Topics in Environmental Social Science

This required course introduces various social science approaches to problems of social and environmental justice drawn from environmental psychology, anthropology, geography and critical studies. Using a multidisciplinary framework that emphasizes both a scientific and moral commitment to social justice and to understanding human/non-human-environment interactions, students will participate in constructing an integrated model of current social and environmental problems that will aid them in their future research and application. A series of social justice and environmental issues will be surveyed each exploring different approaches and concepts so that students emerge with the ability to make effective and thoughtful choices about the constructs they employ when framing problems. The course will require extensive reading and discussion in class concluding with a final fieldwork or literature review project in preparation for their later coursework.

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