Business Administration Comprehensive Major: Energy Management Emphasis

Program Requirements

Admission to the program: All students wishing to major in the Energy Management (EM) emphasis in Business Administration must be formally admitted to the program. Students who have already completed a BA/BS in Business or Accounting will be considered to have completed most of the Energy Management Base Curriculum and Energy Management Nucleus upon admission to the program.

A minimum of 74 credits is required, including the 21-credit Energy Management Base Curriculum, the 21-credit Energy Management Nucleus, and the 31-credit Energy Management Emphasis and Capstone: 

Energy Management Base Curriculum
ACC 201Introduction to Financial Accounting3
ACC 202Introduction to Managerial Accounting3
BUAD 220Spreadsheets and Analysis3
ECON 201Macroeconomics (GT-SS1)3
ECON 202Microeconomics3
Select one of the following:3
Statistics for Business and Economics
Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1)
Select one of the following:3
Precalculus (GT-MA1)
Calculus I (GT-MA1)
Total Credits21
Energy Management Nucleus
BUAD 185Business Communication3
BUAD 210Legal Environment of Business3
BUAD 240Strategic Negotiations3
BUAD 270Principles of Marketing3
BUAD 302Professional Development3
BUAD 360Managerial Finance3
Select at least one of the following:3
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Total Credits21

And the following emphasis courses:   

Energy Management Emphasis
BUAD 305Applied Energy Seminar3
BUAD 320Property and Contracts3
BUAD 323Evolution of the Energy Economy3
BUAD 420Energy Law and Regulation3
BUAD 421Energy Contracts3
BUAD 495Prospect Economics and Evaluation3
ECON 370Natural Resource Economics3
GEOL 103Earth and Energy Systems3
GEOL 105Physical Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1)1
Two of the following:6
Business Analytics
Management Information Systems
Environmental and Water Law
Business and the Environment
Exploration Production Processes
Water Law
Science of Sustainability and Resilience
U.S. and Western Environmental Politics
Global Environmental Policy
The Water Planet
INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS
Total Credits31

Capstone Course Requirement

The following courses in the Business Administration Major fulfill the capstone course requirement: BUAD 495 Prospect Economics and Evaluation .

Graduation Requirements

Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation.  Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above).  Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued. 

Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
FallCredits
ENG 102 Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) 3
Gen Ed General Education (Area I) 3
GEOL 103 Earth and Energy Systems 3
GEOL 105 Physical Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) 1
HWTR 100 First Year Seminar 1
MATH 141
Precalculus (GT-MA1)
or Calculus I (GT-MA1)
4
 Credits15
Spring
ACC 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
ECON 201 Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) 3
ENG 103 Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) 3
Gen Ed Natural Sciences w/lab 4
Gen Ed Area III 3
 Credits16
Year Two
Fall
ACC 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3
BUAD 210 Legal Environment of Business 3
BUAD 302 Professional Development 3
BUAD 305 Applied Energy Seminar 3
Gen Ed Area I 3
 Credits15
Spring
BUAD 220 Spreadsheets and Analysis 3
BUAD 270 Principles of Marketing 3
ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
ECON 216
Statistics for Business and Economics
or Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1)
3
Gen Ed Area I 3
 Credits15
Year Three
Fall
BUAD 185 Business Communication 3
BUAD 320 Property and Contracts 3
BUAD 323 Evolution of the Energy Economy 3
Elective Elective or minor course 3
Gen Ed General Education (Area III) 3
 Credits15
Spring
BUAD 240 Strategic Negotiations 3
BUAD 421 Energy Contracts 3
Gen Ed General Education (Area III) 3
Elective Elective or minor course 3
EM Elective EM Elective course 3
 Credits15
Summer
BUAD 499 Internship in Business Administration (optional, but strongly recommended) 3
 Credits3
Year Four
Fall
BUAD 360 Managerial Finance 3
Elective Elective course 9
EM Elective EM Elective course 3
 Credits15
Spring
BUAD 333
Organizational Behavior
or Human Resource Management
3
BUAD 420 Energy Law and Regulation 3
BUAD 495 Prospect Economics and Evaluation 3
Elective Elective 6
 Credits15
 Total Credits124