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Spring 2015
Mar 28, 2024
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ENVS 1720 - Environmental Justice: The Science and Political Economy of Environmental Health and Social Justice
Provides an overview of environmental justice history, theory and definitions. Students will review quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical approaches for understanding the origins and persistence of environmental discrimination. Examines the regulatory, institutional, structural, political, and economic forces that underlie patterns of race and class-based discrimination and their implications for environmental health among diverse communities. Case examples of environmental justice organizing will inform students of positive efforts by people of color in protecting their communities. Not open to first year students. Prerequisite: ENVS 0110.
0.000 OR 1.000 Credit hours
0.000 OR 1.000 Lecture hours
0.000 Lab hours

Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Discussion Section/Conference, Primary Meeting

Environmental Studies Department

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Classifications:     
      Semester Level 04
      Semester Level 05
      Semester Level 06
      Semester Level 13
      Semester Level 08
      Semester Level 09
      Semester Level 10
      Semester Level 11
      Semester Level 12
      Semester Level 03
      Semester Level 07

Prerequisites:
Undergraduate level ENVS 0110 Minimum Grade of S

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