Program Learning Outcomes

The School of Energy Resources was created in 2006 to enhance the University of Wyoming’s energy-related education, research and outreach. The Energy Resource Management and Development Program is designed to meet the demands of the energy workforce and enhance social literacy related to complex energy issues. Competency-based learning that integrates problem solving, critical analysis of uncertain and complex issues, and constant improvement in performance are overarching components of our undergraduate program.

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Energy Resource Management and Development Major and/or Energy Resource Management Minor Learning Outcomes:

• Identify or describe fundamental concepts of energy systems.
• Illustrate a foundational understanding of business fundamentals relative to energy companies, including organizational structure, management, entrepreneurship and international commerce.
• Make use of critical thinking and problem solving methods within a written group energy project.

Energy and Environmental Systems Concentration Learning Outcomes:

• Outline the skills in environmental monitoring and compliance.
• Explain energy regulation and management.  
• Demonstrate the necessary skills related to the physical and social science dimensions of sustainability.

Professional Land Management Concentration Learning Outcomes:

• Apply concepts and skills to real world problems to gain practical understanding and experience.
• Define and navigate the legal and regulatory hurdles for energy development on federal, state, and fee lands.
• Identify and navigate a valid real property transaction from contract to transfer of title.

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Certificate Learning Outcomes:

• Students will identify geological criteria for site selection, geophysical models of the subsurface for characterization and monitoring and minimizing risks related to transport and guaranteeing long-term storage of fluids in the subsurface.
• Define and navigate the legal and regulatory hurdles for energy development/environmental challenges on federal, state, and fee lands. 
• Build techno-economic models capable of analyzing energy projects. 
• Students will demonstrate the process necessary to effectively communicate with stakeholders, the general public, and stakeholders of a CCUS project to ensure concerns are explored and different communication methods considered based on the audience.

Land Administration Certificate Learning Outcomes:

• Identify and navigate a valid real property transaction from contract to transfer of title.
• Explain energy, natural resources, or agricultural regulation and management.
• Describe content and implications of past and current ENR, Ag, and property policies/laws. 

Nuclear Energy Science Certificate Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate a strong fundamental understanding of basic physical principles relevant to nuclear energy production through the analysis of industrially relevant decay chains and fuel energy densities.
• Describe the basic operating principles of traditional light water reactors and emerging designs for grid-scale generation and remote deployment, highlighting the relative advantages of each with respect to safety, construction/operating costs, and fuel requirements.
• Build simple techno-economic models capable of analyzing the costs of nuclear energy projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate, in simple terms, the execution of nuclear energy projects and the technical and environmental risks associated with nuclear energy generation.

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