03:35 P.M. - 04:25 P.M. , W
FolH 14, TCEASTBANK, 2 credits

Instructor: Kristen Nelson

Grading basis/credits: A-F only, 3 credit(s)

Description: For effective environmental change, we need to understand how human behavior, policy, and governance interact. Can policy become an effective tool for modifying human behavior to achieve environmental change? How do we reduce our environmental footprint with new laws while maintaining human wellbeing? How do human beings respond to laws and policy initiatives resulting in positive changes or unexpected consequences? You will learn the key concepts of government, law, as well as the philosophy and pragmatic operation of democracy. At the same time, you will investigate how law sets the course for influencing human attitudes, values, behaviors and social organization for environmental change. Lectures provide the theoretical concepts and international examples of laws and human behavior based on specific environmental issues. The focus is on international cases, with a few U.S. comparative cases, from the local to global scales. Guest speakers and class discussion provide an opportunity to apply the concepts to interpret concrete examples. To understand the material in action, each student will be involved with a service-learning project, with groups working on global warming, environmental laws, and human behavior.

Class Time: 20% Lecture, 20% Discussion. In class exercises, service learning

Work Load: 40 pages reading per week, 20 pages writing per term, 3 exams, 3 papers. The student will undertake a service learning project on an environmental issue. The project will focus on the intersect of human behavior, policy and the environment..

Grade: 10% final exam, 10% reports/papers, 80% quizzes.

Exam Format: short answer and essay

Co-Instructor: Enzler,Sherry Anne