TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
8:30am-9:45am
12:00pm-5:00pm
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Math & Science Center - W307C
Tracy Yandle. HSCW. 41584 TBA.

August 24, 2011- December 06, 2011

Prerequisites: ENVS 131 and 132, or Oxford equivalents or POLS 100.
Crosslisted: POLS227-000.

Catalog Description: Prerequisite: Environmental Studies 131, 132 or POLS 100 or permission. An introduction to basic concepts of American environmental policy. Topics include: history of federal environmental policymaking, environmental policy tools, controversies in environmental policy, and U.S. environmental policy in the age of globalization. Field trips required.

Semester Details:

This is an intermediate course designed to introduce you to the complexity of issues and concepts surrounding American Environmental policy. This course will begin by putting environmental policy in an historical perspective, and then briefly discuss the basics of public policy analysis, before moving on to current environmental policy issues. Five Friday afternoon field trips are required and cannot be rescheduled.  May be used to fulfill an Intermediate Social Science and Policy  requirement for ENVS majors or an Upper Level Elective.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Rosenbaum. 9th Edition, 2010. Environmental Politics and Policy.
  2. Kettl. The Next Government of the U.S.: why our institutions fail us and how to fix them.
    ISBN: 10-9780393978698 or 13-9780393978698.

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