core required courses, knowledge of global environmental problems and different types of solar energy utilization, competence in both solar thermal and photovolataic system design and sustainable building design. In the Solar Engineering and Sciences electives, students will develop technical depth in the scientific fundamentals and engineering design principles of renewable energy.