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US ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION

ENVIRST/GEOG 439
Course Description

Covers a broad cross-section of American environmental policy by focusing on specific statutes and policy arenas. Surveys the basic elements of American environmental policy and regulation with a particular focus on the specific people, sites and scales at which environmental decision-making happens through primary-source case material. Maintains a dual focus on (a) the legal and regulatory aspects of environmental regulation and (b) the specific geographic and social features of actual cases in which regulations and policy are used. Understanding environmental outcomes in a complex society depends on observing both the structure of regulations and the geographic and social context in which such regulations emerge.

Prerequisties

Sophomore standing

Satisfies
Credits

3 to 4

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average
3.77

7.67% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

5.05% from Historical

A Rate
75.61%

22.22% from Historical

Class Size
41

10.81% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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