PUBPOL 5865

Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Environmental Policy

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This graduate-level course is designed for students pursuing leadership or managerial roles in organizations across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors involved with shaping or making environmental policy. Special attention will be given to practice at the intersections of law, regulation, and ethics, including recent developments in the fields of environmental justice and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. This course is designed for students in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy MS in Environmental and Sustainability Policy program. Other students may only enroll with permission of the instructor. As a graduate-level course, students are expected to have thoroughly read all materials prior to class and be well prepared to discuss readings and cases with colleagues.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: graduate and professional students.

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Learning Outcomes

• Students will analyze the process of environmental policy, regulation, and rulemaking.
• Students will develop strategies for overcoming obstacles to effective environmental regulations.
• Students will apply ethical frameworks for evaluating managerial and leadership decisions involving sustainability concerns.
• Students will analyze the relationship between inequality and sustainability, including applications of concepts such as environmental justice and environmental racism.

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