Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Water: Theory, Policy and Governance

Catalog description

This graduate-level course offers students an introduction to water from an interdisciplinary “human-environment” perspective. In addition to reviewing the contemporary debates surrounding use and control of this vital, life-sustaining liquid, “resource” and commodity, students will gain a more complete understanding of how water is conceptualized (in abstract and concrete terms) in academic, policymaking and planning contexts. The course will challenge students to improve their research, writing and critical thinking skills. Accordingly, working in small groups students will have an opportunity to investigate water issues from an international, interdisciplinary perspective and to share their findings/analysis in oral, written and digital formats.