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Land, Farming, and Community Program

Semester in Sweden

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IS POSSIBLE:
SEMESTER IN SWEDEN

Fall or Spring Semesters
Newman Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
For more information, contact Kim Diehl (international@xavier.edu), GSC 230.

 

The Newman Institute is a small Jesuit university located in the heart of Uppsala, Sweden's
oldest college town.

 

Photo of Sweden

Why Sweden?

Sweden is a hopeful and progressive place to study environmental issues and policies.

Sweden
* has the highest percentage of renewable energy of all EU nations
* has low waste production--only four percent of their waste ends up in landfills
* has clean water--tap water is drinkable and you can swim in the capital, Stockholm
* ranks first in EU in consumption of organic foods

 

Photo of Students hiking in a Swedish Forest
Excursions Include:

Marleudd, the Newman Institute's lakeside facility
Stockholm to meet government officials
Latvia to meet government officials

 

 

 

 

Photo of Student Sitting in a Park

Courses Include:

Int'l Climate Change Negotiations*
Swedish Environmental Policy*
Human Development within Planetary Boundaries*
THEO and PHIL courses
*Taught by former Minister for Environment

 

 

 

Use the LANDcoursesequencewithSweden.061317.pdf to see the entire Land, Farming, and Community course sequence incorporating the courses taught in the Sweden program.