ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SOCIETY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and critique the role of social conditions and social change in shaping equities and disparities in environment, health, and community Audience: Undergraduate 2. Place an understanding of local social conditions and change in the global context of rural and urban life, including political, ecological, economic, geographic, historical, and cultural dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Frame and conduct social science research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and evaluate findings Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate leadership and collaboration skills for working with people from a diversity of backgrounds in professional and ethical ways that enable beneficial and regenerative relationships Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate advanced verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting Audience: Undergraduate 7. Articulate the complex and intricate relationships between people and the planet by exploring the many stories that bind these two together in the US Audience: Undergraduate 8. Describe how these social ecological relationships produce unequal health outcomes, life chances, and opportunities Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify the values and principles of environmental movements Audience: Undergraduate 10. Evaluate how the climate change crisis exacerbates urgent and contemporary social problems Audience: Undergraduate 11. Apply analytical skills in spatial, political economic, culture, and critical environmental analysis Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe and critique the role of social conditions and social change in shaping equities and disparities in environment, health, and community Audience: Undergraduate 2. Place an understanding of local social conditions and change in the global context of rural and urban life, including political, ecological, economic, geographic, historical, and cultural dimensions Audience: Undergraduate 3. Frame and conduct social science research Audience: Undergraduate 4. Ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and evaluate findings Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate leadership and collaboration skills for working with people from a diversity of backgrounds in professional and ethical ways that enable beneficial and regenerative relationships Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate advanced verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting Audience: Undergraduate 7. Articulate the complex and intricate relationships between people and the planet by exploring the many stories that bind these two together in the US Audience: Undergraduate 8. Describe how these social ecological relationships produce unequal health outcomes, life chances, and opportunities Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify the values and principles of environmental movements Audience: Undergraduate 10. Evaluate how the climate change crisis exacerbates urgent and contemporary social problems Audience: Undergraduate 11. Apply analytical skills in spatial, political economic, culture, and critical environmental analysis Audience: Undergraduate