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ity and maintaining environmental quality will be analyzed using economic and econometric methods. Topics include
benefit-cost analysis, intergenerational equity, externalities, public goods, and property rights. Prerequisite:
Environment 270 or equivalent; Economics 149 recommended. Instructor: Vincent. 3 units. C-L: Economics 272
272. Evaluation of Public Expenditures. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 261; also C-L: Economics 261
273. Marine Fisheries Policy. Principles, structure, and process of public policy-making for marine fisheries. Topics
include local, regional, national, and international approaches to the management of marine fisheries. A social systems
approach is used to analyze the biological, ecological, social, and economic aspects of the policy and management
process. (Given at Beaufort.) Instructor: Orbach. 3 units. C-L: Marine Sciences
274. Environmental Politics. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 274
275S. Protected Areas, Tourism, and Development. Investigates issues of establishing and managing national parks,
biosphere reserves, and other protected areas in situations where local populations compete for the same resources.
Tourism is considered as a possible source of negative impacts on the protected area and as a source of local economic
development. Includes consideration of tourism policy, resource protection strategies, microenterprise development,
sustainable agriculture, and forestry. Instructor consent required. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
276. Marine Policy (A). Formal study of policy and policy-making concerning the coastal marine environment. History
of specific marine-related organizations, legislation, and issues and their effects on local, regional, national, and
international arenas. Topics explored through use of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including political
science, sociology, and economics. Consent of instructor required. (Given at Beaufort.) Instructor: Orbach. 3 units. C-
L: Public Policy Studies 297, Political Science 264
277. Professional Ethics for Environmental Practitioners. Give students training and experience in applying moral
reasoning to the types of ethical problems likely to be encountered by environmental practitioners. Instructor: Maguire.
1 unit.
279. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry. A broad overview of the science of oxidant chemistry in the atmosphere.
Basic physical and chemical concepts relevant to the understanding of atmospheric chemistry; several contemporary
topics discussed from a process-level perspective. Topics include atmospheric structure and chemical composition;
atomic structure and chemical bonds; chemical thermodynamics and kinetics; atmospheric radiation and photochemistry,
tropospheric and stratospheric ozone chemistry; aqueous-phase atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric aerosols; and
air quality modeling. Prerequisites: one college-level course each in chemistry and calculus. Instructor: Kasibhatla. 3
units. C-L: Civil Engineering 279
280. Social Science Surveys for Environmental Management. Social science research methods for collecting data for
environmental management and policy analysis. Sampling, survey design, focus groups, pretesting, survey implementation,
coding, and data analysis. Team projects emphasize development and practice of survey skills. Prerequisite:
introductory applied statistics or equivalent. Instructor: Kramer. 3 units.
282. Biogeochemistry. 3 units. C-L: see Biology 272
285. Land Use Principles and Policy. 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 285
292L. Biological Oceanography. Physical, chemical, and biological processes of the oceans, emphasizing special
adaptations for life in the sea and factors controlling distribution and abundance of organisms. Four units (spring); six
units (summer). (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: introductory biology. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
293. Analysis of Ocean Ecosystems. The history, utility, and heuristic value of the ecosystem; ocean systems in the
context of Odum's ecosystem concept; structure and function of the earth's major ecosystems. Open to undergraduates
only under Biology 123. (Given at Beaufort.) Prerequisite: one year of biology, one year of chemistry, or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Barber. 3 units.
294. Water Quality Skills. Introduction to field and laboratory techniques for monitoring water quality characteristics
including heat properties, BOD, flow, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, benthic invertebrates, and coliform indicators.
Emphasis on technical report writing. Prerequisite: Environment 236. Instructor: Stow. 3 units.
295L. Marine Invertebrate Zoology. Structure, function, and development of invertebrates collected from estuarine and
marine habitats. Not open to students who have taken Biology 176L, Biology 274L, or Zoology 274L. Open to
undergraduates only under Biology 176L. Four units (fall, spring, and Summer Term II); six units (Summer Term I).
(Given at Beaufort fall, spring, and summer or at Bermuda, spring.) Prerequisite: Biology 25L. Instructors: Dimock
(Beaufort) or Kirby-Smith (Beaufort); Wood (Bermuda). Variable credit. C-L: Biology 274L
296. Environmental Conflict Resolution. Practical techniques and scholarly underpinnings of environmental conflict
resolution, including interest-based negotiation, mediation, public disputes, science-intensive disputes, and negotiation
analysis. In-class time will be spent conducting negotiation role plays of increasing complexity and then debriefing
them. Outside of class, students will prepare for the role plays and read background material to aid in debriefing.
Students will keep a journal of their experiences. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Maguire. 2 units.
298. Special Topics. Content to be determined each semester. May be repeated. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit. C-L:
Marine Sciences
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