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3.00 Credits
Using a mixture of case studies, historical overview, and theory, this course studies the growth of the environmental movement and the rise of environmental issues on U.S and global political agendas. Students will be introduced to the various actors involved in shaping environmental policy and politics. Then from here students will be encouraged to evaluate the costs and benefits of environmental policy at local, regional, national and international levels.
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3.00 Credits
This mixed lecture and discussion class will tackle the very broad topic of global environmental history through the study of certain themes over time. Topics will follow recent scholarship in environmental history and could include the history of agriculture, disease, demographic growth, forestry, environmental activism, and global warming. Students will read deeply in selected areas and write position papers based on materials discussed in class, including primary documents. The fundamental goal of this course is to expose students to the role of the natural world in global history and to encourage an appreciation for continued study of the interaction between nature and culture.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the global cycles of water and elements of biological importance such as carbon and nitrogen. We will explore the way that these resources are cycled through the biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere and how the global cycles relate to each other. We will also examine human impacts on these global cycles, including agriculture, fossil fuel burning, and urbanization. Finally we will consider how water, carbon and nitrogen are related to our Earth's climate, and how human activities are altering global hydrology and biogeochemistry.
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3.00 Credits
State and national governments and intergovernmental and global entities make and implement environmental policy. This course analyzes the behavior and activities of these entities, first focusing domestically and then highlighting the similarities and differences in these phenomena on the global stage. Students will understand rationales for environmental policy interventions, common intervention strategies, and each strategy's strengths and weaknesses. They will analyze how political factors such as interest groups and ideology affect how societies select which environmental problems to address and how. Students will devote substantial attention to the implementation of environmental policies, examining how on-the-ground outcomes are influenced by science, economics, legal systems, cross- and sub-national forces, and stakeholder input. A discussion of recent innovations in environmental policy, such as collaborative management, and coming challenges, such as climate change, will conclude the course.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the origins and environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities such as industrial-scale mining, agriculture and animal husbandry. Course discussions focus on case studies that emphasize the links between raw materials, waste, and products used in day-to-day life.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the role of geography in the conservation of species diversity, focusing on the theories and practical methods involved in addressing the global problem of biodiversity loss.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the ways in which societies interact with their environments. Topics include subsistence adaptations, population growth and regulation, ethnoecology, cooperative resource management, and globalization. Special consideration is given to the relevance of these topics for conservation and sustainable development. The subsistence strategies of indigenous Amazonian societies and their relevance to broader debates in ecological anthropology will receive particular attention.
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4.00 Credits
This course will illustrate basic and intermediate concepts in ecology, evolution, and population genetics, integrated across all levels of ecological organization. They will understand how organisms are affected by, and how they evolve and adapt to, environmental challenges. Environmental issues such as habitat fragmentation, introduced species, population growth, and climate change will be examined. The laboratory will be inquiry-based, wherein students will formulate hypotheses, design sampling strategies, collect and analyze data. Interpretation of results will take the form of oral or written reports.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the study of how the natural environment shapes human life and how humans shape the natural environment. Topics may include ecological restoration, social movements, global warming, natural disasters, urban environments,inequality and environmental policy. The course makes connections between local, national, and global processes.
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3.00 Credits
Water is the source of all life on earth and in this respect it is an important 'commons'. However, climate change, privatization, and poor management are placing the world's water resources under stress. For the world's poor the right to access affordable clean water is becoming increasingly difficult. Similarly the health of water ecosystems is being compromised. This course will study the economic, cultural, social, environmental, and political importance of water. Students will compare different cultural approaches to the conservation of water resources; they will be encouraged to critically assess different modes of water governance all the while studying the daily struggles encountered by people, communities, and animals the world over to access scarce water resources.
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