An examination of the purposes, methodology, and impacts of the environmental regulatory process, ranging from the traditional common law remedies to novel approaches such as the pollution rights markets. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the context of the environmental law. Interactions between the physical environment and behavior of the individual. Emphasis on perception of the environment, the behavioral effects of noxious factors in the environment, the psychology of environmental design, and the formation and change of attitudes about the environment. Interdisciplinary introduction to the technological developments used to explore and work in the undersea environment.
Emphasis is placed on case studies.
Involves researching, writing, presenting, defending, and critiquing peer-reviewed research proposals. A theory of community structure based on societal evolution as shown through the referential concepts of population, organization, environment and technology. An analysis of the spatial, temporal, functional and relational configuration of human communities. Analysis of natural and anthropogenic global climate changes. Historical and geological records of climate including sediment, tree ring and ice core analysis.