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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.
281. Environmental Law. Examination of contemporary environmental law and its
common law antecedents in the context of the American legal system. Objectives are to
provide basic training in analyzing cases and statutes, applying knowledge in a classroom
setting, and using a law library. Instructor: Heath. 3 units.
284S. Seminar in Land Use Policy. Selected topics in United States land policy. Content
varies each offering, but may include regulatory innovations, management of public lands,
urban growth management, and landscape protection. Term paper and class presentations
required. Half or one course for undergraduates. 1 to 3 units for graduate students. Instructor:
Staff. Variable credit.
285. Land Use Principles and Policy. Consideration of four major roles of land in the
United States: as a producer of commodities, financial asset, component of environmental
systems, and location of development. Analysis of market allocation of land, market failure,
role of public planning and regulation. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: Public Policy Studies
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287L. Geospatial Analysis for Water Resources Management. Spatial analysis and
image processing applications to support water resources management: water quality,
flooding, and water supply primarily at watershed scale. Topics include water resources data
modeling, terrain modeling and processing, river and watershed network analysis, and
geospatial modeling of hydrologic processes. Knowledge of geospatial analysis theory and
analysis tools required. Prerequisite: Environment 259. Consent of instructor required.
Instructor: Staff. 4 units.
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. Only open to undergraduates under Biology 114L.
Four units (spring); six units (summer). (Given at Beaufort and Bermuda.) Prerequisite:
introductory biology. Instructors: Staff (Beaufort); Lomas (Bermuda). Variable credit. C-L:
Marine Sciences
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. C-L: Marine Sciences
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, Marine Sciences
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
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