Operational Energy

Master’s Degree #321

Start Starts: Spring Info For details, contact NPS Online at Energy@NPS.edu.

Clock Est. completion in 3 years

Location pin Offered through Distance Learning

Avg. tuition cost per course: See tuition Info For specific tuition costs of each program or contact information, please contact the NPS Tuition office at tuition@nps.edu or this offering’s POC at Energy@NPS.edu .

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Overview

This Master of Operational Energy degree educates officers and defense professionals to analyze, plan, and operationalize energy‑dependent warfighting systems across logistics, autonomous systems, and advanced weapons. Graduates are prepared to integrate energy, logistics, operations research, autonomy, and emerging technologies to extend operational reach, persistence, and combat effectiveness in contested environments. The program emphasizes energy as an operational constraint and enabler—from fueling and sustainment, to autonomous endurance, to power‑intensive weapon systems—while grounding students in analytic rigor, campaign‑level thinking, and real‑world defense applications. The fully online degree consists of three stackable operational energy certificates delivered via an asynchronous distributed learning (DL) model that equips graduates with the essential skills and knowledge to enhance their effectiveness in the modern battlespace.

Courses Required

Courses Available
Refuel Logistics (121)
  • PH3700
  • OS3007
  • OS3613
  • OA3611
Unmanned Systems Persistence (117)
  • OS3680
  • OA4602
  • IS3460
  • EN3010
Directed Energy (119)
  • PH1000
  • EC3110
  • SE3122
  • PH4858
EN3000 EN3000
Capstone
  • EN4020

Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze gaps in the joint operational energy approach across all domains using the case study methodology.
  • Conduct a formal assessment of energy requirements and constraints for a persistent unmanned system in a written assignment.
  • Support staff with information and provide guidance in the basic technologies, concepts, and laws and assumptions associated with the use of autonomous, robotics, and unmanned systems in military operations in practical exercises.
  • Ensure that operationally employed logistics infrastructures satisfy the energy requirements of the supported systems in discussion and practical exercises.
  • Create modeling specific to decreasing risks in contested environments in practical exercises.
  • Propose military technologies based on physics concepts in written assignments.

Application Information

Applications are handled by the NPS Admissions Office. Please visit the admissions website or contact them at admissions@nps.edu.

Tuition & Service Obligation

For information regarding tuition, please contact the NPS Tuition office at tuition@nps.edu, or contact this offering’s POC at Energy@NPS.edu.

For information regarding service obligation, please visit the Admissions Office’s Eligibility/Service Obligation page.