Environmental Justice

Catalog description

This 3-credit course examines the rise of the environmental justice movement from the environmental and civil rights movements of the early 20th century to its present-day evolution within a context of accelerating climate change. With an emphasis on government policies and community organizing, course materials will expose students to a wide range of environmental issues and introduce them to prominent environmental justice leaders through a mix of readings, documentaries, guest speakers, and podcasts. Students will be expected to engage deeply with the material both in their regular online forum posts and in class discussions as they draw on their own past experiences, and the shared experiences of their classmates, to ask critical questions about the society that they live in?and the society they would like to live in