Spring 2013  |  SOC 4305 Section 001: Society and the Environment: A Growing Conflict (69402)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Seminar
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Delivery Medium
Meets With:
GLOS 4305 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2013 - 05/10/2013
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 115
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Societal causes/cures of ecological problems such as global warming, species extinction, and resource exhaustion.
Class Description:
Environmental sociology studies the interaction of society and the environment. Global climate change, the source of increasing weather disasters as well as species extinction, is the major social and ecological problem of our era. The current rapid climate change is caused by human activity, the burning of oil and gas (fossil fuels), which emit greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Human society must rapidly reduce its use of oil and gas and create a sustainable society in order to lessen this disaster. We have the technology and capacity to accomplish this task, but so far, only a few countries have accomplished significant reductions. This course focuses on the social causes and cures of climate change using exemplary case studies drawn from around the world.
Grading:
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
24% Special Projects
5% Quizzes
21% Written Homework
Exam Format:
essay
Class Format:
60% Lecture
40% Discussion
Workload:
40 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
7 Special Project(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/69402/1133
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
6 December 2012

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