Students must complete three elective courses from the list of courses provided below. There are no required pathways or tracks- you're free to select the courses that best match your interests and goals. Depending on the student’s degree major and interests, one or more of the SES elective courses may also count for credit toward the degree requirements of the student’s major. Also, note that approximately 25% of the SES elective courses also satisfy OU’s General Education requirements. Each elective course is categorized based on its primary content topic, listed in the rightmost column of the interactive course list table, and one or more of the following course areas.
Elective Course Areas:
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| Course Number | Course Title | GenEd Type | Elective Area | Content |
| Topic | ||||
| A HI 4623/5623 | Contemporary Art and the Environment | None | 4,5,6 | Historical, Ethical, Artistic Perspectives |
| AGSC 1513 | Where The Land Meets The Sky | V-FYE | 1, 4, 5 | Intro Course At most one intro course allowed for elective credit. |
| AME 4393/5393 | Renewable Energy Systems and Control | None | 2 | Technology & Engineering |
| AME 4970 | Advanced Energy Systems | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| AME 5410 | Energy efficient and grid-interactive building design | None | 2 | Technology & Engineering |
| AME G4653 | Air Conditioning Systems | None | 2 | Technology & Engineering |
| AME 5970 | Advanced Energy Systems | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| ARCH 5463 | Adv Sustainable- Resilient Systems | None | 2,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| ARCH 5863 | Methods VIII Building Performance Analytics | None | 2,5 | Technology & Engineering |
| ARCH 5970 | Resilient Futures | None | 1,4,5 | Historical & Ethical |
| BIOL 3463 | Water and Ecological Sustainability | II-NS | 2,4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CAS 1553 | Gateway to Science | V-FYE | 1 | Intro Course At most one intro course allowed for elective credit. |
| CEE 1513 | Towards Just and Responsible Energy Engineering | V-FYE | 4,5 | Intro Course At most one intro course allowed for elective credit. |
| CEES 2323 | Environmental Transport and Fate Process | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| CEES 3243 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Design | None | 2,3 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES 4114/5114 | Aquatic Chemistry | None | 1,2,3 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES G4243 | Water Technologies for Emerging Regions | None | Sustainability & the Environment | |
| CEES 4324/5324 | Environmental Biology and Ecology | None | 1 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES 4363 | Ecological Engineering Science | None | 1,2,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| CEES 5123 | Climate Change and Impacts on Water-Energy-Food Nexus | None | 1,2,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES 5133 | Water Sustainability | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CEES 5153 | Water Innovation: Technology, Policy, and Organizational Issues | None | 1,2,,4 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES 5363 | Ecological Engineering Science | None | 1,2,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| CEES 5883 | Environmental Modeling | None | 1,2 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| CEES 5933 | Climate Change and Water Sustainability | None | Sustainability & the Environment | |
| CH E 4323 | Chemical Process Sustainability | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5063 | Sustainable Energy Applications | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5133 | Water Sustainability | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5163 | Heterogeneous Catalysis | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5223 | Refining Principles | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5453 | Polymer Science and Engineering | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CH E 5533 | Materials Design for Energy Application | None | 1,2 | Technology & Engineering |
| CNS 5970 | Constr. Analytics & Innovation | None | 2 | Technology & Engineering |
| DSA 5133 | Energy Analytics | None | 2,6 | Technology & Engineering |
| DSA 5013 | Fundamentals of Energy Statistical Analysis | None | 2,6 | Technology & Engineering |
| DSA 5303 | Financial Engineering Analytics | None | 2,6 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 3113 | Energy Conversion I | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 5423 | Power System Protection | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 5973 | Power Systems and Market Operations | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 5973 | Power Systems Protection | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 5973 | Renewable Energy Systems | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE 5973 | Energy Propagation in Electrical Systems | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECE G4113 | Analysis of Electrical Transmission | None | 2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| ECON 3213 | Environmental Economics | None | 2,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| EDSC 3233 | Environmental Issues in the Community | None | 4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| EDSC 5970 | Special Topics | |||
| EMBA 5012 | Energy Policy and Regulations | None | 2,4,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics, Energy Business Markets |
| EMBA 5021 | Energy Technology & Innovation | None | 2,4,5 | Energy Business Markets |
| EMBA 5261 | Energy and Environment | None | 2,4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| EMBA 5351 | Renewable Energy Law & Regulations | None | 2,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| EMBA 5381 | Renewable Energy Forecasting | None | 1,4 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| EMBA 5402 | Renewable Energy Proj-Develop, Implement, Manage | None | 2,4,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics, Energy Business Markets |
| EMBA 5462 | Introduction to Energy Systems | None | 1,2,3,4 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| EMGT 3113 | Energy Production and Markets | None | 1,2,4,6 | Energy Business Markets |
| EMGT 3513 | Sustainable Policy and Regulations | None | 1,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| EMGT 3523 | Gas Marketing and Power Trading | None | 2,4,6 | Energy Business Markets |
| EMGT 3533 | Commercial Applications in Power Markets | None | 2,4,6 | Energy Business Markets |
| EMGT 3603 | Energy Law I | None | 2,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| ENGR 1413 | Pathways to Engineering Thinking | V-FYE | 1,4 | Intro Course At most one intro course allowed for elective credit. |
| ENGR 4513 | Introduction to Sustainable Engineering | None | 1,4,5 | Life Cycle Analyses |
| ENST 1013 | Consumption & The Environment | III-SS | 1,4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Communication & Education |
| ENST 3213 | Law and the Environment | None | 1,2,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| ENST 3303a | Food, Agriculture, and Environment | None | 1,2,3,4 | Climate |
| ENST 3503a | Energy Use, Climate Change, and the Environment | None | 1,2,3,4 | Climate |
| G E 2013 | Intro to Energy Resources | None | 1,2,3,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| G E 4613 | Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage | None | 2,3 | Carbon Management |
| G E 4623 | Energy Conversion and Storage | None | 3 | Technology & Engineering |
| G E 4633 | Hydrogen Energy Systems | None | 1,2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| G E 5970 | Hydrogen Energy Systems | None | 1,2,3 | Technology & Engineering |
| GEOG 2021 | Exploring DGES | None | 1,2,3,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| GEOG 3233 | Principles of Sustainability | None | 2,4,5,6 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| GEOG 3253 | Environmental Conservation | III-SS | 1,4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Communication & Education |
| GEOG 3443 | Environment and Society | III-SS | 2,4,5,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| GEOG 3523/METR 3523 | Managing for a Changing Climate | II-NL | 1,2,6 | Climate |
| GEOG 4343/5343 | Climate, History, and Society | II-NL | 1,4,5,6 | Climate |
| GEOG 4493/5493 | Systems Thinking and Knowledge Integration | None | 2,4,6 | Systems Perspectives |
| GEOG 4523/5523 | Life Cycle Analysis | None | 1,2,4,5,6 | Life Cycle Analyses |
| GEOG 4583/5583 | Energy Systems and Sustainability | None | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Systems Perspectives |
| GEOG 4653/5653 | Urban Sustainability | None | 1,,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| GEOG 4970/5970 | AI, Ethics & Sustainability | None | 4 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| GEOG 4970/5970 | Climate CO2 Removal Strategies | None | 1,2,3,4,6 | Carbon Management |
| GEOL 1033 | Earth, Energy, Environment | II-NS | 1,3,2,5 | Intro Course At most one intro course allowed for elective credit. |
| GEOL 2014 | The Earth System | II-NSL | 1,3 | Systems Perspectives |
| GEOL 3033 | Earth Resources and the Environment | II-NL | 3,4,5 | Sustainability & the Environment |
| GEOL G4233 | Subsurface Methods | None | 2,3,4,6 | Subsurface, Energy Storage and Transport |
| GEOL/METR 4533/5533 | Earth's Past Climate | None | 1,3 | Climate |
| GEOL 5353 | Carbonates and Sequence Stratigraphy | None | 1,5 | Energy & Climate |
| GEOL 5970 | Orogenic Systems | None | 1,3 | Subsurface, Energy Storage and Transport |
| GPHY G4874 | Seismic Exploration | None | 3 | Technology & Engineering |
| HON 2973 | Energy in U.S. History | IV-WC | 1,2 | Historical, Ethical, Artistic Perspectives |
| HSTM 1323 | History of the Geoscienes | IV-WC | 3,5 | Historical, Ethical, Artistic Perspectives |
| HSTM 3343/PE 3343 | Revolution in Power: The Evolution of Energy Systems from Fossil Fuels to Renewables | IV-WC | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
| ID 5970 | Adv. Topic in Net Zero | None | 1,3 | Life Cycle Analyses |
| ISE 5133 | Energy Analytics | None | 2,6 | Technology & Engineering |
| JMC 3453 | Public Relations & Society | None | 3 | Communications |
| JMC 4213 | Innovators in Journalism | |||
| JMC 4970/5970 | Special Topics: Strategic Communication about Sustainable Energy Systems | None | 3 | Communications |
| JMC 4970/5970 | Special Topics: Strategic Communication for STEM majors | |||
| L A 4970/5970 | Sustainable Stormwater Design | None | 1,2,6 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| LAW 5232 | Introduction to Real Property Law in Oil, Natural Gas, and Renewable Energies | None | 1,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| LAW 5970 | Energy Law & Electricity Regulation | None | 1,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| LAW 6573 | Energy Development on Public Lands | None | 1,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| LSO 6581 | Water Law and Energy Industry | None | 2,4,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| METR 2603 | Severe and Unusual Weather | II-NS | 1 | Climate |
| METR 4553/5553 | Climate and Renewable Energy | None | 1,2, 5 | Climate/Weather and Renewable Energy |
| NAS 4423/5433 | Issues in Native American Environment & Sustainability | None | 1,4,5 | Historical, Ethical, Artistic Perspectives |
| P E 3343 | Evolution of Energy | IV-WC | 1,5 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| P E 3712 | Petroleum Economics | None | 2,4,6 | Energy Business Markets |
| P E 4553 / 5553 | Integrated Reservoir Management | None | 2,3,4,6 | Subsurface, Energy Business Markets |
| P E 4711 | Project Evaluation | None | 2,3,4,6 | Subsurface, Energy Storage and Transport |
| P E 5243 | Introduction to Rock Mechanics | None | 1,3 | Subsurface |
| P E 5433 | Horizontal Well Technology | None | 3,5 | Subsurface, Energy Storage and Transport |
| P E 5603 | Intro Natural Gas Engr & Mgt | None | 2,5 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| P E 5723 | Environmental Sustainability | None | 1,2,3,5,6 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| P E 5753 | Low Carbon Energy Markets | None | ||
| P E 5970 | Subsurface Energy Exploitation | None | 3 | Subsurface, Energy, Technology & Engineering |
| P SC 3233 | Environmental Policy and Administration | None | 2,4,5,6 | Energy & Environmental Law, Policy & Economics |
| PHIL 3293 | Environmental Ethics | IV-WC | 4,5 | Historical, Ethical, Artistic Perspectives |
| PHIL 3900 | Ethics & Energy Systems | None | 4,5,6 | Communications, Education, Society, Ethics |
| RCPL 4263/5263 | Infrastructure Planning | None | 1,2,6 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| RCPL 4753/5753 | Transportation Geography and Planning | None | 2,6 | Sustainability & the Environment, Technology & Engineering, Systems Perspective |
| RCPL 5813 | Environmental Planning Methods | None | 1,2,6 | Sustainability & the Environment, Systems Perspectives |
| SOC 3893 | Environment, Ecology, and Society | None | 1,4,5 | Climate |
| SOC 4373/5373 | Sociology of Climate Change | None | 1,4,5 | Climate |
| a Either ENST 3303 or ENST 3503 may be counted as an SES elective, but not both. |
