BADM 395

Spring 2024 Part of Term B

Part of Term B
Mar 11-May 1

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Credit: 1 TO 4 hours.

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May be repeated if topics vary. Not applicable to graduate or professional hours.

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BADM 395 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50849	Travel	AUS	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Minefee, I	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/24-05/01/24 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: The Sustainability Puzzle Section Info: This program focuses on current and future challenges impacting global businesses, such as climate change, population dynamics, urbanization, and inequality. Prior to departure, students will read "The Sustainability Puzzle" and explore why sustainable transformation requires systems thinking. While in Austria from May 14-25, 2024, students will participate in company visits, lectures, and a case study to explore how businesses can create future-proof solutions using system-thinking, and can learn to navigate trade-offs and understand factors that drive innovation.
	45166	Lecture-Discussion	GW	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	226 Wohlers Hall	Winter, G	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/11/24-05/01/24 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Eval Energy: Brazil Challenge Section Info: Evaluating Energy Sources of the Future Through a Professional Responsibility Lens: A Brazilian Energy Transition Challenge (Global Classroom/Study Abroad). Students with sophomore, junior, or senior standing in Gies, ACES, Grainger, and LAS with a minimum 3.0 GPA are welcome to apply. Admittance to the course is by application through Study Abroad with instructor approval; apply by December 1. Due to the course’s unique structure, enrollment will be limited to 20. Students should check with Gies Study Abroad for pricing and possible scholarships. This Global Classroom/Study Abroad offering will challenge students to think about how companies can develop a broad plan to transition a country’s energy mix and infrastructure to support a lower carbon future in a professionally responsibly manner that balances competing stakeholder interests. The course will include a blend of classroom learning, field trips to area fossil fuel as well as clean energy sites, and guest lectures from business leaders and professors with relevant expertise. Site visits in the Midwest are optional and may be offered/arranged outside of class periods; possibilities include wind and solar farms, farm fields specializing in biofuel crops, hydrogen fuel powered vehicle fleets, and energy company offices operations. Though Brazil is the setting for the case, the learnings from the course can be applied across the globe. We’ll use a decision-making framework that considers the ethical, economic, and professional responsibility challenges inherent in the development and implementation of an effective energy transition plan in a developing economy. Teams will consider the relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and use human-centered design principles to develop their proposal. Throughout the semester, the Illinois learners enrolled in this course will work in teams that will include students from Brazilian universities. The course will feature in-person as well as virtual learning formats to facilitate teamwork. During the May travel component of the course, May 14-21, 2024, students will meet their Brazilian counterparts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, visit nuclear and ethanol facilities, and learn from ethics experts and energy company managers. The course will culminate with team presentations in Rio addressing team solutions to the case problem to a panel that includes energy company managers, faculty, and local leaders who will evaluate the professional responsibility, practicality, economic viability, and effectiveness of the energy transition plans. Gies Study Abroad estimates the cost for the course at $3500; scholarships may be available through the study abroad office in your college. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class standing.