Environmental Politics and Policy . ESM 208
Introduces students to politics and environmental policy making. Students will learn who are the actors in government, what are their responsibilities, and why governments do what they do. The course will improve students’ professional skills as advocates, advisors, and analysts. Students will learn to apply abstract ideas to real-world problems, interpret meaning and significance of policy analysis, and communicate results. Students will identify policy barriers, analyze electoral strategy, develop approaches to build coalitions, design effective messaging, and create political strategies to pass policies. Students will gain knowledge of their own responsibility of being actors in the policy process.
No Prerequisites
2
UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeGraduate students only
Level LimitEnvironmental science
College
Amanda Phillips
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