GEOL 1056 UHC Environmental Ethics, Science and Public Policy

Subject: GEOL
Catalog Number: 1056
Number of Credits: 3

This course examines the interrelationships among environmental science, ethics, and policy. It covers such topics as origin and development of the environmental movement, environmental values and attitudes, enactment and mechanics of environmental regulations and statutes, environmental economics and politics, and future environmental scenarios. The various socio-economic, legal, and political implications will be scrutinized within the context of specific case studies of environmental/ecological concern, ranging from local to global.Offered every spring term. Lecture 3 hours.

Course prerequisites

MIN CUM GPS 3.25 . [CES]