Overview
Description
Sociological understanding of climate change. Focuses on social, economic, organizational, and cultural dilemmas of global climate transformation, including: carbon-based production and consumption patterns, population growth, health effects, migration patterns, inequalities and social conflicts, and cultural perceptions of climate.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior or Senior class standing
SOC 235ENV 101PSC 211PSC 231GEOG 121GEOG 212ATMS 121CH 212SUST 201SW 250WMST 250
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Core
CO11, CO13
Restrictions
Junior or Senior class standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- analyze differential responsibilities for climate change and the unequal impacts across global societies.
- identify and explain how social structures and cultural practices contribute to the causes, challenges, and solutions of climate change.
- integrate and synthesize core knowledge to analyze the open-ended problems and complex issues presented by the social causes of climate change, and the social structures that inhibit mitigation or adaptation.