Sustainability in Scandinavia

  Denmark

Copenhagen

Term: Summer 

Description: Denmark is well known for its commitment to areas such as alternative energy, energy conservation, public transportation, urban planning, and ecologically and socially sustainable architectural design. Through coursework and hands-on field visits around Scandinavia, the program offers a broad understanding of the links and tensions between environmental challenges and sustainable solutions, and a Scandinavian perspective on best practices within urban development and transportation, alternative energy sources and energy conservation, and waste management.

Prerequisites: General DIS prerequisites

Core Courses: "Managing Sustainability: Scandinavian Case Studies (Session 1) and "Sustainable Technology and Culture: Responses to Climate Change" (Session 2)

Highlights: The program includes a three day study tour in Sweden (companies, NGOs, power plants, and regional authorities) during the first session and a five day tour to Denmark and Norway (windmills, sustainable communities, and production sites) during the second session.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: Please contact DIS for more information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Denmark Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

DIS - Danish Institute for Study Abroad's Mission Statement: DIS is a specialized Danish institution offering study abroad programs in English for primarily American university students in their third or fourth year of study, with credit transfer to their home school. Among alumni and partners, we have a reputation of being intense, demanding and rewarding, and of providing a challenging educational environment in a full-service framework.

Year Founded: 1959