COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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TERM ONE: See individual course descriptions for class dates and times. ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL RESEARCH (1 CREDIT) WRI7380
CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE POLICY
may 31–june 2, 1–2:30 pm and june 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, and 16, 1–2:15 pm Christine Ryan
june 10–12, 9 am–1 pm Jennifer Byrne MELP’19
This one-credit course provides in-depth exposure to the most useful, efficient strategies and resources for environmental law research, including specialized science and statistical information resources, state, national, and international environmental law research, advanced administrative law research, legislative history, environmental updating services, etc. The course is designed to prepare students to research environmental legal materials and non-legal materials for use in law school and in practice.
CANNABIS LAW (3 CREDITS)
ENV5903.01
may 31–june 3, june 6–9, and 13–16, 9 am–12 pm Benjamin Varadi This course will survey historical and policy considerations relating to cannabis regulation and enforcement, explore the current and anticipated regulatory landscapes, and integrate considerations of note to practitioners in this rapidly developing field. While understanding the roots of cannabis prohibition is essential to our study, our conversation on contemporary regulation will focus primarily on transactional and administrative elements.
S U M M E R
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ENV5324
This one-credit course examines state and federal conservation agriculture policies with an emphasis on Vermont’s Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs). Students will be exposed to the variety of state and federal conservation programs designed to assist farmers in achieving conservation compliance. The course will include farm visits where students will see specific types of conservation practices implemented by farmers to protect natural resources and increase air, water, and soil quality on- and off-farm.
ECOLOGY (3 CREDITS)
ENV5430
june 6, 8, 13, and 15, 9 am–12 pm; june 7, 9, 14, and 16, 9 am–4 pm Walter Poleman and Tom Lautzenheiser Ecology is an integrative science that can provide insight into many contemporary environmental problems. Through visits to a variety of field sites in central Vermont, readings, and lectures, this course will explore the principles of ecology using a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach. Course work stresses the inventorying of biotic and physical components of a landscape (pieces), examining how these pieces are distributed (patterns), and determining what forces drive these patterns (processes). Topics will include interpreting the natural and cultural histories of a landscape, biodiversity conservation, and the scientific method, among others. This course requires minimal previous scientific understanding. This is a limited-enrollment course.
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