Environment & Society: Issues and Perspectives

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This course examines how humans and environments shape one another through complex ecological, cultural, political, and economic relationships. Through case studies, discussion, and applied projects, students will analyze environmental issues from diverse perspectives and explore how knowledge, power, and social processes influence the environments in which we live. The course prepares students to think critically about sustainability, evaluate competing explanations of environmental problems, and consider equitable and just pathways toward environmental solutions.