SOCIOL 229
Environmental Sociology
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for SOCIOL 229.
Description
Environmental sociology provides insight into the complex social processes that define, create and even threaten our natural environment. This course gives tools with which to think sociologically about environmental issues, such as understanding how environmental issues come to be seen as environmental problems, and how political, cultural and economic factors have come to shape our interaction with the natural environment.
Availability 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Manuel Vallee
Reading/Texts
A course reader will be made available if required.
Assessment
Coursework + final exam
Points
SOCIOL 229: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points at Stage I in Sociology, or 30 points from ENVSCI 101, 201, GEOG 102, GEOG 205
