本課程探討科學在美國環境政策制定過程中的角色。它檢視了科學家了解自然世界的方法、科學知識累積的途徑、宣揚者和傳媒對科學的態度，以及科學在立法、行政和司法決策中的角色。作為與美國方法的一個比較，課程也將涉及到在其他政治體系下科學的運用。
This class examines the role of science in the US environmental policymaking process. It investigates the methods scientists use to learn about the natural world, the way scientific knowledge accumulates, the treatment of science by advocates and the media, and the role of science in legislative, administrative and judicial decision making. It also considers how other political systems use science in an effort to put the US approach in comparative perspective.
