January 2023: Manchester, England
BADM 395: Evaluating Energy Sources of the Future Through a Professional Responsibility Lens: A Colombia Case Study (course is only available with instructor approval)
This study abroad course will begin on Fridays during fall semester. Meeting times will vary depending on scheduled field trips and presenters’ availability. Due to the number and locations of the site visits, approximately five Fridays will be full days, mostly in September. The remaining sessions will be held for two hours on Fridays, tentatively from 10:00 a.m.-noon. Instruction will be held at the UIUC Research Park.
Site visits during fall semester tentatively include an oil refinery, wind and solar farms, farm fields specializing in biofuel crops, vehicle fleet powered by hydrogen fuel, an oil trading operation, and other demonstrations of renewable energy sources in the Midwest.
From January 1-10, 2023 (tentatively), students will visit the University of Manchester, U.K. The quality and scale of Manchester’s impact against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been ranked first in the world in the 2021 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings. Site visits to see renewable energy innovations in the U.K. are planned, and partnerships with Manchester students also may be possible