SOCI 427 - Sociology and Environment

Institution:

Samford University

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Description:

Socio-historical examination of the relationship between the social and the natural environments. Focus on the modern global environment with its challenges for risk management and with its tension between needs for development and sustainability of environmental resources. Disasters (technological and natural) will be compared as social products with sociological consequences. Finally, sociological outcomes will be evaluated using social-environmental justice issues related to class, race, and gender. Prereq: SOCI 100 or permission of department chair.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.samford.edu

Phone Number:

(205) 726-2011

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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