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May 03, 2024
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POL 342 - Environmental Policy and Biodiversity Examines policies needed to protect biodiversity in the modern world, including legal protections such as the endangered species act, ex situ conservation methods such as zoos, botanical gardens and seed banks, and parks and preserves designed to protect natural ecosystems. Combines directed independent study with field studies conducted in residence at Huntington Memorial Camp. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code M = offered in summer
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the tensions between competing values behind environmental and biodiversity policy, such as the tension between security and liberty or between equality and efficiency.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how groups fit their environmental policy preferences to issues on the current political agenda.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the connections between items on the national political agenda and environmental policy.
- Explain the impact of historical events on environmental policy.
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