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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. The coast is one of most complex and interesting environments because of interactions among several ecosystems. The coast is often densely populated, with high economic and population growth, therefore socioeconomic conflicts are common. Sewage and industrial pollution, overfishing, and poorly planned development often threaten health of environment. Integrated coastal management (ICM) offers framework for resolving the conflicts in manner that allows sustainable development. Focus on how ICM is being used in the U.S. and around the world to solve pressing ecological and socioeconomic problems. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours. Introduction to most effective methods of social change. Examination of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries. Review of traditional methods of activism and new theories of nonviolent social change. Case studies of success in restoring environment, resolving conflicts, curing diseases, overcoming poverty, and addressing other problems of social injustice as well as reviewing actual strategies and methods for social change in the 21st century. Challenges that nonprofit advocates and community activists face today, including strategic planning, time management, networking, negotiation, and fund-raising. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to scientific studies of oceans, with emphasis on ecosystems and environmental issues. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours. Requisite: Statistics 12 or 13. Examination of intersection of environmental economics and policy, with focus on testing policy-relevant environmental hypotheses using economics research approach. Invited scholars present research aimed at yielding policy-relevant results on various topics such as climate change, pollution, and transportation. P/NP or letter grading.
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1.00 Credits
Seminar, 90 minutes; one field trip. Limited to undergraduate students. Study of current topics in environmental science, including participation in weekly colloquium series and field trips. May be repeated for credit. P/NP grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Limited to junior/senior Environmental Science majors. Examination of case studies and presentation of tools and methodologies in environmental science, building on what students have been exposed to in other courses. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Laboratory, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 180A. Course 180B is enforced requisite to 180C. Limited to junior/senior Environmental Science majors. Investigation of various aspects of one environmental case study representing actual multidisciplinary issue. Particular emphasis on developing skills required for working as professionals in this field. Work may involve site investigations, original data collection and analysis, mapping and geographic information systems, and environmental policy and law issues. Case study to be defined and conducted with collaboration of local agency or nonprofit institution. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, three hours. Remotely sensed data collected since late 1970s provide oceanographers with large volume of information on state of surface of world ocean, including sea surface temperature measured by infrared sensors, anomalies of sea winds measured by scatterometers, and water color properties measured by optical sensors. Multidiscipline information enables comprehensive monitoring of both physical and biological properties of ecosystems in different ocean regions. P/NP or letter grading.
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1.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours. Series of lectures by world-renowned authors, environmentalists, and progressive thinkers, with required student response papers. Analysis of principles of sustainability. Collaboration between UC students, faculty, staff, and administrators through ongoing communication, discussions, and optional retreat. P/NP grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examination of role of business in mitigating environmental degradation and incentives to be more environmentally responsive. Emphasis on corporate strategies that deliver value to shareholders while responding to environmental concerns. P/NP or letter grading.
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