Building Energy Systems Minor
The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department within the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering offers a non-teaching minor called the Building Energy Systems Minor. This minor provides a suite of courses from a wide variety of disciplines, which are relevant to the built environment. Students must satisfy the degree requirements for an ME, MET, CE, CET, EE or Arch degree plus the following courses to obtain a Building Energy Systems Minor.
The Building Energy Systems Minor requires a minimum of 22 credits, 10 credits of required core coursework and 12 credits of elective coursework chosen from each of the 4 categories.
| Required Courses | 10 | |
| Introduction to Building Energy Systems | ||
| Applied Thermodynamics | ||
or EMEC 321 | Thermodynamics II | |
| Applied Heat Transfer | ||
or EMEC 326 | Fundamentals of Heat Transfer | |
| Thermal Processes Lab | ||
| Integrated Building Design | 3 | |
| Choose one from the following: | ||
| Principles of HVAC II | ||
| Leadership in Architecture | ||
| Environmental Controls/HVAC | 3 | |
| Choose one from the following: | ||
| Environmental Controls I | ||
| Principles of HVAC I | ||
| Building Systems | ||
| Building Construction/Design | 3 | |
| Choose one from the following: | ||
| Building Construction I | ||
| Construction Practice | ||
| Geotechnical Engineering | ||
| Soils and Foundations | ||
| Building System Electives | 3 | |
| Choose one from the following: | ||
| Electric Power Applications | ||
| Energy Conversion Devices | ||
| Photovoltaic Systems | ||
| Power Systems Analysis and Design | ||
| Alternative Energy Power Gen | ||
| Industrial Processing Automation and Controls | ||
| Renewable Energy Applications | ||
| Total Credits | 22 | |