Energy and Earth Resources (MA)
Department website: http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/eer/
The Master of Arts degree in Energy and Earth Resources (EER) is intended for those who seek to build critical knowledge and skills with qualitative underpinnings and who desire to take graduate coursework and conduct a thesis project along the lines of the types carried out in the areas of business, humanities, law, liberal arts, policy, and some technical fields. Our belief is that every EER student, regardless of concentration, needs to be able to understand Earth and its controls on resource distribution; gather and analyze large data sets and derive useful information; make energy and earth resource decisions in the context of commercial viability; and make energy and earth resource decisions in the context of risk and uncertainty.
Graduate study in energy and earth resources includes study in geological sciences, petroleum and geosystems engineering, economics, resource management, government, law, and policy studies. The student’s program should represent as broad a spectrum as possible of energy and earth resources courses.
Graduate Handbook
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Admission Requirements
The entering student who wishes to pursue an advanced degree in energy and earth resources should have a bachelor’s degree in one of the participating disciplines. Each advanced degree program is designed to provide a broad acquaintance with energy and earth resources problems, both from a technological and from a business, economic, law, or policy perspective.
Total Hours Required: 30
Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Geology of Earth Resources | ||
| Geology of Earth Resources | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Topics in Energy and Earth Resources: Seminar | ||
| Resource Economics and Econometrics | ||
| EER 396.2 | Business, Finance, and Management | 3 |
| ORI 390D.2 | Decision Analysis | 3 |
| Resource economics/finance coursework | 3 | |
| Policy/law coursework | 3 | |
| Technology (resource science and engineering) coursework | 3 | |
| Hours chosen from: one of the following areas | 3 | |
Resource economics/finance | ||
Policy/law | ||
Technology (resource science and engineering) | ||
| EER 698 | Thesis (Should supplement the coursework in the concentration) | 6 |
| Graduate Geosciences Requirements | ||
| Graduate University Requirements | ||
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Additional Requirements
Three hours of upper-division undergraduate level with approval by the graduate advisor may be used.