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

(cross listed as 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.