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3.00 Credits
Our Relationship with the Earth In a time of environmental crisis, it has become necessary to ask ourselves some serious questions about how humans relate to and interact with the natural world. Through carefully selected readings, written responses and discussions, this seminar-type course examines how essayists, poets, naturalists, novelists and activists have approached these questions, lived them and reconciled them in their own ways. This course fulfills the College's General Core requirement in Environmental Issues.
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the history of the conservation movement in the United States beginning with the values and attitudes of the indigenous American peoples and the European settlers. The changes in these attitudes and values over time are examined through the study of the work of many people, such as Thoreau, Muir, Leopold and Brower. Students also explore the literature and fine arts of the various periods from early settlement to the present. This course fulfills the College's General Core requirement in Environmental Issues.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to environmental law for non-lawyers. It begins with a history of government control and regulation, citing common law, constitutional law and case law. The course covers the major federal environmental laws such as NEPA, state land use laws such as Vermont's Act 250, and local land use controls such as zoning ordinances. This course fulfills the College's General Core requirement in Environmental Issues. Prerequisite: Hp200 or Junior status
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3.00 Credits
This course is a search for environmental ethics. Both the economic-based and "biocentric" positions are investigated, as arethe relationships among all living and nonliving components of the environment. Valuing is an integral part of the search. The course moves toward a sense of environmental ethics that can be applied to government policy, commerce and industry and individual behavior. It ends with a study of ethical principles surrounding the concept of sustainable development.
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3.00 Credits
Information Systems An introduction to the fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), using software such as ArcView. Topics covered will include data acquisition, themes, views, projects and report writing. The integration of Geographic Positioning Systems with Geographic Information Systems will be discussed, including practical exercises. The application of GIS to local and regional planning will also be discussed, with particular emphasis on environmental planning.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an overview of American public policy and moves quickly to American environmental policy, its history, actors and institutions and outcomes. Prerequisite: Hp200 or Senior status
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to general concepts of political science as they pertain to American politics. In the first third of this course, students will investigate the historical and cultural antecedents that lead to the birth of the Constitution and the early American government. The second section will focus on the institutions that make up the federal government. In the final section, discussion will center on the major issues that face American politics today such as civil rights, foreign policy and the welfare state. Service-learning may be a component of this course.
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3.00 Credits
The first section of this course addresses development of democracies in Western Europe and North America. Topics include historical antecedents that created these governments, their roles in world politics and history, and their present circumstances. The second section focuses on governments of Central, Southern and Eastern Europe. Analysis will center on how their governments have grown in the modern age and how they have attempted to adapt to historical conditions.
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3.00 Credits
The courses considered under the rubric of "special topics" are limited only by one's imagination given the breadth of depth of the fields of history and political science. At the same time, courses would reasonably reflect the interest and the expertise of the faculty teaching the courses. At the moment, some of the special topics for consideration would be the following: Third World Development Studies, African-American History, The History of US Foreign Policy, The Reagan and Bush Doctrines, The Conservative and Neo-Conservative Movements, The American Educational System, Leadership Studies and Outstanding American Presidents.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of the origins of Western civilization, this course will focus on ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans and their role in developing a Western cultural identity. Topics for discussion may include the roles of religion, the influences of Judaism and Islam on the West and the development of feudalism/manorialism in Europe. Through this course, students will learn to distinguish historical interpretations from popular fallacies.
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