Course Description
Examination of the ways in which the environment, gender, race, and class are categorized. Students will critically evaluate notions of gender, race, and class as they relate to the environment. We will discuss ongoing debates about development, population, production, consumption, ecofeminism, environmental justice, and environmental racism.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to read greater amounts of
primary source material, to write more complex papers of
publishable quality, and to present their own written work to
the class.
Athena Title
ENV GDR RACE CLA
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time.
Undergraduate Prerequisite
WMST 3010 or WMST 4010/6010 or permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
WMST 4010/6010 or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: 1) Discuss and critically examine the ways in which nature, gender, race, and class have been historically categorized. 2) Describe and critically evaluate some of the main philosophical positions found in the field of environmental ethics. 3) Explain and analyze the main arguments in ecological feminism. 4) Define environmental racism and its impact on environmental health and workers’ rights. 5) Identify leaders in the environmental movement and contributions they have made in environmental activism.
Topical Outline
I. Ecological terms, Environmental Ethics, Ecological Feminisms II. Development, Sustainability, Population, Production, Consumption, and Case Studies III. Environmental Racism, Environmental Justice IV. Environmental Health, Workers' Rights V. Environmental Activisms
Syllabus