Disaster & Society ((4 Credits))

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What is a disaster? How do social structures, individuals, groups, and institutions react to the loss of social function that occurs as a result of natural, technological, or sociopolitical disaster events? This course explores individual, community, and social causes and effects of disaster from sociological, political, and historical perspectives. Prerequisites: A previous course (or equivalent knowledge) in social theory or social science. This course was previously SOC-283434 Disaster and Society.