Minor in Building Energy Systems (Non-Teaching)
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.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Fundamentals / Applications: Demonstrate an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve Building Energy Systems problems appropriate to the discipline.
- Design: Demonstrate an ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for Building Energy System problems appropriate to the discipline.
- Communication: Demonstrate an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in Building Energy Systems environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature.
- Professional and Ethical Responsibilities: Demonstrate an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- Teamwork: Demonstrate an ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.
- Experimentation: Demonstrate an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes.
- Professional Preparation: Demonstrate an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
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 | |