This site shares open educational resources (O.E.R.) for introductory courses in environmental sociology.
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This website is intended as a source material for developing open educational resources used in SOC 3302: Environmental Sociology.
Course Catalog Description: This course examines the complex interactions between societies and the natural environments on which they depend. Special emphasis is placed on the link between the deepening ecological crisis and the operation of the capitalist socio-economic system. For additional information, including course prerequisites, learning outcomes, lecture format, and general requirements, go to course outline.
The Fifteen Week Sequence tab provides readings, videos, and other assignments organized into weekly assignments during a regular semester.
The Four Week Sequence tab provides readings, videos, and other assignments organized into weekly assignments during compressed summer/winter semesters.
Additional Resources feature sites with access to the relevant sources in environmental sociology and beyond.
If you have any suggestions for readings, videos, visual materials, in-class activities or other useful tools, please do not hesitate to get in touch! All contributions will be acknowledged and shared on this website.