POL 320 - Applied Policy Analysis

4 credits (Fall)

This course will analyze different aspects of policy to mitigate climate change, bringing to bear the perspectives of science and social science. Topics for discussion will include: 1) study of policy development up to the present, as policy has been impacted by the domestic and international politics of climate change along with scientific and economic factors; the evolving climate change agenda; decision-making at international, national, and local arenas; and the interplay between the
various arenas; 2) assessment of the scientific data on climate change; 3) ethical issues raised by climate change; 4) evaluation of strategies and technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change; and 5) policy recommendations for effective and feasible action to meet the climate change challenge of 2012 in international and U.S. policy arenas.

Prerequisite: PST 220, POL 250, POL 251, POL 259, or POL 295 when offered as Human Rights and Democracy.
Instructor: Moyer, Marzluff