GE 3300 — Energy Systems: Science, Technology, and Sustainability

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonStudy AbroadNU Faculty-led Study AbroadTraditional

Offers students an opportunity to obtain a sound scientific, technological, and economic understanding of our modern energy system and the challenge of energy sustainability. Covers principles of energy, work, and thermodynamics; technologies from supply and demand side, including extraction of primary energy, conversion into fuels and electricity, important energy end-uses, and energy losses; fossil, nuclear power plants, and renewable energy technologies (wind, solar, wave, hydro, geothermal, biofuels); transmission and distribution for electricity and fossil fuels; energy demand by buildings, transportation, and industry, emphasizing efficient technologies; sustainability concepts, including net energy/exergy analysis and life-cycle assessment, energy-related emissions, decentralized generation, smart grids, district heating, and net-zero energy facilities.

Prerequisites

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20232469847%26.0
Spring 20241377450%37.0
Summer A 20241275054%23.0
Summer B 20241135026%37.0
Fall 20242459846%26.5
Spring 20251217528%54.0
Summer A 20251365072%14.0
Fall 20252788295%2.0
Spring 20261387551%37.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 22% · T 28% · W 6% · Th 19% · F 25%

Common patterns: T (25% of sections), M (22% of sections), F (21% of sections), R (19% of sections), W (6% of sections), async (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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