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Vanderheiden, Steven Jon

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  • ENVM 5003 - Ethics and Values in Environmental Leadership
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019
    Prepares students to be effective leaders within their organizations by introducing them to a wide range of value systems and examining links between these and effective leadership. Students will learn tools and approaches for effective analysis and presentation of value-based appeals and will learn through practical scenarios to identify and assess value-based analyses used by others.
  • ENVS 3064 - Environmental Political Theory
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Summer 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023
    Examines environmental discourses as conceptual means for theorizing environmental politics, and applies normative political theories to contemporary environmental policy issues. Considers the roles of political actors (individuals, groups, the state) in defining and addressing environmental problems on local, national, and global levels. Same as PSCI 3064.
  • ENVS 5100 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021
    A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided the topics vary.
  • ENVS 7118 - Foundations of Environmental Justice
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
    Examines environmental justice movements, policies, institutions, objectives, and scholarship. Identifies factors that contribute to environmental inequality, and efforts to reduce it. Formerly offered as a special topics course. Same as COMM 7118, GEOG 7118 and PSCI 7118.
  • GEOG 7118 - Foundations of Environmental Justice
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
    Examines environmental justice movements, policies, institutions, objectives, and scholarship. Identifies factors that contribute to environmental inequality, and efforts to reduce it. Formerly offered as a special topics course. Same as COMM 7118, ENVS 7118 and PSCI 7118.
  • PSCI 2004 - Survey of Western Political Thought
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Studies main political philosophies and political issues of Western culture, from antiquity to 20th century.
  • PSCI 2116 - Introduction to Environmental Policy and Policy Analysis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Teaches a systematic general framework for the analysis of environmental policy issues. Analyzes the interaction of environmental sciences, ethics, and policy across a range of environmental policy problems. Stresses critical thinking and practical applications.
  • PSCI 3064 - Environmental Political Theory
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Summer 2021 / Spring 2022 / Summer 2022 / Spring 2023 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024
    Examines environmental discourses as conceptual means for theorizing environmental politics, and applies normative political theories to contemporary environmental policy issues. Considers the roles of political actors (individuals, groups, the state) in defining and addressing environmental problems on local, national, and global levels. Recommended prerequisite: PSCI 2004. Same as ENVS 3064.
  • PSCI 3206 - The Environment and Public Policy
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    Considers constitutional, political, and geographic factors in development of public policy affecting the use of natural resources and management of the environment; organization, procedures, and programs for use of natural resources; and administration of environmental policies. Recommended prerequisite: PSCI 1101 or PSCI 2012.
  • PSCI 7004 - Seminar: Political Theory
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
    Allows for intensive research in and presentation of selected topics. Introduces students to the broad context within which political ideas arise. Deals with classical and modern thought. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.
  • PSCI 7024 - Seminar: Selected Political Theories
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021
    Familiarizes students with selected political philosophies or theories in classical or modern political thought. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.
  • PSCI 7114 - Survey of Historical and Contemporary Political Theory
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Examines major texts of Western political thought from the ancients through the 21st century. Introduces students to major schools of contemporary political theory, while situating these in their larger political context. Professionalizes students through presentations and research projects. Texts vary each semester. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended requisite: some previous coursework in political theory or philosophy.
  • PSCI 7118 - Foundations of Environmental Justice
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
    Examines environmental justice movements, policies, institutions, objectives, and scholarship. Identifies factors that contribute to environmental inequality, and efforts to reduce it. Formerly offered as a special topics course. Same as COMM 7118, ENVS 7118 and GEOG 7118.

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