SC 005 Planet in Peril: Environmental Issues and Society (Fall/Spring: 3)
Satisfies Social Sciences Core Requirement
Offered Periodically
Sociology points us beyond scientific issues to the social roots of contemporary
ecological problems, as well as to the justice questions this circumstance
entails. This course provides the foundation for an informed, critical approach
to contemporary environmental issues in society. We cover the distinctive
dimensions of modern ecological challenges, the role of economic systems,
the history of the U.S. environmental movement, environmental justice, the
role of culture and religion in shaping a society's environmental ethic,
environmental issues abroad and in the global context, and the relationship
between democracy and ecology. Throughout students learn a cross-section
of sociological modes of analysis.
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