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SOCY 185Environmental Inequality

5 creditsGE PE-EUndergraduateStudent Option

Modern society not only assaults nature, it does so in ways that reproduce existing social inequalities. This course reviews three types of contemporary environmental inequality (environmental racism, displacement, and privilege), and the processes that produced them, with a focus on industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of capitalism in Europe and the United States.

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior majors, proposed majors, and minors in sociology, community studies, digital justice studies (formerly GISES), environmental studies, and Latin American studies/sociology combined.

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
Porter Acad 144L. L. DillonOpen 0/60

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Lindsey Dillon3.7 / 53.5 / 567%15

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