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| SOC 40400 - The Environment And Social Justice |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to give students a sociological look at the social interaction between human beings and their physical environment-accordingly, it will not focus on the physical environment alone. Course will provide different theoretical frameworks to understanding society, and will take a global approach to the subject. Course will discuss a number of environmental issues that are especially important in the world, as well as subjects of more immediate concern in Northwest Indiana. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be able to think and write critically about issues concerning environmental issues. 2. Acquire a better understanding of the meaning and consequences that environmental issues hold in Northwest Indiana, across the entire United States, and around the world. 3. Learn the meanings of major concepts in looking at the issues around the interactions between human beings and the environment. 4. Examine their values, attitudes and relations to the environment, other human beings, and other specifics of life. 5. Learn about possible factors to improve the human-environment interactions, and to minimize the impact of humans on the planet. |
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