CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEOG 359 , ENVIR ST/GEOG 337 , 339 , 439 , AMER IND/ENVIR ST/GEOG 345 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a cross-cultural perspective about environment-society relations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how certain conceptual frameworks for understanding culture-environmental relations developed in the social sciences and how these have affected conservation and development practice around the world. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Discuss the strengths and limitations of these frameworks for understanding the effect of human activities on the environment or in turn the effect of environmental change on human societies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the appropriate frameworks for analyzing particular culture-environment contexts and in so doing, be better placed to develop more effective conservation or development initiatives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different conceptual frameworks to develop a conceptual framing suitable for graduate research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop a cross-cultural perspective about environment-society relations. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how certain conceptual frameworks for understanding culture-environmental relations developed in the social sciences and how these have affected conservation and development practice around the world. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Discuss the strengths and limitations of these frameworks for understanding the effect of human activities on the environment or in turn the effect of environmental change on human societies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the appropriate frameworks for analyzing particular culture-environment contexts and in so doing, be better placed to develop more effective conservation or development initiatives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different conceptual frameworks to develop a conceptual framing suitable for graduate research. Audience: Graduate