Environmental Policy for Science and Engineering

ENV HLT C135 - Environmental Policy for Science and Engineering

<p>Lecture, four hours. Limited to senior undergraduate and graduate students. Examination of theoretical underpinnings of several major types of regulatory policy, as well as practical issues involved in implementing and enforcing each. Exploration of selection and impact of regulatory forms from variety of disciplines and viewpoints. Focus on traditional command and control regulation (including self-executing performance standards and permitting), market-based regulation (such as emissions trading), remediation, and emerging regulatory approaches such as management-based regulation and alternatives assessment. Issues of compliance and enforcement. Concurrently scheduled with course C135. Letter grading.</p>

Environmental Health Sciences

The school aims to build health and equity, and to drive positive change for all people. The school acts on this mission through initiatives in three core areas: education, discovery, and service.

Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

The department focuses its research and educational activities on the protection of human health from biological, chemical, mechanical, and physical hazards in the environment.

General Catalog

Environmental Policy for Science and Engineering

ENV HLT C235

4 units