
Professor Emeritus
O’Neill’s master’s-level Energy and Climate concentrations will put you in a position to help meet critical energy challenges. In your interdisciplinary studies, you’ll focus on energy and climate policies and technologies—exploring the socio-economic and environmental consequences of both.
You can study energy and climate through O’Neill’s MPA, MSES, or dual MPA-MSES programs. MPA students will focus primarily on economics-based quantitative methods, behavioral science contributions to climate change and energy production and conservation projects, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods in community settings.
MSES students that pursue the Energy and Climate Change Science concentration can anticipate more quantitative coursework, more integration of science and policy, and technology-oriented classes covering specific energy and climate resources.
Combining your energy and climate concentration with another concentration—such as environmental policy and natural resource management, environmental management or sustainability and sustainable development—can offer unique career advantages. Our faculty will work to accommodate your specialized professional interests as they help you design your program.
Numerous IU departments offer valuable courses related to the energy and climate concentrations including Geological Sciences, Geography, Physics, Economics, and various social sciences. Geological Science courses offer detailed study of the formation of energy resources. The Physics and Geography departments offer courses that address climate change science. Social science courses offer additional opportunities to study research methods and survey design. If you are interested in business management or finance, it may be possible for you to take courses in the Kelley School of Business.
The O’Neill MPA program offers far more than traditional lectures and lessons. You’ll benefit from experiential learning, typically through an approved internship. What's more, your concentration's course work will culminate in a project-oriented course—an O’Neill Capstone—that lets you apply the knowledge you gained throughout the program, gaining practical career experience before you graduate.
You can join the O’Neill Energy Leaders Student Association (ELSA), a professional student organization for the energy and climate concentrations that offers networking and current information on events in related industries.
O’Neill’s dedicated Career Hub will assist you as you seek an internship or post-graduate employment, and our alumni community is an excellent lead source. Members of O’Neill's Dean’s Council and our Distinguished Alumni Council include leaders in the energy and climate change sectors. In addition, our faculty stay abreast of job opportunities in the energy, climate, and sustainability sectors.
Professor Emeritus
Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus