Goucher College 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Nov 30, 2024  
Goucher College 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

SOA 391 - Seminar: Environmental Sociology (4 Cr.)

(ES 391) (GCR ENV)
Environmental sociology explores the interactions and interdependencies between societies and the natural environment. This seminar emphasizes current theory and research in environmental sociology aimed at understanding and addressing social and environmental trends, changes, and problems in advanced industrial nations, resource-deprived nations, and the world system as a whole. Seminar topics include: science and technology, industrialization, production, advertising and consumption, ecological modernization, ideologies of environmental domination and concern, risk society, and ecofeminism. Prerequisites: Junior standing and one of the following courses: SOA 200 , SOA 201 , or SOA 217 . Spring semester. Offered 2021-2022 and alternate years.