MBA Energy Concentration - New for fall 2009!!
The University of Oklahoma enjoys a legacy of excellence in energy education and research that stretches back over one-hundred years. Building on OU's tremendous global energy legacy, and in response to the energy industry's significant demand for well-trained leadership, the Price College of Business has launched an energy concentration option for its MBA students during academic year 2008-2009. The four primary courses are:
Course 1 - Introduction to Energy |
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at exiting and emerging strategies for refining and marketing power options, and an understanding of the technology drivers for the energy industry and the roles of various energy professionals.
Course 2 - Energy Corporate Finance
This course is designed to provide students specialized knowledge of the corporate finance of firms in the energy sector. The course will provide an integrated perspective on assessing and financing energy projects, corporate risk management in the energy industry, and issues pertaining to mergers, acquisitions and restructuring in energy firms. While the course will be rigorous and solidly grounded in theoretical concepts, it will provide a thoroughly applied perspective on the topics covered by the use of case studies and other hands-on learning opportunities.
Course 3 - Energy Assets and Commodities: Financial Instruments, Pricing and Trading
This course covers energy futures, forwards, swaps, and options, examining both trading in these instruments and their use by energy companies to hedge their price risk. Energy price determinants (e.g., weather) are explored as are energy price relationships, such as, crack spreads, quality spreads, and geographic price differences. Hedging and trading strategies and determinants of hedging effectiveness are studied in depth.
Course 4 - Energy Regulations and Accounting
Provides an overview of (a) federal and state regulatory law in the U.S. affecting natural gas and oil producers and developers, interstate and intrastate pipelines, gas and power marketing companies, and power generating and transmission companies, and (b) the major accounting issues affecting the energy industry.
Additional information is available under Energy Concentration.