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SMA 500, Autumn 2004
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Introduction to the Course |
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OUTLINE OF COURSE UNIT 1. OCEAN AND COASTAL
GOVERNANCE INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Objectives: 1. To introduce the major
topics in marine affairs through lectures, readings, written exercises,
presentations and discussion. 2. To expose students to the
community of people involved in marine affairs, including professors, alumni,
practitioners, professionals, users, and advocates. 3. To describe uses of the sea
and coast, technology and trends in use, and the major policy issues raised
by such use. 4. To explore how users of the
sea and coast are embedded in ocean and coastal regimes and institutional
arrangements at the international and domestic scales. 5. To show linkages between the
major topics in marine affairs and the curriculum of SMA, and to offer students an idea of what could be
studied in more detail. 6. To identify multiple sources
of information available to students such as specialized books and text,
general books, periodicals, web sites, exhibits, tours, and videos. 7. To stimulate general reading
about the field by suggesting a number of current titles in the semi-popular
literature. 8. To introduce students to the
findings and recommendations of the US Commission on Ocean Policy and link
those findings to the curriculum of SMA and the context of information
presented in this class
In August 2000, the
United States Congress passed the Oceans Act, establishing a sixteen-member
Commission charged to make recommendations for coordinated and comprehensive
national ocean policy. The
course is designed so that students can develop understanding of the
commission's work in the context of information and issues raised in the
class. The commission’s
preliminary report was released last spring and the final report this
September. In addition, the Pew
Oceans Commission released its own privately funded report in May of
2003. Working in a sub-group,
you will be challenged to reflect on how the “guiding principles” and
recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy address the themes and
subject matter explored in the class. ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE: The course is organized into the seven units that are described below. A faculty member or other expert who specializes in a substantive area leads off each unit. Specialists then introduce and expand upon specific topics relating to the theme of the unit. We endeavor to provide 20 minutes after each presentation for discussion with the speaker. Students are expected to review materials relevant to the presentations and to come to class prepared to ask questions. A student group concludes each of Units 2-7 with a summary discussion of the topic and how it relates to U.S. National Ocean Policy, while the other students prepare and hand in for a grade their individual synthesis papers. The course concludes with a synthesis presentation by each group, further described below.
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