SOC 43001 - Environmental Sociology

This course introduces students to diverse sociological understandings of how social organizations impact environments, and how environments impact social environments. Topics covered include how interest groups mobilize resources to pursue an agenda of societal protection or restoration, how demographics, belief systems and patterns of social organization break down or pollute the environment, environmental racism, North South tensions over population and consumption, development and limits to growth. Globalization and social change toward sustainability will be explored in relation to planetary boundaries.

Preparation for Course
P: SOC 16101 or 10900 and ENGL 23301 or permission of instructor.