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Minor in Energy Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA

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Program
Award
Minor
CIP
03.0209
Total credits (published)
72
Credits (computed from items)
72
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166683
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166683_eea9e5e6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Core Curriculum

major core · 0 items

    Science Foundations

    3 items
    1. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      12
    2. 8.21
      Physics of Energy
      Not resolved to a course
    3. 12.021
      Earth Science, Energy, and the Environment
      Not resolved to a course

    Social Science Foundations

    6 items
    1. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      12
    2. 1.067[J]
      Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation 1,2
      Not resolved to a course
    3. 11.142
      Geography of the Global Economy
      Not resolved to a course
    4. 11.165
      Urban Energy Systems and Policy 2
      Not resolved to a course
    5. 14.44[J]
      Energy Economics and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
    6. 15.0161[J]
      Climate and Energy in the Global Economy
      Not resolved to a course

    Energy Technology/Engineering in Context

    11 items
    1. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      12
    2. 1.067[J]
      Energy Systems for Climate Change Mitigation 1,2
      Not resolved to a course
    3. 1.086
      Physics and Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    4. 2.60[J]
      Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion 1
      Not resolved to a course
    5. 4.401
      Environmental Technologies in Buildings
      Not resolved to a course
    6. 6.2200
      Electric Energy Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    7. 11.165
      Urban Energy Systems and Policy 2
      Not resolved to a course
    8. 11.092
      Renewable Energy Facility Siting Clinic
      Not resolved to a course
    9. 22.081[J]
      Introduction to Sustainable Energy
      Not resolved to a course
    10. EC.711[J]
      Introduction to Energy in Global Development
      Not resolved to a course
    11. EC.712[J]
      Applications of Energy in Global Development
      Not resolved to a course

    Electives

    electives · 67 items
    1. Select 36 units from the following: 3
      Not resolved to a course
      36
    2. 1.UAR[J]
      Climate and Sustainability Undergraduate Advanced Research
      Not resolved to a course
    3. 1.018[J]
      Fundamentals of Ecology
      Not resolved to a course
    4. 1.020
      Modeling and Decision-Making for Sustainability 1
      Not resolved to a course
    5. 1.071[J]
      Global Change Science 1
      Not resolved to a course
    6. 1.076
      Carbon Management
      Not resolved to a course
    7. 1.801[J]
      Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention and Control
      Not resolved to a course
    8. 1.C01& 6.C01
      Machine Learning for Sustainable Systemsand Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications
      Not resolved to a course
    9. 2.005
      Thermal-Fluids Engineering I 1
      Not resolved to a course
    10. 2.006
      Thermal-Fluids Engineering II 1
      Not resolved to a course
    11. 2.145
      Design of Compliant Mechanisms, Machines and Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    12. 2.570
      Nano-to-Macro Transport Processes 1
      Not resolved to a course
    13. 2.612
      Marine Power and Propulsion 1
      Not resolved to a course
    14. 2.627
      Fundamentals of Photovoltaics
      Not resolved to a course
    15. 2.812
      Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT
      Not resolved to a course
    16. 2.813
      Energy, Materials, and Manufacturing 1
      Not resolved to a course
    17. 2.814
      Exploring Sustainability at Different Scales
      Not resolved to a course
    18. 3.002
      Materials for Energy and Sustainability
      Not resolved to a course
    19. 3.003
      Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability
      Not resolved to a course
      or: 3.004 Small Planet Engineering: Climate, Energy, and Sustainability
    20. 3.010
      Structure of Materials 1
      Not resolved to a course
    21. 3.020
      Thermodynamics of Materials 1
      Not resolved to a course
    22. 3.030
      Microstructural Evolution in Materials
      Not resolved to a course
    23. 3.18
      Materials Science and Engineering of Clean Energy 1
      Not resolved to a course
    24. 4.432
      Modeling Urban Energy Flows for Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods
      Not resolved to a course
    25. 4.441
      From the Solar House to Net Zero Buildings
      Not resolved to a course
    26. 5.352
      Synthesis of Coordination Compounds and Kinetics 1
      Not resolved to a course
    27. 5.371
      Continuous Flow Chemistry: Sustainable Conversion of Reclaimed Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel 1
      Not resolved to a course
    28. 5.372
      Chemistry of Renewable Energy 1
      Not resolved to a course
    29. 5.601
      Thermodynamics I
      Not resolved to a course
    30. 5.602
      Thermodynamics II and Kinetics
      Not resolved to a course
    31. 5.811[J]
      United States Energy Policy: Lessons Learned for the Future
      Not resolved to a course
    32. 6.2220
      Power Electronics Laboratory 1
      Not resolved to a course
    33. 6.2530
      Introduction to Nanoelectronics 1
      Not resolved to a course
    34. 6.2600[J]
      Micro/Nano Processing Technology
      Not resolved to a course
    35. 6.7120
      Principles of Modeling, Computing and Control for Decarbonized Electric Energy Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    36. 10.04
      A Philosophical History of Energy
      Not resolved to a course
    37. 10.05
      Foundational Analyses of Problems in Energy and the Environment
      Not resolved to a course
    38. 10.213
      Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics 1
      Not resolved to a course
    39. 10.27
      Energy Engineering Projects Laboratory 1
      Not resolved to a course
    40. 10.28
      Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory 1
      Not resolved to a course
    41. 10.302
      Transport Processes 1
      Not resolved to a course
    42. 10.32
      Separation Processes
      Not resolved to a course
    43. 10.426
      Electrochemical Energy Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    44. 11.005
      Introduction to International Development
      Not resolved to a course
    45. 11.074
      Cybersecurity Clinic
      Not resolved to a course
    46. 11.149
      Decarbonizing Urban Mobility
      Not resolved to a course
    47. 12.213
      Alternate Energy Sources
      Not resolved to a course
    48. 12.301
      Climate Science 1
      Not resolved to a course
    49. 12.387[J]
      People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science
      Not resolved to a course
    50. 14.42
      Environmental Policy and Economics
      Not resolved to a course
    51. 16.001
      Unified Engineering: Materials and Structures 1
      Not resolved to a course
    52. 16.002
      Unified Engineering: Signals and Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    53. 16.003
      Unified Engineering: Fluid Dynamics 1
      Not resolved to a course
    54. 16.004
      Unified Engineering: Thermodynamics and Propulsion 1
      Not resolved to a course
    55. 21A.404
      Living Through Climate Change
      Not resolved to a course
    56. 21H.187
      The History of US Environmental Governance
      Not resolved to a course
    57. 22.003
      NEET Seminar: Renewable Energy Machines
      Not resolved to a course
    58. 22.016
      Seminar in Fusion and Plasma Physics
      Not resolved to a course
    59. 22.033
      Nuclear Systems Design Project
      Not resolved to a course
    60. 22.04[J]
      Social Problems of Nuclear Energy
      Not resolved to a course
    61. 22.054[J]
      Materials Performance in Extreme Environments 1
      Not resolved to a course
    62. 22.06
      Fission Energy Systems 1
      Not resolved to a course
    63. 22.061
      Fusion Energy 1
      Not resolved to a course
    64. 22.071
      Analog Electronics and Analog Instrumentation Design
      Not resolved to a course
    65. 22.082[J]
      Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale
      Not resolved to a course
    66. STS 032
      Energy, Environment, and Society
      Not resolved to a course
    67. STS.059[J]
      The Bioeconomy and Society
      Not resolved to a course
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