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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the development of environmental law and regulatory policy in the United States. It provides an overview of the scope and substance of environmental law and the various regulatory techniques they employ. Both criminal and civil litigation surrounding the implementation of environmental law are examined.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines zoning and land use control in the United States and incorporates illustrations and cases from South Carolina in particular. It focuses on enabling legislation for local governments, regulation, the process of development, eminent domain, contract and conditional zoning and enforcement and violation of land use regulations.
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3.00 Credits
This course develops and applies microeconomic models and theories to the analysis of contemporary public sector issues. Attention is given to the conceptual and practical problems associated with resource allocation decisions given conflicts between efficiency and equity and limited information.
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3.00 Credits
This course is intended to provide the student with a broad understanding of the social origins, philosophies, and political, economic and cultural impacts of wetlands protection in the United States. Topics address the goals of and policymakers' approaches to wetlands protection.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines leadership and decision making by identifying the environment of decision making, the techniques and characteristics of leadership styles and decision making approaches.
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3.00 Credits
This course orients students to the history, values, and issues of the third sector in American society; and to the leadership, governance, and management challenges specific to the administration of non-profit organizations. In particular, the course focuses on developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for effective nonprofit leadership that explicitly recognizes the importance of collaboration and shared leadership to sustained success and appreciable change. Today's leaders must leverage the wisdom, resources, and capital of multiple constituencies and communities. Students in this course will expand their abilities to address and negotiate leadership challenges that arise when stakeholders come together to plan, make decisions, and take action in organizational and community settings.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the conduct and use of applied research in environmental organizations. Topics include the role of scientific information in policy definition and administration, the use and misuse of research data, the prospects for meaningful program evaluation and policy learning, and the influence of alternative organizational structures on the use of information.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the human resource development issues for nonprofit organizations. Personnel play a vital role in the non-profit sector. Distinctively, this sector is dependent not only upon a core group of salaried employees, but upon a voluminous network of volunteers. There are specific issues including training, development, and leadership, which take on unique characteristics in the non-profit sector. The course will center on the executive director's role in the success of shaping, managing and leading the organization.
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3.00 Credits
The course will examine the current research on capacity building for nonprofits. Students will investigate the components that contribute to an organization's effectiveness and sustainability over time and the tools and approaches utilized by nonprofits to adapt and thrive in the midst of a rapidly changing environment.
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3.00 Credits
The course examines the development cycle and how nonprofits structure their giving and marketing programs. In addition to annual, major, and planned giving, the class will look at capital campaigns, the roles of boards and volunteers, grant writing, corporate and foundation giving, using technology and applying ethics and accountability.
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