Responding to the drilling boom in Ohio's Utica Youngstown State plans to offer a minor in gas technologies. It will be a better buy than a $30,000 masters degree in puppetry as one OWS protestor bought. From Vindy Com;
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University plans a Natural Gas and Water Resources Institute as part of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. A discussion about the new institute is on the agenda for Thursday’s board of trustees’ Academic Quality and Student Success Committee meeting. An announcement about the initiative is also expected this morning.YSU proposes a series of courses that would lead to a minor in gas technologies. The minor would be comprised of a series of existing courses from throughout the STEM programs, supplemented by select new courses needed to address specific issues outside the current curriculum.The institute is to come before the full trustees board at a meeting Dec. 14 with approval of the minor in gas technologies from the Academic Senate requested in April and the first YSU graduates earning the designation in May 2013.
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