A new online course will be offered during Fall 2014 for students in natural resources, environmental sciences, social sciences, and students interested in the Sustainability Double-Degree.
Beginning with a discussion on the importance of a social science perspective for study of sustainability issues, the course will compliment the ecological aspects of sustainability by exposing students to its social dimensions. The course will briefly examine the various theoretical and methodological tools for studying sustainability, with the remainder centering on the interrelationship between the environmental, social, economic and political structures associated with sustainability.
Course work will include online discussion board assignments, writing assignments, and a capstone project culminating in a critique of an organization’s social sustainability campaign message (including corporate social responsibility and social justice messages).
For more information, contact Lori Cramer or Derric Jacobs.
Course Details:
SOC399 (section 400): Social Dimensions of Sustainability
Credits: 4
CRN: 21086
Instructor: Derric Jacobs
Prerequisites: SOC204 (or permission of the instructor)
CATEGORIES: Academics Campus Sustainability