The Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) certificate is open to all majors and helps you connect your field—whether business, policy, communication, engineering, or beyond—to real-world energy and sustainability challenges.
Combined with your degree, this certificate helps position you for career opportunities including:
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The SES certificate is a 15 credit hour multidisciplinary curriculum that draws from a range of perspectives to equip students with vital knowledge and skills needed to address complex and pressing challenges in a dynamic energy landscape. The curriculum is structured to provide a common core of fundamental knowledge, while at the same time provide the flexibility to specialize in topics of interests though elective course options.
Please note this is not a stand-alone certificate. Students must be enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral program at OU to add the certificate.
Scroll down on ou.edu/gradcollege/apply to Addition or Change of Program Application (ACOP).
No matter what you study, there's a place for you in energy!
YES - This Is For Your Major
| COLLEGE MAJOR | PLACE IN ENERGY | |
| Business Majors | Understand markets, investment, and energy strategy | |
| Journalism & Communication | Explain complex issues and shape public | |
| Policy & pre-law | Explore regulation and energy policy | |
| Engineering & STEM | Apply technical knowledge in broader systems | |
| Humanities & Arts/History | Examine ethics, culture and Societal Impacts |
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Employers are looking for people who can think across disciplines and solve complex problems.
SES gives you that edge - by helping you connect your major to one of the most important challenges of our time.
The Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) Certificate Program at the University of Oklahoma invites undergraduate students to apply for research funding for the 2026–2027 academic year.
The SES certificates are 15 credit hour programs with 6 credit hours of core courses and 9 credit hours of elective courses, which are selected from the approved SES elective course list. The undergraduate and graduate SES certificates are open to all majors at OU.
Course Number | Course Title | Core Domains |
|---|---|---|
| SES 2113 | Fundamentals of Earth Systems, Energy, and Sustainability [II-NS] | Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, and Environmental Sustainability; Fundamentals of Energy |
| SES 2123 | Energy in Society: A Systems Perpsective [III-SS] | Historical, Societal, and Economic Impacts of Energy; Systems Modeling, Analysis, and Tradeoffs |
Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SES 5113 | Evaluation of Sustainable Energy Systems | 3 credit hours |
| SES 5121 | Seminar in Sustainable energy Systems x 3 | 1 credit hour, repeated 3 times |
