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Prof. Steffen
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Introduction
Everyone
loves the seashore and the coast. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration estimates that by 2010 the population density along the
American ocean coasts will be 400 people per square mile. This compares
to less than 100 per square mile in the rest of the country. There are
23 U.S. coastal states, and a substantial proportion of the world population
outside the United States also is “coastal.”
This significant
growth creates a host of issues affecting coastal life, requiring urgent
attention. Management of coastal policy in the United States has been
disjointed, at best. According to the Providence (R.I) Journal (Aug.
8, 2000), a jumble of federal and state agencies and 43 congressional
committees have jurisdiction over the oceans and coasts.
This dispersal
of oversight and planning has dissipated efforts to develop coherent,
integrated policies.
New U.S.
and international coastal policy efforts require a series of smart, creative,
bold and integrated policy-making initiatives, coupled with public participation,
volunteer work, and cooperation with private business.
How
You Can Help
Iowa State University has developed a 100 percent Web-based course focusing
on coastal zone policy issues. Offered for undergraduate or graduate credit,
this course presents exciting opportunities for political and environmental
scientists, public managers, teachers, citizens, and policy makers. If
you are interested in learning more about the fragile coastal environment
and what you can do to protect it, this course is for you. Course dates
are June 9 - July 11, 2003 and Registration Deadline is June 2.
Take
a Free Course Sample
Find out if this course is right for you. We have developed two free
on-line course samples to give you a feel for what you will learn in the
course. We invite you to enroll in one or more of these sample modules,
and look forward to welcoming you to the course as well.
Session
1: Integrated Coastal Management
Session 2: Risky Insurance
Previews
of these sessions are available as streaming videos.
Use our registration
page to sign up for one of these free sample courses.
Course
Objectives
Students in this class will explore and analyze critical issues, strategies,
and solutions to coastal zone problems including the following:
- On-going
research on the coastal ecosystems and on the non-coastal factors impacting
the environmental health of oceanic and coastal zones.
- The need
for reorganization of congressional legislative and oversight responsibilities.
(New organizational development for coastal policy is a necessity in
most countries).
- Consolidation
and coordination of regulatory agencies.
- More
synergy between federal, state, and local policy initiatives.
- The creation
of strategic partnerships between Coastal Zone planners/policymakers,
citizens, and the private sector (fishing industry, land developers,
the tourism industry, seashore sports, and recreation providers including
diving and sports fishing).
- Renewed
and improved public education and information initiatives.
- Strengthened
public services in particular fresh water resource management, waste
disposal, and sewage treatment.
- New approaches
to coastline and beach protection, especially new approaches to beach
and dune erosion management.
- Issues
related to coastline construction, insurance, flood and storm protection,
liability, emergency services, and transportation.
- The special
problems of small island nations.
- New mechanisms
(such as World Wide Web community information portals) to increase the
dialog between citizens, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders
in the local coastal zone.
- The strengthening
of "Virtual communities" of persons working worldwide on coastal
zone management and policy problems.
Other
Course Objectives
- Using
information technology in lifelong learning.
- Sharpening
critical and analytical thinking skills.
- Applying
active learning and team-based learning
Course
Specifics
- Dates:
June 9 - July 11, 2003
- Credit:
3 graduate credits
- Tuition:
undergraduate $543, graduate $840
- Delivery
fee: none
- Off-campus
programs: Certificate of Public Management, Master of Public Administration
- Registration
deadline: June 2
- Texts:
Dean, Cornelia. 2001. Against the Tide. (Paperback) Columbia
University Press. ISBN 0231084196.
Woodard, Colin. 2001. Ocean's End: Travels Through Endangered Seas.
Basic Books. ISBN 0465015719.
Technical
Requirements
Participants must have World Wide Web access with e-mail, 56K modem
connection or better, computer with a sound card and speakers
Who
Should Take This Course?
The bold, new public initiative on coastal zone policy presents exciting
opportunities to political scientists, public managers, environmental
scientists, teachers, citizens, and policymakers. This course is intended
for four different audiences of students:
1. Graduate
students from around the world in a variety of fields who want to strengthen
their understanding of the political and policy dimensions of coastal
policy and seashore/ocean environmental policy.
2. Upper
level undergraduates interested in earning 3-6 college credits on a
fascinating topic to be used to fulfill general requirements in their
program of study.
3. Practitioners,
teachers, local government leaders, and those needing continuing education
credit.
4. Non-traditional
students and concerned citizens who wish to learn more about this topic
and who are interested in meeting people involved in work related to
the seashore
Professor's
Biographical Information
Prof.
Steffen Schmidt
Prof. Schmidt was born in Cali, Colombia. His parents were German immigrants.
Dr. Schmidt studied at the Colegio Bolivar and in Switzerland at the Lyceum
Alpinum Zuoz. He graduated from high school at the Bolles Military Academy,
Jacksonville, Florida. His B.A. is from Rollins College, Winter Park,
Fla., and he was awarded a Ph.D. in Public Law and Government (Political
Science) by Columbia University, New York. Prof. Schmidt taught at Southampton
College, Long Island, before becoming Professor of Political Science and
Policy at Iowa State University. He is also an associate of the Oceanographic
Center, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and the Latin American
Institute, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
His prize
book is the co-authored American Government and Politics Today, 17th edition,
the most widely used college textbook on politics and government. He has
also written on coastal topics including "Coastal Waters Management"
in Water Science, a student encyclopedia from Macmillan Reference
Books, (2002). He also wrote "The Coast and Geodetic Survey,""Long
Island," "Bermuda," and "Yacht Racing" for the
new Dictionary of American History (2002). His essays "The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),”“Water Rights,”
and the “National Maritime Administration” will be forthcoming
in 2002 in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy.
Prof. Schmidt
lives on a farm and shows jumper horses, scuba dives, snow skies, and
sails large off shore sailboats in the Caribbean, Seattle, Boston, and
South Florida.
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