Is BS in environmental science good for future in energy trading/ energy company

So I'm already getting a business degree, and I have room for more courses. Should I complete an environmental science degree for a career in trading/ the business end of energy? Or will this ultimately be useless/ of very little practical value

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Well, if it's mostly hard science, then it's possibly useful. But if it's all "studies," then there's no point, except for sh*ts and giggles.

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No, at least in my experience, environmental science was a joke major. Like a watered down combination of chem and physics, with a lot of fluffy, feel-good environment courses.

The only degree I have seen specifically for energy trading is Tulane's Masters program. Colorado School of Mines also has some applicable grad programs. But you would probably be better with work experience.

 

Unless your coursework will teach you the renewable markets (RINs, RECs or TRC), I would focus my resources on internships, networking, relevant extracurrics and/or quantitative classes.

 
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absolutely useless; if you want something to help for energy trading look into some transportation/logistics/operations research courses or alternatively chemical engineering or gral engineering courses where you can learn about flow rates etc

enviromental scandal aside (which could have been COMPLETELY avoided had they disposed of the slops properly) trafigura was making 7 million dollars a tanker by buying subgrade gasoline in mexico and refining it on board a tanker by adding caustic soda before selling it off as premium gasoline in north africa. The trader behind that one was a chemical engineer.

 

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