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  • ENV 315: Land Conservation Practicum

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    After reviewing history and philosophy of land conservation in the United States, the course will survey current conservation/preservation efforts at global, national, regional, and local levels. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the goals, philosophies, and practices of representative organizations, both public and private. Internet research on organizations will be supplemented by guest speakers. Themes and skills emphasized include communications, collaboration, goal setting, fundraising, data gathering, focused advocacy, and the role of the citizen.
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  • ENV 316: Land Conserv Pract w/Field Lab

    4.00 Credits
    University of New England

    After reviewing history and philosophy of land conservation in the United States, the course will survey current conservation/preservation efforts at global, national, regional, and local levels. Emphasis will be placed on goals, philosophies, and practices of representative organizations, both public and private. Internet research on organizations will be supplemented by guest speakers. Themes and skills emphasized include communications, collaboration, goal setting, fundraising, data gathering, focused advocacy, and the role of the citizen.
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  • ENV 316L: Land Conservation Pract Lab

    0.00 Credits
    University of New England

    Laboratory activities include analysis of land features and resources, along with creation of case statements, brochures, overlay maps, and other products appropriate to conservation efforts. When practical, the lab will include fact-finding field trips to conservation sites and offices.
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  • ENV 317: Case Studies Preserv Biodivers

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    This course is designed to help students become familiar with case study approaches used in describing and analyzing problems of preserving biodiversity and protected areas such as national parks, national forests, and wilderness areas. Different case study methods will be described; representative national and international case studies will be analyzed; and students will be responsible for researching, presenting, and writing their own case studies. Students will be expected to: (1)describe reasons for using case study approaches; (2)discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using case study approaches; and (3)identify and evaluate the lessons learnt from representative case studies.
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  • ENV 322: Enviro Movements&Social Change

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    This course engages students in a critical and comparative examination of environmental movements around the world using Social Theory, History, and Discourse Analysis. Students will examine how various social movement theories apply to environmental movements and investigate several gender-based and global-level analyses of environmentalism. They will also study a range of often-conflicting environmental discourses, focusing particularly on the various goals and means each discourse advocates for achieving social change. Finally, students will investigate the origins, evolution, and current status of the American environmental movement, before learning about environmental movements in the global South and comparing them to environmental movements in the North. The course concludes with an assessment of the future of environmental movements, and discusses the promises and perils of a united global environmental movement
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  • ENV 323: Environmental Advocacy

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    Students will study the concept of advocacy at grassroots, private, and governmental levels, and, after studying particular issues, practice advocacy in a variety of modes. Students will analyze advocacy organizations and media. Practical skills for advocacy will be emphasized.
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  • ENV 324: Environmental Economics

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    This course is designed to expose students to such topics as market and government failure, benefit-cost analysis, the economics of energy, Federal control policies involving air and water pollution, externalities, and environmental issues in other industrialized countries. Crosslisted w/ BUEC 390. Permission of instructor.
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  • ENV 326: Case Studies in Enviro Science

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    This course is designed to help students become familiar with case study approaches used in describing and analyzing environmental problems involving the use of science in policy and decision making at both the national and international levels. Different case study methods will be described; case studies will be analyzed; and students will be responsible for researching, presenting, and writing their own case studies. Examples of topics include global climate change, the disposal of high-level nuclear waste, air pollution and the Clean Air Act, the use of the precautionary principle in science and environmental policy, and toxic chemicals and human health, to name a few. Students will be expected to: (1)describe reasons for using case study approaches; (2)discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using case study approaches; and (3)identify and evaluate the lessons learnt from representative case studies.
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  • ENV 327: Environmental Impacts

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    A comprehensive course designed to provide students with a broad background in several key areas of environmental problems. The overall objectives are: 1) to train students to recognize factors that represent a potential impact on physical, chemical and biological aspects of the ecosystem; 2) to train students in ways of reducing or eliminating environmentally unsound impacts. The lab portion of this course is spent on conducting an environmental impact monitoring project and writing an environmental impact report. A defense of each student's report and his/her are presented at a mock environmental hearing. Third or Fourth-year standing or permission of the instructor required.
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  • ENV 331: Women and the Environment

    3.00 Credits
    University of New England

    This team-taught, interdisciplinary course is designed to take an in-depth look at the relationship between women and the environment over time. We will explore several themes, including how women relate to the natural world; women, science and nature; living lightly on the land; nature as healer, ecofeminism, and women as advocates for the environment. Topics will be studied from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Spring 2011: This course is meant to provide students with a broad overview and appreciation of gender disparities and women¿s role in environmental management and development in the developing world. It will focus on gender dynamics and the role of culture in defining gender roles and perceptions. Specific case studies will be presented to assist students in grasping issues that women in developing world have to deal with as they play their role in local community settings and contribute towards sustainable environmental management. The course will prepare students to cope with diverse cultural and environmental settings that they may encounter in the future.
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