SOCIOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY
Sociological analysis of relationships among economic growth, environmental sustainability and social justice in the developing world. Considers frameworks for understanding poverty, hunger, educational and technological inequality, and the impact of globalization on prospects for socially and ecologically sustainable development.
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Requisites: SOC 181 , SOC/C&E SOC 140 , 210 , or 211 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically reflect on the complex meanings and basic histories of international development, globalization, and environment Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically reflect on the history of sustainability and how it mediates development, globalization, and environmental politics Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate a deep understanding the sociology of international development, environment, and globalization Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use social theoretical concepts for speaking about development, globalization, and environment Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically reflect on the complex meanings and basic histories of international development, globalization, and environment Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically reflect on the history of sustainability and how it mediates development, globalization, and environmental politics Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate a deep understanding the sociology of international development, environment, and globalization Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use social theoretical concepts for speaking about development, globalization, and environment Audience: Undergraduate
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- SOCIOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY · 3 credits.