2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOC 320 - Environmental Sociology

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement SL.
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
This course analyzes the social causes and consequences of environmental change.  We explore the relationships among production, consumption, population, technology, and environment.  The major theoretical paradigms in environmental sociology are used to analyze environmental issues.  Some of the questions we address include:  Is “green” capitalism possible?  Does population growth lead to environmental degradation?  Can technical fixes solve environmental problems?  Has the environmental movement been successful?
Taught every other year.



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