Energy & Environment Track
A total of 30 hours are required for the M.S. degree. At least 18 must be in MCEN courses, or 15 must be in MCEN courses with 6 MCEN thesis hours.
In addition to the coursework for each track, M.S. students are required to take two semesters of Graduate Seminar, MCEN 5027. This class is pass/fail and is attendance based. It does NOT count towards the 30 credit hours required for the degree. Attendance is required at 2/3 of the seminars for a passing grade.
Core Courses (9 hours)
MCEN 5020 Methods of Eng Anal (3)
MCEN 5021 Fluid Mechanics (3)
Choose one of the following two:
MCEN 5022 Thermodynamics (3)
MCEN 5042 Heat Transfer (3)
Thesis Requirements (Optional)
MCEN 5208 Intro to Research (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
Elective Courses (12 hours)
Any 5000 level or above
Enrichment Courses (9 hours from the list below)
Additional courses may be approved on a petition basis. Some courses may have prerequisites.
MCEN 5022 Thermodynamics (if not taken in the core)
MCEN 5042 Heat Transfer (if not taken in the core)
MCEN 5040 Methods of Engineering Analysis II
MCEN 5131 Air Pollution Control
MCEN 5141 Indoor Air Pollution
MCEN 5228 Flow Visualization
MCEN 5228 Micro-Scale Heat Transfer
MCEN 5228 Electrochemical Energy Systems
MCEN 5228 Environmental Modeling
MCEN 5228 Sustainable Energy
MCEN 5228 Climate Change Solutions
MCEN 5228 Energy Conversion & Storage
MCEN 5228 Wind Energy
MCEN 5228 Chemical Kinetics for the Thermal Sciences
MCEN 5228 Environmental Law
MCEN 5228 Inverse Methods
MCEN 6228 Aerosols
MCEN 6228 Air Quality Modeling
MCEN 6228 Numerical Methods
MCEN 6228 Turbulence
Statistics (ASEN 5047, CVEN 5454)
CHEN 5360 Catalysis and Kinetics
ASEN 5037 Turbulent Flow Analysis
ASEN 5053 Rocket Propulsion
ASEN 5317 Computational Fluid Dynamics
CVEN 5020 Building Energy Audits
CVEN 5050 Advanced Solar Design
CVEN 5080 Computer Simulation of HVAC Systems
CVEN 5110 HVAC System Design
CVEN 5700 Sustainability of the Built Environment
CVEN 5830 Sustainable Building Design
CVEN 5830 CFD of Buildings and the Environment
CVEN 5830 Building Energy Systems
CVEN 5404 Environmental Engineering Chemistry
CVEN 5424 Environmental Organic Chemistry
CVEN 5484 Environmental Microbiology
CVEN 6833 Advanced Data Analysis
ECEN 4517 Renewable Energy and Power Electronics Lab
CHEM 3311 Organic Chemistry 1
CHEM 4531 Physical Chemistry 2
CHEM 4181 Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 5151 Atmospheric Chemistry
CHEM 5161 Analytical Spectroscopy
CHEM 5181 Mass Spectrometry & Chromatography
Energy Survey Enrichment Courses
(only one will count)
MCEN 5228 Sustainable Energy
MCEN 5228 Climate Solutions
ASEN 5519 Energy Systems for Earth and Aerospace Applications
CVEN 5830 Energy Technology and Policy
ECEN 5017 Conventional and Renewable Energy Issues
Non-Engineering Enrichment Courses
(only one will count)
ENER 5001 (ENVS 5820) Renewable Energy Policy
ENER 5002 (BADM 6930) Assessing Sustainable Energy Technologies
Some courses may have pre-requisites! Please consult with your advisor about your enrichment course selection; they can provide assistance with design of a cohesive course plan.
You may also be interested in the CU Energy Graduate Certificate Program; please check out this program at http://ei.colorado.edu/index.php?id=132&pid=132&page=Graduate_Energy_Certificate_Program&parent=122