A pristine landscape. (Image courtesy of Michael Jastremski, openphoto.net.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Judith Layzer
MIT Course Number
11.373
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This class examines the role of science in the US environmental policy-making process. It investigates the methods scientists use to learn about the natural world, the way scientific knowledge accumulates, the treatment of science by advocates and the media, and the role of science in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making. It also considers how other political systems use science in an effort to put the US approach in comparative perspective.