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Topics and Reading |
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January 11 |
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Topic: |
Introduction to the Course |
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January 13 and 15 |
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Topic: |
Theoretical Approaches to Studying Environmental Policy |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch.1 |
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January 18 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (no class) |
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January 20-25 |
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Topic: |
Evolution of Environmentalism |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 1 |
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January 27 and 29 |
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Topic: |
American Political System and Policy Making |
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Reading: |
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February 1 |
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Topic: |
The Policy Making Process |
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Reading: |
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February 3-8 |
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Topic: |
Science and the Environment |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 8 |
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February 12 |
Research Paper Proposal Due |
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February 10-17 |
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Topic: |
Public Opinion and Environmental Activism |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 3; Miller, Ch. 5 and 7 |
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February 19 |
MIDTERM EXAM |
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February 22-26 |
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Topic: |
Congress and the Environment |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 5; Miller, Ch. 2 |
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February 29-March 4 |
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Topic: |
The Environmental Presidency and the Bureaucracy |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 4; Miller, Ch. 3 |
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March 7-11 |
Spring Holiday (no classes) |
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March 14 |
Student Roundtable #1: Energy Policy and Fracking (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 8 |
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March 16 |
Student Roundtable #2: Food Production and the Environment (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 9 |
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March 18 |
Student Roundtable #3: The Environment and Population (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 14) |
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March 21 |
Student Roundtable #4: American Cities and the Environment (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 12) |
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March 23 |
Student Roundtable #5: China and the Quest for a Green Economy (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 15) |
| March 25-30 |
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Topic: |
State Governments and Environmental Protection |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 2; Miller Ch. 4 |
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April 1 |
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Topic: |
Protecting The Chesapeake Bay |
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Reading: |
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April 4-8 |
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Topic: |
The Global Environment |
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Reading: |
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April 11 |
Student Roundtable #6: Global Climate Change: A 21st Century Problem (Vig and Kraft, Ch. 13; Emanuel, entire book) |
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April 13-20 |
Student Research Paper Presentations |
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April 20 |
Research Papers Due |
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April 22 and 25 |
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Topic: |
Looking Ahead: Environmentalism in the 21st Century |
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Reading: |
Vig and Kraft, Ch. 16; Miller, Ch. 11 |
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Final Exam |
