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3.00 Credits
Overview of the development and financing of residential real estate with a concentration on the development of housing affordable to low-income households. Discusses real estate valuation and the financial tools necessary to invest in or develop residential housing. Focuses on the basics of real estate finance, including different methods of investment analysis, tax concepts, leverage and risk assessment. Case studies and guest lectures by a number of Greater Boston's leading practitioners in the field of low-income housing development. Prerequisites Graduate Standing or permission of instructor. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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(Cross-listed as Sociology 184.) Value of nonprofits to democracy, civil society, social justice, and public policy. Relationship of nonprofit organizations and social sector to government and to corporate sector. Management, growth, and governance of nonprofits, including fundraising and social entrepreneurship. Community-based organizations and grassroots organizing,. Consideration of whole range of nonprofit activity, including education, health, arts and culture, human services, environment, and advocacy. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Integration of theory and practice. Substantial dialogue provides students the opportunity to develop personal insights into leadership styles. Exploration of concepts pertaining to leading organizations, group dynamics, organizational change, multi-cultural issues, and the use and misuse of power in a democratic society. Graduate standing or consent.
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3.00 Credits
(Cross listed with Environmental Studies 278). Examines the concept of social and environmental justice; the history and development of the U.S. environmental justice movement; racism, resource colonization, and the destruction of indigenous and First People's cultures; the shape of environmental justice in different parts of the world; the specter of environmental insecurity; and the role of a 'just sustainability' in shaping new sustainability discourses, ethics, policies, and plans for the twenty-first century.Prerequisites Graduate standing or permission of instructor. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Presents a comprehensive approach to water resources management through the integration of environmental science and policy. Intended for students with or without technical backgrounds. Course examines groundwater, lake, riverine, wetland, and coastal management issues and relies heavily on practical case studies to illustrate successful methods. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Environmental Studies 281.) Focuses on environmental endocrine disruptors, chemicals that mimic or interfere with the hormones of humans and wildlife. Investigates various aspects of the "environmental endocrine hypothesis," including the scientific evidence for health effects, policy response to the claims that chemicals are interfering with the reproductive health of wildlife and humans, international perspectives, and the role of the hypothesis in environmental advocacy movements.
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3.00 Credits
Role of the mass media, science communication and educational research in informing and educating the public about environmental and other policy and planning issues. Course encourages the development of communication, media, and educational skills through an investigation of: basic communications theory, public opinion, environmental literacy, the role of the mass media, risk communication, and environmental education. Prerequisites Junior, senior, or graduate standing.
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Environmental Studies 284.) Explores the many challenges of achieving sustainable development at local, regional, national and international levels. Focuses on improving the quality of people's lives, on disinvested communities, and on the inequitable distribution of income, wealth, and environmental hazards. Investigates the theory of sustainable development, as well as the tools, strategies, and the contexts needed to move towards the ecological integrity, economic security, empowerment, responsibility, and social well-being characteristic of sustainable communities. Case studies drawn from the U.S. and overseas. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Examination of contemporary policy and planning approaches to community and economic development, workforce development, and social support programs in terms of their implications for work and work life of individuals, families, and communities. Topics may include: sector-based workforce development; work-oriented approaches to income support; employment and housing intersections; work-environment synergies; work-family balance; new labor movement; work and work-place organization; and job satisfaction. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Environmental Studies 286). Explores the values, rights, responsibilities and status of entities underlying alternative constructions of environmental issues. Subjects include: anthropocentric vs. biocentric approaches to natural resource protection, precautionary principle, ethics of cost-benefit analysis, equity and risk management, status of "rights" of non-human species and future generations, ethics of sustainable development and energy use, genetically modified crops, transgenic animals, deep ecology, and economic and non-economic value of wilderness and sacred lands.
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