This course focuses on current water policy from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Through readings, research, lectures, discussions, and presentations, the student is exposed to major, current water resource issues facing Arizona and other parts of the West – and world – and policies to address them. Professor Megdal and guest lecturers draw upon their experiences to demonstrate the development, analysis, and implementation of real-world water policy. Professor Sharon B. Megdal, who has real-world policy making experience, updates the course each year to offer students the most current look at water policy at the local, state, regional, and international levels. This course is designed to prepare students to analyze and engage in water policy matters no matter what the student’s ultimate professional/geographic focus. Enrollment in this graduate course is limited to facilitate student participation and interaction.
