With a focus on environmental stewardship and sustainability, students in this course examine the principles of economics, natural resource limitations and management, and the role of science in public policy decision making.
Students apply economic theory and analysis to evaluate environmental problems.
This course emphasizes problems and policies that impact marine and coastal ecosystems and an integrated or earth systems approach. The environmental problems emphasized span local, national and global scales including fisheries management, biodiversity, and global warming. Emphasis is also placed on ethical reflection by providing students with a philosophical background of environmental thought and an understanding of how it relates to public policy. Meeting Times Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-12PM in Bldg. Human components of the earth system including the social, economic, and political structures that shape our interactions with our environment.