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Apr 19, 2024
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2021-2022 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PBHL 425 - Environmental Risk & PolicyCredits: 3
This course introduces students to environmental issues and risks confronting us in the present time and how the society, federal agencies and laws address those concerns. The course is organized into five sections, the first section begins with an overview of the recent history of environmentalism, key environmental issues, environmental risks and risk assessment process. The second part of the class will focus on the role of the American political institutions: the Executive, Congress, the federal courts and the states. The third section is devoted to the different approaches and principles relevant to environmental policymaking, including command and control, the precautionary principle, environmental justice, benefit-cost analysis. In the fourth section we will shift our attention to the most significant environmental threats that have shaped and continue to shape US environmental policy: water and air pollution, hazardous substances, the environmental impact of fossil fuels, the battle over public lands, and global climate change. The last portion of the course will be dedicated to assessing recent and current US environmental policy and debating possible future trends.
Course/Lab Fee: No
Grade Mode: Normal (A-F,I,W)
Schedule Type: Lecture, Blended Learning, Interactive Online
Year Offering: Annually
Term Offering: Spring
College Code: CHHS
Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
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