SC 031 Society and Environmental Transformations (Spring: 3)
Offered Periodically
Where do contemporary environmental problems come from? Why is it so hard
to resolve serious global environmental issues? Are environmental problems
really social problems? This course will compel students to explore these
questions, to devise answers to them, and to learn how to understand environmental
problems with sociological analytical tools and methods. Students will explore
the historical origins of the contemporary world, revisit the social and
environmental changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the World
Wars, and the liberalization of capitalism, and, through first-hand research,
ponder how globalization might be the start of a new environmental transformation
for society.
Brian Gareau
Last Updated: 16-NOV-11