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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. GUILLERMO HERRERA. A study of the economic issues surrounding the existence and use of renewable natural resources (e.g., forestry/land use, fisheries, water, ecosystems, and the effectiveness of antibiotics) and exhaustible resources (e.g., minerals, fossil fuels, and old growth forest). A basic framework is first developed for determining economically efficient use of resources over time, then extended to consider objectives other than efficiency, as well as the distinguishing biological, ecological, physical, political and social attributes of each resource. Uncertainty, common property, and various regulatory instruments are discussed, as well as alternatives to government intervention and/or privatization. (Same as Economics 228.) Prerequisite: Economics 101.
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3.00 Credits
d.Native Peoples and Cultures of Arctic America
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. CONNIE CHIANG. Survey of what came to be called the Western United States from the early sixteenth century to the present. Topics include Euro-American relations with Native Americans; the expansion and growth of the federal government into the West; the exploitation of natural resources; the creation of borders and national identities; race, class, and gender relations; the influence of immigration and emigration; violence and criminality; cities and suburbs; and the enduring persistence of the "frontier" myth in American culture. Students write several papersand engage in weekly discussion based upon primary and secondary documents, art, literature, and film. (Same as History 232.)
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2008. THE PROGRAM. Explores the critical components, principles, and tools of good sustainable design. Uses design exercises, readings, class discussion, field visits, and case studies to investigate why and how buildings can be designed in ways that are environmentally responsive and responsible. Issues include the relationship between sustainability and creative architectural form, as well as the importance of place and community in design. (Same as Visual Arts 233.)
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3.00 Credits
ESD.Green Injustice:Environment and Equity in North American History
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3.00 Credits
Every other year. Fall 2007. THE PROGRAM. Examines critically some of the most important American environmental laws and applies them to environmental problems that affect the United States and the world. Students learn what the law currently requires and how it is administered by federal and state agencies, and are encouraged to examine the effectiveness of current law and consider alternative approaches.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of Land-Use Planning
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. JILL PEARLMAN. Examines major buildings, architects, architectural theories, and debates during the modern period, with a strong emphasis on Europe through 1900, and both the United States and Europe in the twentieth century. Central issues of concern include architecture as an important carrier of historical, social, and political meaning; changing ideas of history and progress in built form; and the varied architectural responses to industrialization. Attempts to develop students' visual acuity and ability to interpret architectural form while exploring these and other issues. Not open to students who have previously enrolled in Environmental Studies 245. (Same as Art History 243.)
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2007. JILL PEARLMAN. Explores the evolution of the American city from the beginning of industrialization to the present age of mass communications. Focuses on the underlying explanations for the American city's physical form by examining cultural values, technological advancement, aesthetic theories, and social structure. Major figures, places, and schemes in the areas of urban design and architecture, social criticism, and reform are considered. (Same as History 244.)
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. SARAH MCMAHON. Seminar. Examines the evolution of various Maine social and ecological communities- inland, hill country, and coastal. Begins with the contact of European and Native American cultures, examines the transfer of English and European agricultural traditions in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and explores the development of diverse geographic, economic, ethnic, and cultural communities during the nineteenth and into the early twentieth centuries. (Same as History 247.) Prerequisite: Previous course in history or permission of the instructor.
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