Experience in Developing and Teaching a General Education Course in Energy

A general education/non-major course has been developed and taught in the School of Engineering at San Francisco State University. The course enrollment has grown steadily in the past five years, and based on class evaluations, it has shown to be quite beneficial in educating non-major students on various aspects of energy, from energy resources to the consumption stages. Details on the reasoning behind, content and the administration of the course arc presented in this paper.