Hybrid Executive MBA in Energy

Credit Hours: 1

This course is an introduction to the global energy industry's past, present, and future, along with the history and current issues/challenges that different regions face. The course provides a broad look at the fundamentals (resources, politics, culture, regulatory, and legal framework, plus environmental issues) that impact world energy supply and demand.

Credit Hours: 2

This course uses concepts from financial accounting and managerial accounting and applies them to specific reporting issues in the energy industry, as well as presentation of the information on the financial statements of an oil and gas company. It reviews the accounting cycle with an emphasis on the proper accounting treatment of energy-related activities and actions (e.g. acquisition of mineral interests).

Credit Hours: 2

This course covers economic concepts and analysis used in managerial decision-making in energy companies, with emphasis on demand, supply, market equilibrium, elasticities, perfect competition, external effects and public goods, market power and monopoly, natural monopolies, economic regulation, market dominance, merger clearance, cartels, collusion and antitrust, oligopolistic markets, GDP, unemployment, inflation, monetary and fiscal policies, and the interrelations among different sectors of the economy.

Credit Hours: 2

The purpose of this course is to understand and apply quantitative methods and models in the context of energy management. This course is organized to develop the student's ability to: 1) summarize, 2) compare, and 3) predict outcomes based on sample quantitative data. The topics covered in course modules include descriptive statistics, associative statistics, inferential statistics, and multiple regression analysis.

Credit Hours: 2

This course examines management decisions and actions to improve an organization's competitiveness in global business environments. It uses a variety of pedagogies to integrate strategies, and students will develop skills to formulate, implement, and evaluate organizational strategies that play across the energy industry in rapidly changing environments.

Credit Hours: 2

The course develops skills in data analytics including managing data resources, techniques for analysis, visualization, security and privacy, and data-driven decision-making. Particular attention is paid to disruptive technologies, governance, and organizational issues in deepening analytics capabilities in the energy industry.

Credit Hours: 1

The course provides a theoretical understanding and skill development necessary for being an effective leader and managing organizational change. You’ll identify ways to become a more effective leader by applying theories of human behavior to solve day-to-day problems of organizational administration. You’ll examine core decision-making challenges, complex change scenarios, and leadership approaches and strategies to manage change in the context of the energy industry.

Credit Hours: 2

Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide, or greenhouse gas emissions, that organizations contribute to the environment. This course is on developing and implementing a long-term carbon management plan to provide an organization with strategies and steps that will help prepare the organization for the physical and economic risks of climate change, remaining competitive in a low carbon economy.

Credit Hours: 2

The course covers different forms of energy and their production/technology, distribution, and consumption, and evaluates current hydrocarbon and renewable energy systems to integrate them into a single energy system. This course also provides an overview of the hydrocarbon value chain as well as the function and organization of electric power systems, focusing on generation, transmission, distribution, and consumer segments.

Credit Hours: 1

The energy sector is developing and deploying scalable innovative technologies to navigate the energy transition landscape by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, making a lower carbon future for hydrocarbons, improving energy security, and providing access to energy to communities that previously lacked it. This course provides a broad overview of such technologies and innovations.

Renewable Energy Project Development: Forecasting
Credit Hours: 1

All major stakeholders associated with a renewable energy project must rely on many different types of forecasting. Generating accurate forecasts is critical to reducing the uncertainty and risks associated with intermittent resources. This course will provide an overview on how different types of forecasts inform project decisions, both from a project development and operational perspective.

Renewable Energy Law and Regulations
Credit Hours: 1

The course will be an introduction to the legal framework governing renewable energy project development and operation, including regulatory and commercial issues facing various stakeholders.

Accounting for Renewable Energy
Credit Hours: 1

This course will cover advanced financial topics for renewable energy companies, such as financial statement disclosures specific to entities engaged in renewable energy, depreciation and depreciation reserves, accounting for derivatives, and tax equity and tax benefits for renewable energy industry.

Renewable Energy Project Valuation
Credit Hours: 1

This course introduces valuation concepts and the main factors affecting the valuation of a broad range of renewable energy assets, projects, and business enterprises.

Renewable Energy Project – Develop, Implement, and Manage
Credit Hours: 2

The course will follow the progression of the development of an energy project, from early-stage site and offtake development issues, through construction and project financing, through operation. Teams determine which renewable energy they want to focus on and develop business propositions accordingly.

Credit Hours: 2

This course examines U.S. & global energy policy and regulatory development emphasizing: resource access, business-government relations, environmental protection, social responsibility, and sustainability. Topics are explored from the perspectives of government, business, citizens, and civil society stakeholder groups, emphasizing unique positions of entities in the various major energy-producing regions and energy users in the U.S. and worldwide.

Credit Hours: 1

This course is designed for students who wish to occupy leadership and managing positions in the energy industry and increase their understanding of individual behavior in organizations. It explores theories and concepts of organizational behavior to address managerial problems. Topics include: management challenges; evidence-based management; managing diversity; motivating, evaluating, and rewarding employees; creating a positive work environment; and achieving personal well-being.

Credit Hours: 2

During this course, you'll obtain a strong foundation for an understanding of financial markets and the main types of securities traded in these markets. The course topics include trading structure, risk and return, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, market efficiency, an introduction to the nature and valuation of equities and bonds, and an overview of technical concepts.

Credit Hours: 2

This course provides students with the analytical and conceptual skills required in the modern practice of corporate financial management in energy organizations. It will focus on three key areas: (1) optimal allocation of capital; (2) optimal choices for raising capital; and (3) optimal management of risk in conjunction with (1) and (2), including measuring and managing risks in energy companies.

Credit Hours: 2

The course provides a comprehensive review of the organization and structure of the market for energy assets and commodities. Topics include trading platforms, pricing issues, forecasting, role and linkage with associated futures, forwards and options contracts, "basis" and spreads, hedging strategies, the principles governing the valuation of these "derivative" securities, and the ways in which these securities can be used effectively.

Credit Hours: 1

This course covers material on basic concepts, terms, and the integration of primary functions in electric utility systems, including an overview of the utility regulatory environment and markets, general business model of regulated and unregulated utilities, and electric generation options and economic dispatch.

Credit Hours: 1

This course covers introductory topics in cyber-physical systems security, provides a layered perspective of the energy industry, and provides an overview of the interactions among system components and the interaction between external forces and the system, breaches and enforcement, standardization, best practices, policies, privacy, and legal issues.

Credit Hours: 1

In support of broader efforts to address climate change, companies are increasingly pledging to reach net-zero emissions as part of their business strategies. To reach their target, companies need to make changes. This course provides a framework for companies to drive transformational changes and strategically address the challenges to a net-zero world.

Credit Hours: 1

Historically, the energy supply chain mainly involved moving products from refineries to customers. Now, it is expected to improve performance and manage supply and demand across areas, such as strategic sourcing, platform construction, plant maintenance and reliability, storage, etc. This course explores hydrocarbon and renewable energy value chains and provides a foundational knowledge of the intersections of supply chain and energy.

Hydrocarbon Law and Regulations
Credit Hours: 2

This course is an introduction to energy policy, law, and regulation, covering some basics in both contract and property law and how to critically read and brief cases. While hydrocarbon law is a major focus, other energy resources and how the multiple energy markets can affect each other are explored. Policies for balancing energy needs with environmental protection are examined.

Marketing Strategy – Changing Energy Mix and New Markets
Credit Hours: 1

Covers the challenges faced by the energy industry in developing new markets for its products, and how to manage customer and client relations. Students will learn practical marketing tools and how they can be used to affect corporate strategy. Topics include the strategic marketing process, oil, gas and NGL valuation, market segmentation, supply chain and logistics, pricing mechanisms and hedging.

Valuation of Hydrocarbon Resources
Credit Hours: 2

This course brings together concepts to make better economic decisions in projects and industry. It examines ways to evaluate the economic viability of an investment opportunity and develops skills to make these evaluations. The participants perform evaluations of field development projects and practice negotiation skills to create value for an acquisition/divestment.

Financing Hydrocarbon Projects
Credit Hours: 1

Graduate standing and majors only. This course is designed to teach students how to finance hydrocarbon projects and to provide an understanding of the steps involved in valuation, financing, structuring a deal, addressing carbon footprint issues, and packaging for presentation for securing investments.