Note: I’ve gone through SPIRE looking for relevant courses to make it easier for students to find them. The below is what I’ve identified after looking at Eco/NRC, Econ, Pol Sci, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Geosciences, and Resource Economics. If I am missing anything, please let me know — Charlie Schweik (cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu)

ECO 697P – Conservation in Practice – Drs. John Organ (US Fish and WIldlife Service), Sadie Stevens (USFWS), Deborah Rocque (USFWS) and Steve DeStephano

Conservation in Practice will challenge students to integrate human dimensions and ecological sciences into actual fish and wildlife conservation scenarios.  The course is structured into 3 modules: (1) human dimensions theory; (2) quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches; and (3) case study inquiries.  Students will be provided a theoretical foundation for human dimensions of fish and wildlife conservation in the first module through assigned readings and classroom discussion and lecture.  Methodological approaches to human dimensions inquiry will introduce students to a suite of quantitative and qualitative approaches through selected manuscripts and lecture.  Lecture and discussion will focus on structuring human dimensions inquiries to select and integrate appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods.  Case studies of actual conservation challenges encountered by federal and state fish and wildlife management agencies will be used to retrospectively or prospectively evaluate how human dimensions science needs would be integrated, and develop an appropriate experimental design.  The instructors envision the classroom dynamics to be interactive.  Readings will be designed to supplant lectures where practical; lectures will be used to synthesize information and stimulate discussion.  Student grades will be based on active participation, a mid-term exam, and a final case study paper.

ECO 697PS – 01 S-Perspectives on Sustainability – Craig Nicolson

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ECON 797E – 01 ST-Pol Econ of the Environment – Jim Boyce

This course is a one-semester introduction to the political economy of the environment – that is, the analysis of how scarce environmental and natural resources are allocated not only among competing ends, but also among competing individuals, groups, and classes. It is intended for graduate students with prior background in microeconomics and resource economics.

REGIONPL 587 – 01 People and the Environment – Robert Ryan

Interdisciplinary seminar on the applications of environmental psychology research to planning and design. Topics include landscape preference, territoriality and defensible space, way finding, and restorative settings/therapeutic gardens.

REGIONPL 591D – 01 S-The Once & Future Mill Town – John Mullin

This course focuses on the impact of industrial development upon local communities. Topics range from brownfield remediation to mill revitalization, office park development, the industrial land crisis and the role of sustainable industrial planning.

REGIONPL 630 – 01 Theory&Practice of Public Participation – Elizabeth Brabec

This course will introduce students to public participation at the practice level in planning. Lectures and class discussions will review current theory underpinning participation practice, and will critically evaluate the wide range of participation methods currently in use in planning practice. There will also be one or more exercises in participation implementation that occur outside standard class times, when we will join one of the other studio classes, and plan and run their participation process

REGIONPL 645 – 01 Growth Management – Elisabeth Hamin

The role of policy in guiding optimal growth. Examination of constitutional issues, controversies regarding growth management practices, techniques used in designing growth management strategies, and future trends in growth management. Prerequisite: Reg Pl 651 or consent of instructor.

RES-ECON 721 – 01 Advanced Natural Resource Economics – John Stranlund

Economic models of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources; introduction to dynamic optimization; and the theory of environmental policy.