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International Energy Policy

Concentration Requirements:

  • Please select a minimum of four courses (12 credits total) from the list below, including two INTAF courses.
  • Please note that this list will be reviewed and updated periodically. However, students should always check LionPATH to determine the availability of these courses in any given semester and review any mandatory prerequisites prior to enrolling.
  • Please note that enrollment in any course listed below is not guaranteed, especially when the course is outside of INTAF.
  • Classes included on the list below are approved to use as electives for this concentration. Any course that is not listed below must go through a formal review process. To begin this review process, please complete this form.
    • Courses that are not approved electives from the below list will NOT count towards your concentration unless you obtain approval through the review process.

SIA Elective Courses (please select at least two classes from the following list):

  • INTAF 502 – Science, Technology, and International Policy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 597 – Special Topics: Political Economy of Climate Change (3 credits)
  • INTAF 810 – Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 814 – U.S. Policy in the Middle East (3 credits)
  • INTAF 819 – Grand Strategies of Established and Rising Powers (3 credits)
  • INTAF 897 – Special Topics: Corporations in Global Affairs (3 credits)

Penn State Law Elective Courses (requires instructor and SIA faculty director approval prior to enrolling):

  • ENVR 952 – Energy Law & Policy (3 credits)
  • ENVR 960 – Environmental Law (3 credits)

Penn State Graduate Elective Courses:

  • ENNEC 540 – Economic Analysis of Energy Markets (3 credits)
  • EME 803 – Applied Energy Policy (3 credits)

Penn State 400-Level Elective Courses (please select no more than three courses from the following list):

  • EBF 484 – Energy Economics (3 credits)
  • EBF 483 – Introduction to electricity Markets (3 credits)
  • ECON 428 – Environmental Economics (3 credits)
  • EMSC 420 – Energy and Modern Society (3 credits)
  • GEOG 438W – Human Dimensions of Global Warming (3 credits)
  • GEOG 432 – Energy Policy (3 credits)
  • GEOG 437W – Energy Geographies and Policy (3 credits)

All World Campus courses, including any that appear as elective class options on this list, require enrollment permission from the SIA faculty director prior to registering for the class. Please contact the SIA academic adviser for more information.