Fall 2020 - REM 356W D100

Environmental Policy (3)

Class Number: 3678

Delivery Method: Remote

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 9 – Dec 8, 2020: TBA, TBA
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    REM 100.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Provides an overview of policy and governance approaches used to manage the natural environment at the international, national, provincial, regional, and local levels. Presents a basic set of evaluative questions that can be used to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of different approaches to regulate and manage the environment. Students with credit for REM 356 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course provides an overview of some basic legislation, agencies, and policies which currently are in use to regulate the natural environment at the international, national, provincial, regional, and local levels. Its purpose is to present a basic set of evaluative questions which can be used to address the effectiveness and efficiency of the environmental regulatory and management systems currently in use.

REM 356W will run asynchronous lectures (online) and synchronous tutorials (online):Thursdays 9:30-10:20; 13:30-14:20; 15:30-16:20

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Students who have completed this course should be able to:

  • Identify, synthesize, and apply key theories and practices that inform environmental policy.
  • Define policy and policy instruments and analyse and model policy making processes related to the environment.
  • Identify different types, definitions, and theories of governance used to manage the environment.
  • Understand the policies, systems, and processes that organizations use to legislate, plan, and manage the environment.

Grading

  • Quizzes 15%
  • Reading reflections 10%
  • Annotated bibliography 10%
  • Environmental policy in the news 20%
  • Essay proposal 10%
  • Essay 35%

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Students will need a computer and access to the internet.

REQUIRED READING:

Required readings available on-line (Canvas), through library, or will be emailed to students via the course email list. Students are not required to purchase a textbook.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2020

Teaching at SFU in fall 2020 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).