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SOC 459

Social Dilemmas of Climate Change

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Standard

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
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Junior or Senior class standing OR SOC 235 OR ENV 101 OR PSC 211 OR PSC 231 OR GEOG 121 OR GEOG 212 OR ATMS 121 OR CH 212 OR SUST 201 OR SW 250 OR WMST 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.