Aug 04, 2024  
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2024-2025
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STSO 4330 - Environmental Justice


What is environmental justice? Why are some people exposed to environmental hazards while others are not? In this class, we will explore the intersection of environmental concerns and social justice. We will read the works of activists and scholars working across a range of disciplines, engage in discussion, analysis, research, and mapping. We will learn about global historical processes that structure contemporary inequity and contemporary cases including environmental justice work in our own community.  

 

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: INQR 1100  , STSO 1100  , INQR 1110  , INQR 1240  , STSO 2100  , STSO 2300  , STSO 2500  , or STSO 2520  . 

 

When Offered: spring term annually

Credit Hours: 4



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