BKST 228 - Environmental Racism

Institution:

Knox College

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Description:

This course focuses upon issues of environmental pollution, and how the cost to human health is often distributed according to race and poverty. Various proposals devised by environmental and civil rights groups working within the growing environmental justice movement are also explored. The goal of this course is to help students understand more fully how decisions affecting the health of neighborhoods, regions, and groups of people are made, and what individuals can do about it. The link between environmental issues and past and present discrimination is examined from an interdisciplinary perspective, requiring students to do some work in both the natural and social sciences. Some fieldwork will also be required. CL: ENVS 228, HIST 228; DV; P. Schwartzman, K. Hamilton

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.knox.edu

Phone Number:

(309) 341-7000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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