Students must select one policy course with the supervision of the
GJEC Coordinator. The policy course may not be the same as the elective
course selected. Below are examples of recommended courses and their
descriptions. With approval of GJEC Coordinator, other courses may be
accepted as policy courses.
AEC 817 Political Economy of Agricultural and Trade Policy
Concepts of policy analysis and decision. Agricultural sector problems,
behavior, and policy in the development process. Macroeconomic and trade
impacts. International policies affecting trade and development. Current
policy issues.
AEC/PRR 829 Economics of Environmental Resources
Economic principles related to environmental conflicts and public
policy alternatives. Applications to water quality, land use,
conservation, development, and global environmental issues.
AEC/EC/FOR/PRR/RD 923 Advanced Environmental and Resource Economics
Advanced economic theory of environmental management and policy.
Treatment of externalities and market and non-market approaches
to environmental improvement. Topics in conservation and sustainable
economic growth. Applications to research and policy.
ANP 892/MSU College of Law 563 Advanced Topics in Indian
Law
Provides an opportunity for in-depth discussion and examination
of current legal issues of federal and tribal law in Indian country
including tribal gaming and economic development, tribal policy
and governance, treaty rights, international indigenous peoples,
and other contemporary topics.
FOR 466 Natural Resources Planning and Policy
Scientific, environmental, social, and institutional factors affecting
planning and policymaking. Focus on ecosystem-based planning and policy
issues through development of a multiple-use plan. Case studies.
FOR/RD 866 Economics of Renewable Resources
Applications of economic theory and analysis to renewable natural resources
problems. Focus on renewable resource interactions, including multiple-use
forestry and agroforestry.
FW 468 Great Lakes Water Policy
Environmental policy issues associated with the use, management,
and protection of the binational Great Lakes basin ecosystem.
GEO 454 Geography of Environment and Development
Spatial patterns and processes associated with regional development
in selected world areas.
GEO 492, Sec. 001 Geographic Research Problems: Critical
Geopolitics
Political geographies of nation-states' origins and conduct, identity-place politics, colonialism and imperialism, geopolitics and geopolitical ideas, resource and environmental politics, and resistance and terrorism
NSC 448 Ecology, Law and Economics (Interim)
The fundamental principles of ecology, law, and economics are brought
together into a conceptual model that describes the interrelationships
among the natural system, the economy, and the state. Environmental
problems and potential remedies are best understood in the context of
their i) impact on ecological systems, ii) within an existing or revised
legal environment, while iii) recognizing that the resolution of environmental
problems will require the use of society's scarce resources. The interdisciplinary
model provides a basis for analyzing and designing legal-economic based
environmental and natural resource policy.
PLS 853 Political Economy of Development Policy
Introduction to the political economy of Third World development. Decision
making and economic policy.
PRR 842 Parks and Protected Areas Policy and Management
History of policies related to parks and protected areas. Current
state and federal policies and agencies. Interaction between policy
and management. Current US and international issues and applications.
RD 430 Law and Resources
Legal principles applied to the environment and natural resources.
Sovereignty, property rights, land and water use, jurisdiction,
public trust doctrine, wetland law, and eminent domain. Case and
statutory law analysis.
RD 440 Environmental Policy Making in Michigan
State legislative process and its role in environmental policy
formulation. Influence of lobbying, grassroots environmental movements,
and economic factors.
RD 444 Pesticides, People, and Politics
Comparative state, national, and international policy issues and politics
related to pesticide regulations and use in industrialized and non-industrialized
countries.
RD 823 Community Based Natural Resource Management in
Developing Countries
Community-based management of natural resources in developing
countries. Roles of property rights, collective action, and the
quality of local governance in promoting productivity, conservation,
and equitable distribution of benefits.
RD 836 Law of Environmental Regulation
Administrative law. National Environmental Policy Act. Air and
water pollution. Toxic substances. Case studies.
SOC 451 Dynamics of Population
Size, distribution, and composition of population by age and sex. Theories
of the effect of fertility, mortality, and migration on population structures.
Successful and unsuccessful population policies.
SOC 950, Sec. 001 Topics in Rural and Environmental Studies:
Environmental Health
This course takes an interdisciplinary, international approach
to understanding the social, biological, and political characteristics
of environmental health.
SOC 977 Social Epidemiology
Social, economic, and ecological factors in health problems within
a community or society. Application of social models and methods to
epidemiology. Social policies of health promotion and disease prevention.
SSC/ANR 820 Pro-Seminar on Food and Agricultural Standards
Interdisciplinary theoretical and applied perspectives on societal
roles and implications of standards in food and agriculture.
SW 820 Social Welfare Policy and Services
Policy analysis in historical and philosophical context. The social
work profession and social welfare policy. Gender, minority, social
class, and international policy issues.
SW 910 Social Problems and Social Policy
Impact of public policies on social problems, social welfare, social
programs, and social work practice. Application of analytical frameworks
to selected areas of social welfare.
UP 400, Sec. 005 Special Topics in Urban Planning: Environmental
Planning
This course examines environmental policy and planning in a variety of contexts (primarily US national but with some coverage of state, local, and international approaches.) The main emphasis of the course is on understanding and critiquing current regulatory, market-based, and community-based approaches to environmental management. A key subject of the course is social justice and equity. The course covers environmental justice concerns in relation to toxics; gender concerns are examined in relation to globalization and its impacts in the developing world.
WS/FW 404 Women and the Law in the United States
Law in the United States as a vehicle for structuring and maintaining
women's social roles, and for social change.
