Applied Environmental Policy Analysis

Description from DukeHub

Environmental policy issues are questions about what governments should, or should not, do to address environmental problems. What should governments do about water pollution? Land use change? Biodiversity loss? Climate change? This course explores ways to identify, examine, and design policy solutions to environmental problems like these and others, while practicing concrete policy analysis skills. Students will hone skills in effective written and oral communication, applying ethical frameworks to environmental decision making, and conducting policy analysis on a range of possible topics using different modes of inquiry. Prerequisite: ENVIRON 201. ENVIRON 155 or equivalent highly recommended.

Skills

• policy and lawdescription: "policy" and 5 more
• writingAI review: "effective written and oral communication"
• public speakingAI review: "effective written and oral communication"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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• Climate, Science, and Society: The Long History of Anthropogenic Climate Change ENVIRON 299S
• Senior Capstone Course ENVIRON 495

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