| Date |
Topics and Reading |
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August 29 and 31 |
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Topic: |
Introduction to the Course |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 1 and Smith, Ch. 1 |
| September 2 |
No class |
| September 5 |
Labor Day Holiday (no classes) |
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September 7 and 9 |
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Topic: |
Evolution of Environmentalism |
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Reading: |
Smith, Ch. 2 |
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September 12 and 14 |
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Topic: |
American Political System and the Policy Making Process |
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Reading: |
Smith, Ch. 3 and 4 |
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September 16 and 19 |
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Topic: |
Science, Technology, and Politics |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 8 , Dessler and Parson, Ch. 2 |
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September 21 and 23 |
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Topic: |
Public Opinion and the Environment |
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Reading: |
Smith, pp. 22-26 |
| September 26 |
Research Paper Proposal Due |
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September 26 and 28 |
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Topic: |
Environmental Activism: Environmental Groups and the Business Community |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 5-7 |
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September 30 |
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Topic: |
The News Media and the Environment |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 9 |
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| October 3 |
Guest Speaker |
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October 5 |
Guest Speaker |
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| October 7 |
First Exam |
| October 10 |
Fall Holiday (no classes) |
| October 12 and 14 |
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Topic: |
Congress and the Environment |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 2 |
| October 17 |
Group #1: Air Pollution (Smith, Ch. 5) |
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October 19-24 |
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Topic: |
The Environmental Presidency and the Bureaucracy (EPA) |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 3 |
| October 26 |
Group #2: Water Quality (Smith, Ch. 6) |
| October 28 |
Group #3: Land Management (Smith, Ch. 9) |
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October 31 and November 2 |
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| Topic: |
Environmental Policy in the States |
| Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 4 |
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November 4 |
Group #4: Toxic and Hazardous Waste (Smith, Ch. 8) |
| November 7 and 9 |
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Topic: |
Global Environmental Policy |
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Reading: |
Smith, Ch. 10 and 11; Sussman, International Political Science Review (online - - see course website under Textbooks) |
| November 11 |
Group #5: Energy Policy (Smith, Ch. 7) |
| November 14 |
Group #6: Global Climate Change: A 21st Century Environmental Problem (Dessler and Parson, Ch. 1; Emanuel, Ch. 1-3) |
| November 16 |
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| Topic: |
Global Environmental Policy (con't) |
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November 18 |
Group #7: Global Climate Change: Human-Induced Climate Change (Dessler and Parson, Ch. 3; Emanuel, Ch. 4) |
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November 21 |
Group #8: Global Climate Change: Impacts and Consequences (Dessler and Parson, Ch. 4; Emanuel, Ch. 5 and 7) |
| November 23 and 25 |
Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes) |
| November 28 |
Research Paper Due |
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November 28 |
Guest Speaker |
| November 30 |
Quiz |
| December 2 and 5 |
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Topic: |
Looking Ahead: Environmentalism in the 21st Century |
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Reading: |
Miller, Ch. 11; Dessler and Parsons, Ch. 5 |
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| December 9 |
Second Exam |
