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  1. MacKay“Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future” by Robert Bryce, Public Affairs, NY, 2010
  2. Randolph, John, and Masters, Gilbert M, Energy for Sustainability,2018, 2nd Edition Island Press, ISBN: 978-1610918206
  3. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, Daniel Yergin : Penguin, 2011, ISBN: 978-1594202834
  4. Reinventing Fire; Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era, Amory Lovins, Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, 2011, ISBN: 978-1603583718
  5. Package of Readings, prepared by Professor Mooiman
  6. Package of Case Studies, prepared by Professor Mooiman
  7. Financial Calculator

Catalog Description
This course provides the student with an overview of energy production, transportation and usage and how economics, technology, and sustainability issues interact. Students examine traditional non-renewable energy sources and renewable sources. The course studies worldwide markets for energy and the need for conservation, and considers further exploitation and improved technology.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Understand the importance of the carbon-based sources of energy as well as their exploitation, economic and global distribution
  2. Perform basic energy and life cycle analyses
  3. Understand the place and importance of non-traditional non-carbon energy sources like hydroelectric and nuclear energy.
  4. Appreciate the potential of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar and the challenges, technical, economic and political, associated with their successful exploitation
  5. Have an appreciation for worldwide energy markets and the issues involved in the global supply and demand for energy
  6. Describe the political and economic forces that influence global and local energy markets.
  7. Debate the pros and cons of pending energy related legislation like CAFE standards, alternative energy subsidies and carbon emission cap and trade
  8. Have a basic understanding of how energy is used in society and in our own lives.
  9. Quantify the costs of energy usage and conservation programs
  10. Propose, analyze and quantify the costs and benefits of energy savings projects within their organizations.

Course Teaching and Learning Methodology
To accomplish course objectives, there will be a combination of online powerpoint lectures, presentations, weekly online live discussion, assigned readings, homework assignments or case analyses, and a final project.
. Expectations of Students

  1. This is a course with a good deal of quantitative subject matter. Most of the calculations are straightforward and require college level math skills and you should be able to utilize a financial calculator. You will need to be familiar with Excel and using spreadsheets for your calculations.
  2. Be sure to allocate enough time weekly to read the assigned material, follow the Powerpoint slides, solve the homework problems, take the online quizzes and participate in the online discussions. The workload at times may be intensive.
  3. Make wise use of resources provided including the required texts and reading, recommended reading, the course instructor, other students, and current publications.
  4. Regular student participation in class and online is very important aspect of this course and a key part of your grade.
  5. Complete each Section of the course by the required date. Late assignments and exams will receive half credit if turned in within 7 days of the due date. No credit will be given for assignments turned in seven days past the due date.
  6. All weekly assignments are due by Sunday midnight.
  7. Homework assignments, quizzes, exams, threaded discussion participation, and written reports case analyses are the primary forms of evaluation. Each submission should be clear, concise and use of appropriate grammar, form and bibliography are expected.
  8. Excessive absences as well as lack of in class and on-line participation will result in the student being dropped from the course. No communication from you for three consecutive class meetings for whatever reason is cause for me to initiate an administrative withdrawal. Please note that the withdrawal does not excuse course payment unless withdrawal is during the first week of class. Except in the case of extreme emergency there are no “incomplete” grades in this course.
  9. Please do not attempt to work ahead. I will be modifying and updating the course shell as we go along. I might even change and update the course shell the day before we start a new section.
  10. Module Paper: This should integrate not only principles learned in this class but how they relate to the MBA in Leadership program. This paper is usually due before the last unit.

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Course Requirements

  1. Class Participation via Live Online Discussion

Beginning in Week 2 there will be a live online discussion that will cover the case study for the week. Times will be arranged in Week 1 and information regarding the online meeting sites will be provided.

  1. Homework:

There are 11 homework assignments. Each assignment is explained in the homework assignment section of the unit.

  1. Quizzes

Most weeks there will be a brief online quiz covering material from the previous week.

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  1. Final Project

The final project will be to research, review analyze and propose the building of a new power plant. The proposal should be in the form of a business plan that should include a quantitative cost benefit analysis which clearly lays out all assumptions Additional details and a scoring rubric will be provided.

  1. Module Paper:

This should integrate not only principles learned in this class but how they relate to the MBA in Leadership program. This paper is due at the end of Week 11.

Reference Style
Please cite all references using APA style. You will find style tips at the APA online site located at http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html. Specific help in citing electronic sources can be found at http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html. A free link to the current APA Style Guide is available from Purdue University at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/001. Additional help in the APA citation style is available at http://thewritedirection.net/apastyle.htm. A sample APA style paper may be found at http://dianahacker.com/writersref/. Once there, follow the link to Model Papers, and download the APA paper. Use it as a reference on what your paper should look like. The most important formatting aspects are: cover page, Reference Page, appearance of the headers, and in line references. Finally, although with some flaws, it is a good idea to use the online Citation Machine available at http://citationmachine.net/.

As a word of advice, please, do not wait until the last moment to complete your work. If you do, you run the risk of experiencing unanticipated problems that might prevent your from completing your work on time. Whenever possible, consider alternative schedules.

Course Schedule
There are twelve units to be covered during the term. Each week will cover one unit.

Session N(

Date

Topics

1

Energy Basics and World Energy Consumption

· Sources of Energy

· Energy Measurements

· Storage and Distribution

· Global energy flows

2

Electricity and the Electrical Grid

3

Coal

· History

· Sources and limits

· Processing

· Distribution

· Markets

· Economics

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4

Oil

· History

· Sources and limits

· Processing

· Distribution

· Markets

· Economics

5

Natural Gas

· History

· Sources and limits

· Processing

· Distribution

· Markets

· Economics

6

Nuclear Power

· History

· Sources

· Processing

· Distribution

· Markets

· Economics

7

Hydroelectric Power and the Distribution of Electricity

8

Alternative Energy Part 1

· Solar

· Costs, installation and permitting

9

Alternative Energy Part 2: BioMass and Biofuels

· Biofuels and biomass

· The problem with ethanol

10

Alternative Energy Part 3: Geothermal and Wind

11

Regulations and Incentives in the Energy Business

12

Our Energy Future

More people + more development = more energy

· Future energy needs

· The importance of conservation

· Energy in the developing world

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