LGLS 4070 - Environmental Risk: Law and Policy

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: BUSA-2106, or LGLS 3020, or LGLS 3610, or Consent of Instructor.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements and 45 semester hours.

Description
This course will introduce students to the ways in which the law affects how humans and businesses use and interact with the natural environment. Students will learn about the statutory and common law tools that are used to protect the environment and human health. Students will discuss and evaluate the legal, policy , and ethical arguments surrounding how pollution is (or should be) controlled and how the environment is (or should be) protected.