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Geog. 8211 Environmental Policy Fall Semester, 2017
This is a research seminar focusing on; the documents produced by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government that define public policy in the United States; the role of corporations in making policy; and the databases where the policy documents can be found. It will provide students with the necessary information to carry out independent research into public policy and will add unfamiliar sources to their research bibliographies. Descriptive and analytical rather than theoretical, and illustrative rather than comprehensive, it gives both social scientists and biophysical scientists additional perspective to their personal research and adds an important dimension to their analysis. It will allow them to find, describe, critically review, and communicate those aspects of federal policy of concern. Students are encouraged to choose areas of policy coinciding with their areas of research.
The title of the seminar reflects my interests but students should choose topics that will be useful in their thesis or dissertation research.
The final product will be a research paper that describes federal policy on a particular issue.