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ENVS 363 - Climate Change and Society


It is well understood that climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. According to the United Nations, climate change threatens the lives and livelihoods of billions of people around the world. It is expected to exacerbate short and long-term weather patterns, leading to disruptions in food chains, increases in disasters, loss of biodiversity, increases in infectious diseases, and greater and more rapid environmental degradation broadly. Environmental sociologists have long been on the forefront of trying to understand how people willingly and unwillingly contribute and respond to climate change (mitigation and adaptation). Among the many topics environmental sociologists have addressed include public opinion (specifically climate change denial), individual and corporate behavior, climate activism and social movements, climate migration and loss of communities, energy concerns, ways of knowing about the environment and change (specifically indigenous knowledges) and broader issues of climate justice or how climate change will impact the most vulnerable around the world (indigenous, elderly, poverty stricken or homeless, BIPOC, queer, women, regional/non-Western differences and the disabled). These are all topics we will explore in this class. Also offered as SOC 350.

Prerequisites & Notes: Any one course from: ENVS 303, SOC 221, SOC 234, SOC 251, SOC 255, SOC 260, SOC 268, SOC 269, SOC 271 or instructor permission.
Credits: 5
Grade Mode: Letter



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