March 8, 2002

Team-Taught Course Shows Students How Environmental-Policy Decisions Are Really Made

So a lawyer, a scientist, and a professor walk into a classroom ... .

While it may sound like the setup for a bad joke, it's what happens each week in "Environmental Science, Policy and the Law" at Boise State University, a course that examines the intersection of environmental science and public policy.

John Freemuth, a professor of political science and public administration, wanted to create a course about how environmental decisions by the government really get made