Marine Conservation Science and Policy

Zoology 565

Z 565 CRN# 43285

Instructor: Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Dr. Steve Gaines, Mr. David Festa
and Dr. Andrew Rosenberg

OSU, Hatfield Marine Science Center

Course Description
3 credits
This course will introduce students to the science-policy interface as it affects ocean policies at the national and state levels. We will focus on the role of science in the formulation and execution of marine policy. Through lectures, discussions, group projects, and role playing exercises, students will learn how policy is made, what the role of science is in that process and how scientific information can be used most effectively. The course will emphasize current topics in marine policy. In 2005, there will be a focus on ecosystem-based management and the implementation of the recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. The course will cover the status of ocean policy, the current scientific understanding of marine ecosystem-based management, and the mechanisms that exist for implementation of the recommendations. By focusing on the science underpinning the issues, students will have the opportunity to learn about the science-policy interface. In addition, students will learn how science is communicated most effectively to policy-makers. Students will have opportunities to interact directly with policy-makers and others involved in the policy-making process.

 
     

Course Structure


The course will be an intensive, 10 day residential format, with sessions all day and several evenings. Students will live in apartments (with full kitchen facilities) at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, OR. Some meals will be shared; most will be the students’ responsibility.

 

Instructors:

Dr. Jane Lubchenco (OSU),

Dr. Steve Gaines (University of California at Santa Barbara),

Mr. David Festa (Director of Ocean Program for Environmental Defense), and

Dr. Andrew Rosenberg (University of New Hampshire);

plus additional guest lectures.

 

Logistics and Financial Support
Course costs: Summer session tuition: $740 for 3 credits; $16.50 per night for lodging at Hatfield Marine Science Center; and meals for 10 days; $25 fee for visiting students.
This course is supported in part by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

 

Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for this course. Students must have graduate level and have the consent of the instructors.

 

 
Application Procedures
To apply, send by April 1, 2005 (1) a curriculum vitae with statement of research interests, and (2) a short essay explaining your reason for wanting to participate in the course. Announcements of acceptance will be made before the middle of April. Send to: Liz Riley, OSU Zoology Dept, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 or Email to: liz.riley@science.oregonstate.edu. Accepted students will then enroll in OSU’s Summer Session: http://summer.oregonstate.edu/. For more information, contact Liz Riley at 541-737-8645.For more information about PISCO: www.piscoweb.org.		  

Jane Lubchenco's personal homepage:http://lubchenco.bcc.orst.edu/

 

 

How to Register, which includes a Step-by-Step printout.

General Catalog link to Z 565.

 

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