2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Degree Information 45ments, students will provide evidence of submission of a manuscript for publication asthe main author, or as a co-author. As a first step in applying for the Certificate, graduatestudents should contact their dissertation or program Chair(s).Energy Sustainability Engineering Certificate. The graduate level Energy SustainabilityEngineering Certificate is offered through the Department of Petroleum Engineering.It is designed to provide an education for college graduates in how to applythree essential criteria—environmentally benign, economically competitive, and sociallyacceptable—to engineer the sustainability of energy resources and their use. The certificaterequires taking 3 courses to be selected from the prescribed electives list, plus oneother course addressing a specific energy topic to be approved on a case-by-case basis.The 5 prescribed elective courses provide an overview of energy and sustainability, sustainabilitymetrics, sustainability engineering design, energy economics and policy, andinnovation. The certificate is intended for graduate students and working professionalswith a wide range of career interests and is not limited to engineering graduates. Coursesemphasize team project experiences and are available to distance learning students.Certificate in Entrepreneurship. A certificate in entrepreneurship and technologycommercialization provides a base understanding of new business planning; keyissues encountered when developing commercial applications for new technical discoveries;the general legal aspects of intellectual property protection; fundamental businessstart-up and securities laws; and the management of creativity and innovation inorganizational settings. To complete the certificate program, you need to complete 12hours of coursework chosen from the following: MGMT 632, MGMT 637, MGMT 638,MGMT 640, MGMT 675 and FINC 644. This certificate is open to any graduate student atTexas A&M University.Certificate in Environmental Hazard Management. This cross-disciplinary programis housed in the College of Architecture and is designed to provide a student withan understanding of the interrelationship between the built environment and extremeevents in the natural environment. The program consists of a series of courses that areopen to students from any graduate degree program at Texas A&M University.Certificate in Facility Management. This certificate program, while housedin the College of Architecture, provides a student in any graduate degree program atTexas A&M University an opportunity to develop a body of knowledge in facility managementthat will further his/her career goals. The certificate assumes that facility managementis a cross-disciplinary field. The program is designed to ensure that a studentgains a sense of mutual respect for others in the field, and appropriate awareness, understanding,and ability within a specific body of knowledge.Graduate Certificate in Film and Media Studies. Administered by the Film StudiesProgram, the Graduate Certificate in Film and Media Studies offers masters and doctoralstudents an interdisciplinary concentration in the study of film and other visual-andsound-based media that will enhance students’ major field of study. By combining Filmcourses in such diverse areas as Communication, English, History, European and ClassicalLanguages, Hispanic Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy and Visualization,