Course Name | Sustainable Energy Policy Design |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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SEN 559 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | There are several factors such as technology, economics, social changes, geopolitical shifts, progress of energy systems, climate change and environmental issues have influenced the design of energy policy. Together with these factors, new policy instruments, approaches as well as tools have emerged to design a sustainable energy policy for countries. Hence, this course will explore how energy policies are planned and implemented in a sustainable fashion. Harvard Business Cases will be used in this course.Therefore, the main aim of this course is to present a framework to comprehend sustainable energy policy planning and decision making for countries. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This advanced course is designed to investigate the dynamics of the sustainable energy policy design in a contemporary fashion. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction and The Main Concepts | |
2 | Energy Policy Choices I | Romney vs. Obama and U.S. Energy Policy by Rawi Abdelal; Kaitlyn Tuthill, HBP, 2012 |
3 | Nuclear Energy: Challenges and Opportunities | Japan's Post-Fukushima Nuclear Energy Policy by Richard H.K. Vietor, HBP, 2015 |
4 | The Impact of Shale Gas Revolution | The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing? by Laura Alfaro; Richard H.K. Vietor; Hilary White, HBP, 2014 |
5 | Energy Policy Choices II | Iceland's Energy Policy: Finding the Right Path Forward by Henry Lee; Halla Hrund Logadottir, HBP, 2012 |
6 | The Role of Privatization in Energy Policy Making | Privatising the Pakistani Power Sector: Lessons from 1994 in 2010 by Ijlal Navqi; Christopher Dula, HBP, 2016 |
7 | Energy and Entrepreneurship | Elon Musk's Big Bets by David B. Yoffie; Eric Baldwin, HBP, 2018 |
8 | Deregulation in Energy Markets | Australia's Power Deregulation Experience by Jeffrey M. Conn; Hencye Sights; Steven Callander, HBP, 2018 |
9 | Transformation in Energy Companies | ENGIE: Strategic Transformation of an Energy Conglomerate by Stefan Reichelstein; Debra Schifrin, HBP, 2016 |
10 | Sustainable Energy Transition | CO2 to H20: Transition to Sustainable Energy by Francisco Szekely; Daniel Bartel; Adam Lowmass; Arturo Pasquel, HBP, 2016 |
11 | The Role of Energy in National Development | Qatar: Energy for Development by Aldo Musacchio; Colin Donovan; Samir Mikati; Rami Sarafa; Abdulla AlMisnad, HBP, 2013 |
12 | Evaluation of Renewable Energy Potential | Untapped Potential: Renewable Energy in Argentina by Anjani Datla; Henry Lee, HBP, 2019 |
13 | Climate Change and Nuclear Energy | Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change? by Michael W. Toffel; Glen W. S. Dowell; James Weber, HBP, 2017 |
14 | The Role of National Oil Companies in Energy Policy Making | China's National Oil Companies: Restructuring the Three Dragons by Kannan Ramaswamy, HBP, 2016 |
15 | Global Role of Natural Gas | Europe, Russia, and the Age of Gas Revolution by Rawi Abdelal; Leonardo Maugeri; Sogomon Tarontsi, HBP, 2017 |
16 | Review of Semester | - |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Harvard Business Cases |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 14 | 90 |
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Oral Exam | ||
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 15 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 14 | 6 | |
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Total | 216 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | |||||
2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | |||||
3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | |||||
4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | |||||
5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | |||||
6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | |||||
7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | |||||
9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | |||||
10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | |||||
11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | |||||
12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest