Fall 2022 Featured Courses:
Global Energy Issues and Realities
This course provides a basic understanding of the economics and the impact of location, resources and geography on global energy markets. As such, the course examines various aspects of world energy markets with applications to business and policy. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the geographic distribution of global energy resources and the economic markets that govern their use (and the impact of political systems on the markets). In addition, students will have to opportunity to develop a basic skillset of managerial economics tools for understanding and assessing global energy markets. The course will address the impact of geography, supply and demand characteristics, and market failures and their impact on market structure and on price formation. Included in these markets are the global oil market, markets for refined products, the North American and global natural gas markets, and electric power markets. In addition, the impact of externalities on markets, as well as energy efficiency, security, and sustainability will be a focus of the course.
Course Dates: July 15 – September 25, 2022
Course Format: 100% online with live synchronous lectures
Course Instructor: Jill Engel-Cox, PhD
Global Energy Economics
GEMM 6100: Course includes energy geo-economics with and introduction to managerial tools of the trade. Topics will include world energy markets-demand and supply; refining and marketing, energy forecasts, oil and gas transportation, and National Oil Companies vs. International Oil Companies. An introduction to environmental economics will also help students connect the energy industry to sustainable work practices. In addition students will learn the geographic distribution of energy resources worldwide along with the political and government systems associated with those resources.
When can I take this course?
- Spring 2022: January 14 - March 22, 2022
- Fall 2022: July 15 - September 23, 2022
- Spring 2023: January 13 - March 24, 2023
Managerial Accounting in the Global Markets
GEMM 6500: The course builds a basic understanding of how to convey to decision makers, in and out of the firm, information about its resources. Emphasis on; analysis of income statements, balance sheet, statement and cash flows (historical financial accounting information) with specific coverage of cost-volume-profit, variance, forecasting, joint interest accounting and measurement of divisional performance.
When can I take this course?
- Spring 2022: April 8 - June 17, 2022
- Fall 2022: October 7 - December 16, 2022
- Spring 2023: April 14 - June 24, 2023
Introduction to Financial Management in the Global Energy Market
GEMM 6600: Introduction to fundamental principal of asset valuation and financing in competitive global markets. Providing the tools necessary to analyze day-to-day financial issues in the energy industry (time value of money, valuation of income streams, risk weighted investment returns.) Topics such as: risk management, arbitrage, hedging and foreign exchange will be covered. Repeatable.
When can I take this course?
- Fall 2022: October 7 - December 16, 2022
- Spring 2023: April 14 - June 24, 2023
