BUSP 4220 - Environmental Issues and Public Policy

3 hours

Co-requisite: BUSP 3200. This course is designed to introduce students to environmental politics and policy in the United States. The course explores six main themes: (1) the background and context of environmental politics and policy; (2) the ethical context of environmental politics and policy; (3) the substantive problems and political process of environmental policymaking; (4) contemporary environmental thought and movements; (5) the relationship between environmental policy and business; and (6) environmental issues selected and reported on by students. The class will require a field trip.