Fall 2017  |  GEOG 3376 Section 001: Political Ecology of North America (17174)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 220
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Social production of nature in North America related to questions of social/environmental justice. Economic, political, cultural, ecological relations that shape specific urban/rural environments, social movements that have arisen in response to environmental change. Importance of culture/identity in struggles over resources/environments.
Class Description:
This is an interdisciplinary course devoted to understanding the interconnections of society and environment in the North American context. In the class you will develop ways to think critically about how ecological relations are inextricably connected to social, cultural, political and economic processes, as well as with place, space and scale. You will learn to see human environments in terms of the biophysical processes that shape and sustain them, and physical environments in terms of the social, political, economic and legal practices that determine their material form. You will also learn how and why the environment has been politicized in the ways it has, and why environmental change occurs how and where it does in an age of neoliberal capitalism. The course is structured around a series of readings and case studies taken from different sites across North America, from New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, to bioprospecting in Mexico, to conflicts over the forests of British Columbia. It will challenge you to develop a thorough understanding of the relation between capital, state and nature, to understand the different ways that environmental movements have emerged to contest and shape environmental change, and to critically examine the intersections of race, gender and environment in particular environmental conflicts. The course meets CLE requirements for both the Environment theme and the Citizenship and Public Ethics theme.
Grading:
20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
45% Reports/Papers
15% Class Participation
Class Format:
50% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Field Trips
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
3 Special Project(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17174/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
30 May 2008

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