Walker College of Business

This immersive program explores critical infrastructure risk, resilience, and sustainability with a special focus on Scotland. A unique international learning journey takes students to the areas around Inverness, St Andrews, and Aberdeen for visits to power plants, dams, wind farms, and energy companies. These meetings are centered on the unique geographical and natural resource challenges Scotland faces in consistently and sustainably meeting the utility needs of not only Scotland but the United Kingdom more broadly. Water is a particularly valuable resource, especially for generating electricity, and several dams and power stations have been built since the mid-20th century. Coal and oil each fuel about one-fourth of Scotland’s electric power stations, and nuclear generation accounts for about one-third. In the early 21st century there was a push to develop greater renewable capacity; today, almost one-fifth of Scotland’s electricity is generated by renewable resources. Scotland was at the forefront of research on wave and tidal energy, and it was a global leader in the development and construction of deep-sea offshore wind farms.

This is a new program, so please reach out to the program leader, Dr. Lori Medders, Finance Department Chair, and Joseph F. Freeman Distinguished Professor of Insurance, for more details.