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Master of Science in Energy Management
Program Overview
Naveen Jindal School of Management
Master of Science in Energy Management
The Master of Science in Energy Management (MS EM) is a STEM degree program that prepares students for careers in energy companies, banks, financial institutions, energy-focused consulting firms, and major energy-consuming corporations. The program is designed to provide a practical learning component through projects developed by industry members, teaching students how to value energy companies and projects, develop operating strategies, negotiate contracts, and manage energy-specific risks.
Faculty
The faculty for the Master of Science in Energy Management program includes:
- Professors:
- Ashiq Ali
- Alain Bensoussan
- Gary Bolton
- Metín Çakanyildirim
- Daniel A. Cohen
- William M. Cready
- Milind Dawande
- Theodore E. Day
- Umit G. Gurun
- Ganesh Janakiraman
- Elena Katok
- Stanley Liebowitz
- Vikram Nanda
- Shun-Chen Niu
- Özalp Özer
- Suresh Radhakrishnan
- Michael J. Rebello
- Suresh P. Sethi
- Kathryn E. Stecke
- John J. Wiorkowski
- Harold Zhang
- Professor Emeritus:
- Dale Osborne
- Clinical Professors:
- John Barden
- David Cordell
- Greg Durham
- Randall S. Guttery
- Peter Lewin
- Jeffrey Manzi
- Divakar Rajamani
- Kannan Ramanathan
- Arthur Selender
- Kenneth Smith
- Associate Professors:
- Nina Baranchuk
- Zhonglan Dai
- Rebecca Files
- Dorothée Honhon
- Kyle Hyndman
- Surya N. Janakiraman
- Robert L. Kieschnick Jr.
- Alp Muharremoglu
- Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan
- Valery Polkovnichenko
- Gil Sadka
- David J. Springate
- Kelsey D. Wei
- Yexiao Xu
- Alejandro Zentner
- Yuan Zhang
- Feng Zhao
- Yibin Zhou
- Clinical Associate Professors:
- Sonia Leach
- Carolyn Reichert
- Avanti P. Sethi
- Assistant Professors:
- Bernhard Ganglmair
- Bin Li
- Jun Li
- Meng Li
- Ningzhong Li
- Naim Bugra Ozel
- Arzu Ozoguz
- Anyan Qi
- Alejandro Rivera Mesias
- Alessio Saretto
- Serdar Simsek
- Christian Von-Drathen
- Malcolm Wardlaw
- Han (Victor) Xia
- Steven Xiao
- Shengqi Ye
- Nir Yehuda
- Jieying Zhang
- Xiaofei Zhao
- Clinical Assistant Professors:
- Shawn Alborz
- Athena Alimirzaei
- Moran Blueshtein
- John Gamino
- Ayfer Gurun
- Liping Ma
- Anastasia V. Shcherbakova
- Visiting Assistant Professor:
- Lale Guler
- Senior Lecturers:
- Arthur M. Agulnek
- Frank Anderson
- Anindita Bardhan
- Tiffany A. Bortz
- Richard Bowen
- Monica E. Brussolo
- George DeCourcy
- Eugene (Gene) Deluke
- Amal El-Ashmawi
- Carol Flannery
- Mary Beth Goodrich
- Jennifer G. Johnson
- Chris Linsteadt
- Joseph Mauriello
- Matt Polze
- James Richards
- Debra Richardson
- Steven Solcher
- Amy L. Troutman
- Kathy Zolton
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Energy Management degree requires a minimum of 36 semester credit hours. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in aggregate courses to qualify for the MS degree.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite knowledge in advanced math (probability/statistics) is required for the MS in Energy Management degree program. Applicants need to have earned a "B" or better in advanced math or its equivalent to satisfy the prerequisite. Applicants who have not satisfied this requirement may be admitted but will need to satisfy the prerequisite within the first semester of UT Dallas coursework, by taking OPRE 6301, Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business.
Course Requirements
- Business Core Courses: 9 semester credit hours
- FIN 6301 Financial Management
- MECO 6303 Business Economics
- OPRE 6302 Operations Management
- Energy Core Courses: 15 semester credit hours
- FIN 6335 Energy Finance
- FIN 6336 Energy Accounting and Taxation
- ENGY 6330 Energy Law and Contracts
- MECO 6318 Energy Economics
- OPRE 6389 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment, Technology (MERIT)
- Elective Courses: 12 semester credit hours
- The MS in Energy Management program offers students two options:
- Students may select 12 semester credit hours from the list of elective courses.
- Students may select 12 semester credit hours from one of the specialized tracks.
- The MS in Energy Management program offers students two options:
Elective Courses
- FIN 6341 Energy Risk Management
- FIN 6360 Options and Futures Markets
- IMS 6343 Sustainability in a Global Business Environment
- IMS 6360 International Strategic Management
- IMS 6365 Cross-Culture Communication and Management
- MECO 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis
- MECO 6352 Financial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- OB 6332 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
- OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
- OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
- OPRE 6366 Global Supply Chain Management
- OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
- OPRE 6370 Global Logistics and Transportation
- OPRE 6371 Purchasing, Sourcing and Contract Management
- GISC 6381 Geographic Information Systems Fundamentals
- ENGY 6331 Capstone Project in Energy
MS in Energy Management Tracks
- Energy Risk Management Track:
- FIN 6306 Quantitative Methods in Finance
- FIN 6360 Options and Futures Markets
- FIN 6341 Energy Risk Management
- MECO 6352 Financial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
- Energy Analytics Track:
- MECO 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis
- MKT 6337 Marketing Analytics Using SAS
- OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
- OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
- International Energy Management Track:
- IMS 6343 Sustainability in a Global Business Environment
- IMS 6360 International Strategic Management
- IMS 6365 Cross-Culture Communication and Management
- OB 6331 Power and Politics in Organization
- OB 6332 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
- OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
- Energy Operations Track:
- OPRE 6366 Global Supply Chain Management
- OPRE 6370 Global Logistics and Transportation
- OPRE 6371 Purchasing, Sourcing and Contract Management
- OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
