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ERST 302

Environmental Policy

Course overview

You’ll develop your political understanding of environmental policies; the issues, approaches and tools.

Course information

Prerequisites and Restrictions You must satisfy the following requirement(s):

pre-requisite

  • Environmental Analysis, ERST-201

and

  • a minimum of 15 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • a minimum of 15 credit point(s) from the course(s) specified below
  • Sociology and Politics , SOCI-114 SOCI-114R
  • Introduction to New Zealand Government and Public Policy , SOCI-117
  • Policy Studies , SOCI-205

Available semesters Semester 2 2026
Credits 15
Domestic fees $940.00

What you will learn

After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  1. Describe the factors influencing the evolution and implementation of environmental policy.
  2. Identify and critique examples of the rational policy approach to environmental policy making.
  3. Discuss a variety of forms of social mobilisation and their influence on environmental policy development.

Course examiners

Sylvia Nissen

Dr Sylvia Nissen

Senior Lecturer

Department of Environmental Management

sylvia.nissen@lincoln.ac.nz
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