MSEEM Curriculum

The Master of Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management (30 credits)

The Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management (MSEEM) is designed to have a professional focus in Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management. The MSEEM program can be completed either full-time or part-time.

To earn the MSEEM degree, students are required to complete 30 credit hours. View the full list of electives and requirements in the Georgia Tech Course Catalog.

Note: Course availability varies by semester. For the most up-to-date schedule of active sections, please consult OSCAR. Explore descriptions of each elective in the GT Course Catalog. 

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

  • PUBP 6312: Economics of Environmental Policy
  • PUBP 6360: Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management

Methods Electives (6 credit hours)

Popular Courses

  • PUBP 6120: Cost Benefit Analysis for Policy
  • PUBP 6218: Quantitative Models in Public Policy
  • PUBP 6530: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • PUBP 8751: Big Data and Public Policy
  • PUBP 8803/ISYE 8813: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • MGT 6203: Data Analytics in Business
  • MGMT 8803: Accounting & Reporting for Sustainable Business

SEEM Electives (9 credit hours)

Popular Courses

  • PUBP 6120: Cost Benefit Analysis for Policy
  • PUBP 6310: Environmental Issues
  • PUBP 6352: Utility Regulation and Policy
  • PUBP 6530: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
  • PUBP 6701: Energy Technology Policy
  • PUBP 8803/ISYE 8813: Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • PUBP 8813: Business and Environmental Sustainability
  • CP 6213: Urban Environmental Planning & Design
  • CP 6217: Climate Change and the City
  • MGT 6369: Sustainable Business Practicum
  • MGT 6359: Business Strategies For Sustainability
  • MGMT 8803: Accounting and Reporting for Sustainable Business

Policy & Management Electives (3 credit hours)

Popular Courses

  • PUBP 6201: Public Policy Analysis
  • PUBP 6310: Environmental Issues
  • PUBP 6352: Utility Regulation and Policy
  • PUBP 6440: Science, Technology, and Regulation
  • PUBP 6701: Energy Technology Policy

Capstone Project (6 credit hours)

  • PUBP 6801: Professional Paper

Example Curriculum (One Year, Full-Time)

Fall Semester (12 Credit Hours)

  • PUBP 8803/6360: Sustainable Energy & Environmental Management (Required): Topics to be covered will include the Tragedy of the Commons; Complex Socio-ecological systems; Defining Sustainability & Sustainable Development; Defining Institutions; Action Arenas; Social Dilemmas; Big Debates & Discourses; and Energy Fundamentals. Bureaucratic Management/Command and Control/ Deliberative Democracy/Participatory Models/Market – based solutions/Corporate Social Responsibility and Voluntary Initiatives will also be discussed.
  • PUBP 6352: Utility Regulation & Policy (SEEM Elective): This course covers governance and policy issues impacting electricity and water systems. It will include approaches to integrated resource planning, rules around solar integration, rate setting including dynamic rates and smart meters, decoupling of sales from profits, and modeling tools that support regulation and utility planning including the National Energy Modeling System. The focus will be on U.S. systems, but there will be some case study coverage of several European countries as well as China.
  • PUBP 6120: Cost Benefit Analysis (Methods Elective): This course provides an introduction to theory and methods used for Cost-Benefit analysis.
  • PUBP 8813: Business and Sustainability (SEEM Elective)

Spring Semester (12 Credit Hours)

  • PUBP 6312: Economics of Environmental Policy (Required): This course addresses key concepts in environmental economics, including externalities, efficiency, social welfare and environmental quality as a public good. Addresses environmental problems (i.e., water resources, air quality, urbanization) and vehicles of collective environmental action.
  • CP 6217: Climate Change in the City (SEEM Elective): The course explores land use and urban design strategies for adapting to climate change in cities and on local hazard mitigation policy.
  • PUBP 8751: Big Data & Public Policy (Methods Elective): This course will provide an introduction to data science tools and methodologies for social science applications. Students will learn to conduct experiments and to identify causal mechanisms in large-scale social and administrative data.
  • PUBP 6701: Energy Tech & Policy (P&M Elective): Examines energy production, use, and policy using quantitative engineering and policy analysis. Addresses resource constraints, physical principles, and policy analysis methods.

Summer Semester (6 Credit Hours)

  • PUBP 6801: Capstone Research/Project Paper: The summer term of the MSEEM will be devoted to the Capstone Project in which students identify and define a real-world problem in the area(s) of energy, sustainability and/or environment and a methodology (from one learned in the methods electives courses) to address the problem. During the identification of the problem and the development of the project, students will apply their knowledge and skills in order to deliver valuable solutions.

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Course Subjects

  • Public Policy (PUBP)
  • Aerospace Engineering (AE)
  • Chemical & Biomolecular Engr (CHBE)
  • City Planning (CP)
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
  • History, Technology & Society (HTS)
  • International Affairs (INTA)
  • Materials Science & Engr (MSE)
  • Architecture (ARCH)
  • Chemistry (CHEM)
  • Civil and Environmental Engr (CEE)
  • Economics (ECON)
  • Industrial & Systems Engr (ISYE)
  • Management (MGT)
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME)