Fall 2015

Gateway to the majors and minors in environmental studies. Provides students with an overview of how government agencies and societal institutions address (or fail to address) the interrelated social and scientific aspects of environmental problems and policies.

Exploration of the major social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical disagreements that exist between scholars, leaders, and citizens concerning today's most serious environmental issues and problems. Not available for credit to environmental studies majors and minors.

Geographic and historic approach to growth of environmental awareness in the United States from Colonial times to the present. Extensive use of case materials.

Overview of issues related to water and soil sustainability including science, policy and business aspects. Recommended Preparation ENST-100.

Overview of issues related to water and soil sustainability including science, policy and business aspects. Recommended Preparation ENST-100.

Examines the politics of managing the global environment. The nature of ecosystems, commons problems, population and resource utilization problems along with biodiversity and global governance are emphasized.

Interaction between resource conservation and people based on recent advances, current developments, and future resource utilization. Special attention to the western United States. Field trips.

An introduction to the economic tools and issues that affect natural resource use and environmental management.

Intensive experience in governmental and political offices. Minimum time requirement; evaluation by office and intern report required.

Should environmental issues be treated as threats to security? Survey of recent literature explores global environmental politics using a security framework. Recommended preparation: Environmental studies course work.

The political realities of selected environmental issues; resolving and implementing social priorities; interests, attitudes, strategies, and tactics of pressure groups; institutional biases and opportunities.

Examination of the tools used to reconstruct past climate change and a thorough discussion of past climate changes on Earth with an emphasis on the recent past. Prerequisite: MATH 118 or MATH 125 and ENST 320b. Recommended preparation: Any introductory GEOL course.

Management and extraction of renewable and non-renewable natural resources; environmental externalities and regulation of air, water, and land pollution; market incentives versus direct regulation.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Students form multidisciplinary teams and are asked to study and resolve a major environmental problem facing a particular region or target population.

Selected topics dealing with environmental issues and problems.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.