Study and critical analysis of topics, research, and texts pertinent to environmental science, policy, and management. Different topics will be available each semester reflecting faculty and student interest.

In this once-a- week seminar, students will be challenged to think about the scope of the Blue Economy, who the local stakeholders are, and how we might envision contributing to ocean innovation. We aim to have six weeks of class dedicated to guest speakers from Berkeley’s Haas Business School, as well as Berkeley institutions like Law of the Sea Institute and International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center, Bay-Area businesses like Saildrone, DOER Marine, Calwave, aquaculture operations at UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Lab and Hog Island Oyster, and California-based Blue Tech companies like Captura. Opportunities to address climate change through ocean-focused actions will draw on examples compiled by the Blue Climate Initiative. The remainder of the syllabus will be dedicated to discussing readings from “Blue Economy: An Ocean Science Perspective” and other resources in a flipped classroom setting, where we work through questions in class, and individual groups of students are responsible for leading the discussion.

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