ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: SOC 181 , SOC/C&E SOC 140 , 210 , 211 , F&W ECOL/C&E SOC/SOC 248 , ENVIR ST 112 , 113 , GEOG/ENVIR ST 139 , 337 , 339 , GEOG 101 , 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: Spring 2025 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Frame and conduct social science research Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate the ability to ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and to evaluate findings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate advanced verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Critically and creatively evaluate environmental and social justice through a diversity of perspectives about knowledge, culture, and land management practices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Apply collaborative skills through writing workshops and weekly discussions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Identify the strengths, limitations, and possibilities of anti-racism, anti-colonial, and other justice-oriented approaches in the field of environmental stewardship, including their tensions with dominant discourses about sustainability, land management, and science and technology Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Identify the practical challenges of universal values and perspectives, specifically how they impact people across the world Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Unearth the hidden roots and connections across differently situated people and places Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Synthesize and evaluate current academic literature to explore a current issue related to environmental stewardship and social justice Audience: Graduate 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Frame and conduct social science research Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate the ability to ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and to evaluate findings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 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: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate advanced verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Critically and creatively evaluate environmental and social justice through a diversity of perspectives about knowledge, culture, and land management practices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Apply collaborative skills through writing workshops and weekly discussions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Identify the strengths, limitations, and possibilities of anti-racism, anti-colonial, and other justice-oriented approaches in the field of environmental stewardship, including their tensions with dominant discourses about sustainability, land management, and science and technology Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Identify the practical challenges of universal values and perspectives, specifically how they impact people across the world Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Unearth the hidden roots and connections across differently situated people and places Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Synthesize and evaluate current academic literature to explore a current issue related to environmental stewardship and social justice Audience: Graduate