Sustainable Business : The Spanish Model | June 2013
with Professor Gail Kirby
We will be taking a group of dedicated LSB students to Spain – Seville, Cádiz, and Córdoba – for two weeks of learning and experiencing this business environment focused on sustainability and alternative energies. Want to learn how to incorporate sustainability in your approach to business? Find out!
Your group will be led by an experienced business faculty director. This global immersion experience will give you a glimpse of Spanish cultural, historical, environmental, business, and political environments.
WHEN
Coursework Spring Quarter 2013
Travel June 16 - 29, 2013
WHERE
Andalusia, Spain: Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba
WHAT
- 2-unit Spring Quarter course (5 sessions) Course# BUSN182S
- Cultural site visits for cultural appreciation
- Business-focused lectures for substantive education
- On-going opportunities for discussion and integration of all information with an LSB Faculty Director while in-country, as well as pre- and post-Spain sessions
- Site visits to alternative energy sites and companies to experience sustainable business in Spain
- Plus a weekend at the beach resort town of Cádiz!
COST
Estimated Course Fee $4,000 (includes airfare, housing, and other land costs)
For more information about this unique LSB Global Experience, please contact
Elizabeth Powers
Director of International Studies
Leavey School of Business
epowers@scu.edu
408-554-5193
LH Room 321 S
New information about the next information sessions available in Undergraduate Business Programs Office, Lucas Hall 115
AGENDA
(subject to change)
Sunday, June 16 Leave SFO
Monday, June 17 Travel day
Morning: Arrival in Seville
Afternoon: Program on-site orientation at Universidad Loyola Andalucia
Evening: Welcome dinner
Welcome remarks on sustainability by Fr. Jose Juan Romero, S.J.
Tuesday, June 18 Company Visits and Cultural Appreciation day
Morning: Tour of Palmas Altas campus and Abangoa research facilities
[These buildings are LEED Platinum certified buildings]
Afternoon: Group lunch
Cultural visit in Seville
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
Wednesday, June 19 Lecture and Company Visit day
Morning: Lecture: Current Research and Development in Sustainability
Prof. Valerio Fernandez Quero (Abangoa)
Afternoon: Group lunch
Visit to Abangoa solar fields
Visit ancient Roman ruins of Italica
Evening: Cycling tour of Seville
Tapas evening dinner
Thursday, June 20 Company Visit and Lecture day
Morning: Visit hydrogen laboratory
Lecture: Practical Applications in Sustainability from an applied science perspective
Prof. Javier Brey
Afternoon: Group lunch
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
Friday, June 21 Company Visit and Lecture + Travel day
Morning: Visit Guadalquivir Hydrographic Control Center
Lecture: Information Technologies in Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
Prof. Jose Maria Egea / Cristobal Ramos Carranza
Afternoon: Group lunch
Train to Cadiz
Saturday, June 22 Free day
Free day to explore Cadiz
Sunday, June 23 Free day
Free day to explore Cadiz.
Monday, June 24 Travel + Company visit + Cultural Appreciation day
Morning: Travel to Tarifa
Afternoon: Visit the ancient Roman city of Baelo Claudia
Visit wind turbines field in Tarifa
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
[Overnight in Tarifa]
Tuesday, June 25 Travel day and Company Visit + Cultural Appreciation day
Morning: Travel to Cordoba
Visit and tour of Campus ETEA (Loyola campus)
Afternoon: Visit to SADECO: Ecological Waste Treatment plant
Group lunch
Cultural visit to Arab Mosque and Alcazar Palace
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
Wednesday, June 26 Company Visits day
Morning: Company visit – COVAP (agroindustrial cooperative)
Lecture: Business Cooperatives
Export manager and International Director of COVAP
Afternoon: Company visit – El Cabril nuclear waste treatment plant
Group lunch
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
Thursday, June 27 Company Visits day
Morning: Company visit – ABB
[A leader in power and automation technologies]
Afternoon: Company visit – CUNEXT copper producer
Group lunch
Cultural visit to Medina Azahara Arab city ruins
Evening: You can make your own dinner plans / dinner with Faculty Director
Friday, June 28 Company visit day
Morning: Company visit – Airbus Military
[See the A-400 airplane construction]
Lecture: The case of a European plurinational manufacturing project
Afternoon: Group lunch
Explore Cordoba on your own
Evening: [Farewell dinner]
Saturday, June 29 Travel day
Depart for the U.S.
Trip agenda is subject to change. Contact Elizabeth Powers, director of international programs, for details.
