POL1 381 - United States Environmental Politics

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Wellesley College

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NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. OFFERED IN 2010-11. This course examines the politics of environmental issues in the United States. The course has two primary goals: First, to introduce students to the institutions, stakeholders, and political processes important to debates over environmental policy at the federal level. Second, to develop and practice skills of analyzing and making decisions relevant to envi-ronmental politics and policy. Drawing on the literature of environmental politics and policy, this course will consider how environmental issues are framed in political discourse, various approaches to environmental advocacy and reform, and the contested role of science in environmental politics. The course will be organized around environmental case studies, including endangered species conservation, pub-lic lands management, air and water pollution, and toxics regulation. Students may register for either ES 381 or POL1 381 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisites: 102, 214, POL1 200, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O. Offered in 2010-11. Unit: 1.0 Individual Study ES 250 or 350 (Research or Individual Study) can be advised by any member of the advisory faculty in environmental studies. They may count towards the area of concentration. A half-unit course may only count as credit towards the major when combined with another half-unit course. Only two units of independent study may be counted towards the major. ES 350 courses may not be used to fulfill the mini-mum requirement that two electives be at the 300 level.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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