Soc 370: Environment and Society

  • Location, time:    Ackerman 104, 8:30 – 9:50, MWF
  • Instructor:             Bill Grigsby
  • Office hours:         Mon (10:00 – 11:20); Tues (9:30-11:00) or by appointment

Course description: Examines the ways humans interact with their natural environments, and examines some of the consequences of those interactions, mixing theory, history and example to look at energy use, resource consumption, population growth, technology, and politics. Basically, the environment shapes the way societies are organized and function, and those societies affect the environment in ways that span from local to global, from immediate to long-term. Link to syllabus.

Prerequisites: None, but Soc 205, a biology or environmental science course is recommended.

Gen-ed credit: SSC

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