Curriculum
The petroleum services degree curriculum emphasizes teamwork, project planning, technical applications, organization, leadership and safety. Students gain technical problem-solving skills and develop a strong foundation in oral and written communication.
The bachelor’s degree program offers technical and supervisory courses on the oil and gas industry’s equipment, practices, problems and computations.
The program includes courses that focus on:
- charts, graphs, scientific calculators and computing devices,
- chemical and physical properties of oil and gas,
- well drilling equipment,
- practices of the land and offshore petroleum industry,
- control, treatment, measurement and testing of natural gas
- and safety.
Learn more about the petroleum services program and courses by visiting the Nicholls catalog.