The Certificate in Energy Accounting (CEA) offers Mays BBA Accounting and Finance majors who have an interest in working within the energy sector an opportunity to set themselves apart and find a place in an exciting, competitive industry that provides a wide variety of opportunities – including international. The CEA program is designed to provide undergraduate students high impact learning experiences related to the energy industry.

All CEA requirements must be completed prior to graduation. Upon graduation a certificate notation will be added to the official transcript.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
ACCT 327	Financial Reporting I 1	3
ACCT 403	Energy Accounting 1,2	3
ACCT 484	Accounting Internship 3,4	3
or FINC 484	or Professional Internship
BUSN 481	Seminar (Energy Industry) 1	1
Select one of the following: 1,5		3
AGEC 350	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
AGEC 402	Survey of International Agricultural Economics: Study Abroad
AGEC 422	Land Economics
BESC 201	Introduction to Bioenvironmental Sciences
CHEM 107	General Chemistry for Engineering Students
ECON 433	Energy Markets and Policy 6
ENGR 101	Energy: Resources, Utilization and Importance to Society
GEOG 203	Planet Earth
GEOG 309	Geography of Energy
GEOG 330	Resources and the Environment
GEOL 101	Principles of Geology
GEOS 105	Introduction to Environmental Geoscience
GEOS 210	Climate Change
HIST 359	American Environmental History
HIST 360	History of Energy in America
RWFM 375	Conservation of Natural Resources
RWFM 400	Study Abroad in Natural Resources
Total Semester Credit Hours		13

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Must make a grade of C or better.

²

May take ACCT 603 as an elective.

³

Must be taken S/U.

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May take ACCT 684 as an elective.

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Course availability will vary each semester. For a complete list of prescribed electives, please contact an Academic Advisor or the Certificate in Energy Accounting coordinator.

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May take ECON 633 as an elective.