Spring 2023 - 60250 - PA 388K - Advanced Topics in Public Policy

This multidisciplinary course will give upper-division undergraduate students in engineering and graduate students in engineering, energy & earth resources, business, and public affairs an overview of energy technologies, fuels, environmental impacts and public policies. Topics will include an introduction to quantitative concepts in energy, including the differences among fuels and energy technologies, energy policy levers, and the societal aspects of energy, such as culture, economics, war, and international affairs. This course will cover brief snippets of energy history, use real-world examples, and look forward into the future. The course will be interactive and lecture-oriented around current events related to energy. Class attendance and participation is required. Students will be required to attend class, conduct the assigned reading, complete homework assignments, create an original video/podcast on a topic that combines energy policy and technologies, conduct an individual research project, and take a final exam that covers the lectures and reading assignments.