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New Mexico State University
Department of Engineering Technology and Surveying Engineering
College of Engineering

Degree Plans

Renewable Energy Technologies Minor Information

Renewable Energy Technologies Minor Degree Program

Renewable Energy Technologies Minor Requirements

A student must pass 18 credits from the list below with a grade of C or higher. No courses may be taken S/U. All prerequisites for the courses must be met or consent of the instructor must be obtained before enrolling in a class. Students can fulfill major portions of the requirements for this Minor by selecting their departmental electives in a judicious manner. the Viewing a Wider World requirement may be simultaneously met with this coursework where the course work is outside a student's department.

Three (3) Courses: 9 credits
ET 381 Renewable Energy Technologies
ET 382 Solar Energy
ET 384 Wind and Water Energy
ET 386 Sustainable Design and Construction
Two (2) Courses: 6 credits
CH E/WERC 466, Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology
EE 332, Introduction to Electric Power Engineering
ET 365, Building Utilities
ET 304, Electric Machines
ET 374, Electric Power Distribution
ET 396, Heat Transfer and Applications or (not both)
ME 341, Heat Transfer and Applications
ET/ME 401, Heating & Air Conditioning Systems
Students may take only one class from the following:
  • ET 420*, Senior Internship
  • ET 435*, Senior Design and Project Management
  • ET 440/441*, Senior Design and Senior Project
WERC 200, Intro. to Environmental Fundamentals
WERC 300, Intro. to Pollution Prevention and Application
WERC 350, Introduction to Energy, Environment and Risk Assessment
* Must be related to a renewable energy field and approved by faculty advisor
One (1) Course: 3 credits
College of Agriculture & Home Economics:
  • AGHE 337V, Natural Economics or
  • AGHE 380, Ecosystem Earth; The Impact of Human Activities
College of Arts and Sciences:
  • PHYS 303V, Energy and Society in the New Millennium or
  • HIST 302V, Science in Modern Society or
  • HIST 303V, History of Technology
College of Business:
  • ECON 337V, Natural Resource Economics or
  • ECON 384V, Water Resource Economics
College of Engineering:
  • ET 360V, Technology in Business and Society