Time and Location

M W F 12:50-1:40, Anderson 005

 

Syllabus

For the full syllabus click on: Environmental Policy and Administration Syllabus

 

Description and Goals

This course is designed as a broad introduction to Environmental Policy and Administration. These fields are exciting areas of discourse because they explicitly connect nature and society. The resulting policy framework influences our everyday lives – they can potentially affect public health, and the state of our environment. The course is designed for distance learning, so participation in discussion boards and with the assignments are key to helping students engage with the content.

 

This course examines fundamental topics surrounding Environmental Politics and Policy. As future administrators or political actors, you will be expected to address these challenges, as well as adapt to a changing environment. This course is intended to expose students to a variety of problems that governments face, and the assignments are created to encourage critical thinking in response to real life scenarios. How we choose to manage these activities will affect global-scale resource management, urban & regional planning, and sustainable growth challenges that lie at the intersection of the natural and built environment.

 

The primary learning objectives are for students to:

• Understand why Environmental Policy exists
• Evaluate the advantages and challenges of citizen involvement in environmental policy
• Develop a basic understanding of the growing trans-boundary character of environmental concerns
• Consider the difficulty in coordinating responses from a coalition of governments (in federalism and globally)

 

Final Grades

Final grades are posted on E-learning.

 

Grading Scale

Overall course percent	Grade
90% – 100%	A
88% – 89.9%	A-
86% – 87.9%	B+
80% – 85.9%	B
78% – 79.9%	B-
76% – 77.9%	C+
70% – 75.9%	C
68% – 69.9%	C-
66% – 67.9%	D+
60% – 65.9%	D
58% – 59.9%	D-
57.9% or less	E

Attendance and Late Policy

Students are expected to attend classes. No formal attendance record will be kept, but participation accounts for 10% of the overall grade and can only be earned while in attendance. Exceptions are only made for students that have university excused absences.