ENV 100W - Environmental Regulations

Credits: 3
Instructional Contact Hours: 3

1. Describe the relationship between human social groups and the environment.

a. Describe the relationship between population and resource scarcity.

b. Describe historical origins of environmental ethics.

c. Describe the structure, functioning, and patterns of change involved in at least
    one major area of social organization.

d. Define the prisoner's dilemma, the tragedy of the commons, and sustainable
    institutions.

e. Identify solutions and failures from market-based approaches to the environment.

f. Demonstrate a basic understanding of at least one major technique used in the
   analysis of social organization.

g. Explain the process by which social and/or cultural forces shape some major
    aspect of social organization.

2. Analyze how human societies interact with the environment.

a. Identify problems of risk perception and cultural factors that contribute to risk.

b. Examine environmental issues through the lens of political economy.

c. Define key social constructions of nature.

d. Identify major state, national, and international environmental laws, acts, and regulations.

3. Evaluate case studies of environmental issues.

a. Apply concepts pertaining to the analysis of social organizations in the student’s own social and/or cultural contexts or the context of participants in their own social organization.

4. Use writing as a tool for learning.

a. Use claim, evidence, and reasoning in writings to make meaningful connections
     to course content.

b. Engage in a process of drafting, revising, and editing assignments that integrates
    feedback into a graded final product.
c. Select, analyze, and evaluate information/data from sources.

d. Draw valid conclusions from information.