GEOG3379
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Livelihoods in the Global South (3 Cr.) Environment, Social Sciences
Geography, Environment, Society (10964)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Livelihoods in the Global South (3 Cr.) Environment, Social Sciences
Course description
Environmental destruction of our planet over the last three centuries has been a product of radical political and economic shifts in the world. This course examines how our world’s economic and political systems, and the livelihoods they engender in the Global South, have produced catastrophic local and global environmental conditions. What we produce, sell, buy, how we consume goods, and how we dispose of the waste are at the heart of the world’s deteriorating environmental conditions. The current global world order has produced a world in which overconsumption and poverty have led to an environmental disaster that is endangering all species. Example of the topics we will explore include the state of global fisheries and forests, the struggle over scarce water resources, and the responsibility each of us has as an individual and a citizen in reversing the lone planet’s ability to support the lives of all humans and other species.
prereq: Soph or jr or sr
prereq: Soph or jr or sr
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Lecture
Requirements
000595
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
00851
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Social Sciences, The Environment
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring