SOCL 260 - Environment and Society

3 credits.
This course provides an introduction to environmental sociology and the sociology of natural resources. Students will investigate the relationship between social and biophysical systems. Key topical areas include: social definition of the environment and natural resources, theoretical approaches to understanding the relationship between humans and the non-human environment, environmental attitudes, environmental social movements, environmental justice, and the social organization of resource use. Students will also explore how environmental/natural resource assets shape social organization, how resource development and use patterns affect social change, and the effects of changing resource conditions on natural resource dependent communities.

Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.