SOC 371 Environment, Society, and Public Health (3 Credits)

Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 or SOC 101 .
Taught: Variable, check with department
Critical examination of environmental basis of public health issues. Topics include: role of science and scientific burdens of proof in determining environmental impacts on health, uneven distribution of environmental health risk factors across race and class, analysis of community responses to environmental health issues (i.e. environmental justice campaigns, health social movements).
Repeatable: No
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