{"id":18536,"date":"2025-11-14T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?page_id=18536"},"modified":"2025-11-15T19:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:55:53","slug":"course-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/course-descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Arts and Humanities Course Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Environmental Arts and Humanities B.A.<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/eah-1.jpg);background-position:75% 80%;\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" 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href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17836\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17836\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17835\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17835\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17837\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17837\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Descriptions\">Course Descriptions<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#EAHCourses\">EAH Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ScienceCourses\">Science Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#CommunicationCourses\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#CommunicationCourses\">Communication Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#HistoryCourses\">History\/Culture Courses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#JusticeCourses\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#JusticeCourses\">Justice Courses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/academics\/eah-ba\/curriculum\/\" title=\"\">Curriculum<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1132\/Environmental-Arts-and-Humanities-BA-2025.pdf\" title=\"\">Curriculum sheet<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"EAHCourses\">EAH Courses<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">EAH 101<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Intro to Environmental Arts and Humanities<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Introduction to EAH, an interdisciplinary field that foregrounds our relationship with the Earth by exploring ethical, aesthetic, social, and political relationships between humans and our planet's non human co-inhabitants. (Lec. 3) (B2) (C2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">EAH 477<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Field Experience in Environmental Arts and Humanities<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) An exploration of EAH by experiential learning. (Practicum) Pre: Junior standing or permission of EAH director. May be repeated once, but not for additional major\/minor credit. Not for graduate credit. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">EAH 490<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Arts and Humanities Capstone<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Working with a capstone administrator and a faculty advisor and peers, students will create projects to demonstrate mastery of the EAH learning outcomes (theory, methods, and practice) developed during coursework. (Seminar) Pre: EAH101, and junior standing. Not for graduate credit. (C2) (D1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Descriptions\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ScienceCourses\">Science Courses<\/h1>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">NRS 100<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Natural Resource Conservation<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Introduction to humans' use and management of natural resources: land, food, forest, wildlife, water, minerals, and air, with a survey of contemporary resource-use problems in environmental pollution. (Lec. 3) (A1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">GEO 100G<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Geology<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) An introduction to geology with an emphasis on the interaction between the Earth and its human population.  Evaluation of the solid earth, natural hazards (such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides), natural resources (such as oil and coal), air and water pollution and the effects of climate change. (Lec. 3\/Online) (A1) (C2) (GC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Descriptions\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CommunicationCourses\">Communication Courses<\/h1>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">COM 108G<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Spaceship Earth: Communication and Sustainability<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (COM), SUS 108G. Through in-depth study of films, social media and readings students will explore the principles of sustainability and the communication challenges linking scientific evidence, public policies and individual behavior. (Online) (B4) (C1) (GC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">COM 315<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Dimensions of Communication<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (COM), SUS315. Investigation of individual and mediated sustainability messages, impact of communication on environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior; design of communication campaigns to affect resource use, community engagement and ecological responsibility. (Lec. 3\/Online) Pre: COM 100, junior standing in a degree-granting college or permission of instructor. (D1) (C1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">COM 455<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Science and Communication in a Century of Limits<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Communication of scientific observations and projections of global resource and environmental limits is focused on persuading formation of publics and social movements needed for widespread action in the 21st century.  (Lec. 3) Pre: seniors with varied backgrounds in science and communications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">COM 460<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Communication: Local & Global<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (COM) SUS 460. Address local and global environmental issues through communication. Target key audiences and move them towards sustainable change and active involvement, improved environmental conditions and quality of life. (Lec. 1, Seminar 2\/Online) Pre: junior standing. (C1) (B4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">ART 387G<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Exploring Climate Change using Visual Design Tools<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (LAR), ART 387G. This course uses landscape architecture\/art as a conduit to investigate climate change. While exploring the confluence of ethics and design, students will increase cultural consciousness and move toward civic responsibility. (Lec. 3) Pre: 12 credits earned at 100 level or above, and one of LAR 201 or LAR 202 or ART 105 or ART 214, or permission of instructor. Basic knowledge of climate change is expected. (D1) (C1) (GC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">MUS 301<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Music as a Form of Social Protest<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) This course surveys the music of those musicians who have been influential in focusing public attention on particular social causes. Students experience music through literature (books, journals, etc.), recordings and video. (Lec. 3) (A4) (C1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">WRT 303<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Public Writing<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Writing in the public sphere, emphasizing civic literacy, democratic discourse, and writing for change.  May include letters, public documents, activist publications, and legislative texts.  Requires sustained fieldwork.  (Seminar 3, Practicum 2\/Online)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">WRT 321G<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Writing Disaster: The Ethics of Representation<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Explore how representations of disasters shape public perception and action; write real-world documents that prompt social and political change. (Sem. 3, Prac. 1) (B1) (C1) (GC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">WRT 334<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Science Writing<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Learn scientific principles, ethics, and best practices for communicating science to a broad range of audiences and develop skills and confidence needed to write with strength and clarity across a variety of platforms in specific genres and contexts. (Lec. 4, Online) (B1) (B2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Descriptions\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"HistoryCourses\">History\/Culture Courses<\/h1>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">ENG 396<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Literature of the Sea: The Rumowicz Seminar<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Studies of maritime literature and culture. Guest lecturers and field trips. (Seminar)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">ENG 359<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Topics in Literature, Culture, and the Environment<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (ENG) EAH359. Study of the representation of the environment and related themes in literature and\/or the relationships between literature, culture, and the environment. (Lec. 3) Pre: Junior or senior standing. May be repeated once under a different topic. (A3) (B4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">HIS 164<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Global Environmental History<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) A history of human interactions with the natural world from prehistoric times to the present. (Lec. 3) (C2) (A3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">HIS 300<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">(393) Topics In History<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Subject, course content, and years offered will vary according to expertise and availability of instructors. (Lec. 3) May be repeated for credit with permission of chairperson. Pre: sophomore standing or permission of instructor. (A3) (B1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">HIS 363<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Applied History and Policy<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) This course combines history and public policy and is built on the premise that every contentious policy issue today has a history. Historical understanding and methods are applied to contemporary policy debates. (Lec. 3) Pre: sophomore standing or permission of instructor. (A3) (B1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">HIS 364<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">U.S. Environmental History<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) This course explores the historical interactions between people and nature from pre-Columbian America to the present, including environmental movements, agriculture, cities, water, land use, food, and pollution. (Lec. 3) Pre: sophomore standing or permission of instructor. (C1) (B4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 201<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Human Origins and Evolution<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) The biocultural evolution of humans. An investigation into humankind's place in nature, including a review of the living primates, human genetics and development, evolutionary theory, and the human fossil record. (Lec. 3\/Online) (A1) (C3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 303<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Archaeology of the Americas<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Archaeology of the Americas before and during the period of European contact, including evidence for the earliest human occupation, social complexity, and human impacts on the environment. (Lec. 3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 304<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Coastal Archaeology<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Exploration of issues and controversies in coastal archaeology, including human adaptation through time, oceanic colonization, the preservation and study of coastal sites, and relevance to current environmental and social issues. (Lec. 3) Pre: APG 202 or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 413<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Peoples of the Sea<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (APG), MAF 413. Examination of human sociocultural adaptation to the seas. (Lec. 3) Pre: APG 203 or MAF 100 or graduate status. Open only to juniors, seniors, and graduate students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 319<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Cultural Behavior and Environment<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cultural adaptations made by traditional and industrial societies to natural and human environments using examples from prehistory and ethnography. (Lec. 3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SPA 471<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Latin American topics or author not emphasized in other courses. (Seminar) Pre: SPA 325 or permission of instructor. May be repeated with a change in topic for a maximum of 6 credits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#Descriptions\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JusticeCourses\">Justice Courses<\/h1>\n\n\n<p><div class=\"uri-kuali\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">GWS 308<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Sustainable Agriculture and Food Cultures<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (APG), SOC, GWS 308. Comparative study of sustainable food systems and cultures focusing on the sociocultural dynamics of production, distribution, and consumption. Areas include comparative food systems, indigenous food cultures, gender and food, food equity, and food movements. (Lec. 3) Pre: sophomore standing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">EEC 205<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Economics and Policy<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Economic approaches for understanding the causes and solutions to environmental problems. Design global and local policies to protect our natural environment for a more sustainable world. (Lec. 3) Pre: EEC 105.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">EEC 355<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">The Economics of Climate Change<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Assessment of the economic and policy issues associated with climate change, including the causes of climate change, the economic and social effects, and alternative policy options to reduce carbon emissions. (Lec. 3) Pre: EEC 105 or ECN 201, or permission of instructor.  (B3) (B4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 224<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Health, Illness, and Medical Care<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Introduction to social factors in the occurrence, distribution, and treatment of illness in society; critical analysis of the social organization of medicine in contemporary American society. (Lec. 3) (A2) (C3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 333<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">(250) Social Movements and Change<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) A foundational course that examines theoretical and empirical explanations for social change through social movements, collective action and policy. Focus is on contemporary and historical inequalities and social justice. (Lec. 3\/Online) Pre: Completed two 100-200 level Sociology courses, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit in SOC 250. (C3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 336<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Social Inequality<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Examines dimensions and dynamics of inequality and implicit bias in social systems. Foundational theories of class, status, race, ethnicity, gender, citizenship, sexuality, and intersectionality. (Lec. 3) Pre: Two 100-200 level SOC courses, or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 340<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Sociology<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (MAF) SOC 340. Introduction to environmental sociology, which studies the human-nature relationship and underlying causes of environmental problems. Particular attention given to applications of theory to marine and coastal issues. (Lec. 3) Pre: SOC 100 or MAF 100.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 428<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Institutional Racism<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (SOC), AAF 428. Critically examines the origin, nature, and consequences of institutional racism in the US. (Seminar) Pre: one 300-level sociology course or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SOC 452<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Class and Power<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Critically analyzes class-based identities and inequalities in contemporary societies. (Lec. 3) Pre: One 300 level SOC course, or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">AAF 484<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Global Equity, Justice, and Social Media<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Cross-listed as (PSC) AAF 484. Leverage critical lenses to analyze global inequalities and injustices using critical perspectives. The course will explore how systemic biases affect individuals' opportunities across diverse socio-demographic factors worldwide. (Seminar) (C3) (D1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">MAF 350<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Global Issues In Sustainable Development<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as MAF 350 and NRS 300. Examines context, concepts, and processes of global effort towards sustainable development and the role of global governance and international institutions such as the United Nations. (Lec.) (C2) (A2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">MAF 373<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Injustice<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (MAF), HIS373, GWS373. Examines environmental issues through a social justice lens. Looking at historical and global contexts, topics may include public health issues, environmental social movements, and 'natural' disasters. (Lec. 3) (C3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">PSC 402<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Environmental Policy and Politics<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Seminar in the politics and public policy associated with environmental pollution. (Lec. 3, Project 3) Pre: PSC 113 or 210 and junior or senior standing. (D1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">ECN 381<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Radical Critiques of Contemporary Political Economy<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Radical right and radical left critiques. Radical views on values, methodology, production planning, income distribution, economic power, the military-industrial complex, imperialism, and racial and sexual discrimination. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN 202 or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">ECN 386<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">The Economics of Race, Gender, and Class<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (ECN), GWS386, AAF386. An economic examination of the historical interrelations of race, class, and gender issues. (Lec. 3) Pre: ECN100 or ECN201 or by permission of instructor. (C3) (B1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">PHL 346<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Existential Problems in Human Life<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Discussion of ultimate questions of human existence such as meaning in life, personal commitment, human relations, suffering, despair, hope, freedom, authenticity, self-deception, death, God, and immortality. (Lec. 3) Pre: PHL 101 or 103 or one 200-level PHL course or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SAF 383<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Food Justice<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Examines the production, distribution and consumption of food through a social justice lens focused on identifying intersecting inequities and activating strategies to dismantle their root causes. (Lec. 3) Pre: Sophomore standing. (A2) (C3)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">SUS 306<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Sustainability & Service Leadership<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (CSV), SUS 306. Students will learn to identify and examine critical sustainability issues and develop communication skills, campaigns, and peer education events that lead to behavior change and a shift in campus culture. (Online) Pre: Junior Standing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">WRT 371G<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Write Now: Language Communities, Culture, and Power<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Learn how language shapes identity, community, and culture; communicate authentically and ethically in personal, public, and professional settings. (Lec. 3, Field Study 1) Pre: 200-level WRT course (or above), minimum sophomore standing. (B1) (C3) (GC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">APG 370<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Decolonial Ecologies<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Examines Afro-descendant and Indigenous lives, cultural ecology, local ecological knowledge, environmental justice, and initiatives and organizing efforts to resist on-going threats to coastal livelihoods throughout the Americas. 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