POL-213 Environmental Policy

GER: NE (Humans and the Natural Environment)
Examination of environmentalism from cultural, historical, and political perspectives in the United States. Consumption, development, environmental risk, and environmental justice. Historical development of American environmentalism, environmental policy including styles of regulation, uncertainties in risk assessment, the usefulness of cost-benefit analysis, and the debates over public lands, biodiversity, toxic and hazardous substances, the use of renewable energy, and science and technology. Special emphasis is placed on current environmental issues and debates in the Greenville area. 4 credits.