The Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) certificate is open to all majors and helps you connect your field—whether business, policy, communication, engineering, or beyond—to real-world energy and sustainability challenges.
The SES certificate is a 15 credit hour multidisciplinary curriculum that draws from a range of perspectives to equip students with vital knowledge and skills needed to address complex and pressing challenges in a dynamic energy landscape. The curriculum is structured to provide a common core of fundamental knowledge, while at the same time provide the flexibility to specialize in topics of interests though elective course options.
Please note this is not a stand-alone certificate. Students must be enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral program at OU to add the certificate.
Scroll down on ou.edu/gradcollege/apply to Addition or Change of Program Application (ACOP).
This Certificate Works With YOUR Major - not just STEM. Social sciences, humanities, business, and arts students are equally essential to solving energy challenges.
You'll Learn Through Collaboration Across Disciplines - in all SES classes, you'll work with students from other majors, learning to communicate across boundaries - exactly the skill employers want and exactly what solving complex problems requires.
The Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) Certificate Program at the University of Oklahoma invites undergraduate students to apply for research funding for the 2026–2027 academic year. This award supports original student research in energy and sustainability, conducted in partnership with an SES-affiliated faculty mentor.
Research projects should address topics relevant to sustainable energy systems, including but not limited to renewable energy, energy efficiency, grid modernization, policy, environmental impacts, or related interdisciplinary areas.
The SES certificates are 15 credit hour programs with 6 credit hours of core courses and 9 credit hours of elective courses, which are selected from the approved SES elective course list. The undergraduate and graduate SES certificates are open to all majors at OU.
Course Number | Course Title | Core Domains |
|---|---|---|
| SES 2113 | Fundamentals of Earth Systems, Energy, and Sustainability [II-NS] | Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, and Environmental Sustainability; Fundamentals of Energy |
| SES 2123 | Energy in Society: A Systems Perpsective [III-SS] | Historical, Societal, and Economic Impacts of Energy; Systems Modeling, Analysis, and Tradeoffs |
Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SES 5113 | Evaluation of Sustainable Energy Systems | 3 credit hours |
| SES 5121 | Seminar in Sustainable energy Systems x 3 | 1 credit hour, repeated 3 times |
