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MACS 0100 – Effective Environmental Communication
Professionals in a wide range of disciplines need to be able to effectively and credibly
communicate science and environmental issues in terms that can be clearly understood.
This course will cover the spectrum of media available for communicating environmental
and science information together with writing and speaking skills for media and other
communication channels.
MACS 0300 - Marine and Coastal Flora and Fauna
An introductory overview of life in the sea and along its margins, including
microorganisms, plankton, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Treatment of
major groups will include aspects of diversity, ecology, evolution, life histories and
classification.
MACS 0501 – Introduction to Java Programming
This course is an introduction to the Java programming language. The course will include
an introduction to the concepts of object-oriented programming and will show how Java
supports this programming paradigm. You will learn about the Java environment and will
write both applets (programs that execute in a web browser) and applicants (stand-alone
programs). In addition to learning about basic language statements, you will also learn
how Java provides support for such diverse applications as web pages, multimedia,
education, etc.
MACS 0603 – Ocean and Coastal Law
A hodgepodge of laws and approaches apply to the oceans and coasts. Essentially all the
legal attention arose within the past six decades. Rights divide among private
landowners, resource extractors, local governments, national governments, or
international authorities. Today a great period of legal adjustment is in motion as many
living systems collapse, bearing social and economic consequences. Much ocean and
coastal law is already a story of failure followed by rethinking or reconstruction. This
background law is now asked to rise to the task of enabling prevention of global climate
change, and to the task of adaptation to its impacts which elude prevention. Other
courses in the distance program address science or policy for living and non-living
resources. This course is about how law copes with emerging science and policy. It
depicts examples of legal success and of disappointment to highlight the mechanisms
and principles of law. From the examples, we understand and can recollect how these
laws are created, revised, processed into regulations and administered. Limits on
agencies and courts to make interpretation, apply science in legal settings, and enforce
are evaluated.
MACS 0612 – Coastal Policy
This web-based distance education course explores the issues, problems, and potential
political and public policy solutions to the challenges of achieving smart, sustainable
stewardship of the seashores. Primary emphasis is on the United States experience.
Students read two outstanding books and participate in on-line activities including
original case studies, on-line tests, and selected interactive discussion with each other,
the professor, and guests. Optional weekend or extended 3-credit field trips to
experience and examine costal policy venues in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach (Florida,
USA) and other coastal locations will also be available.
MACS 0614 – Intl Coastal Zone Management
International Integrated Coastal Zone Management: This web-based distance education
course focuses on the international dimensions of integrated coastal zone management.
Students will examine the major "big picture" issues affecting the world's coastal areas
