Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Gender and Environmental Justice

GEND 2036  Gender and Environmental Justice

Prerequisites:

Any 18 credits completed.

Antirequisites:

GEND 3506

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course provides an overview of contemporary environmental issues, as they relate to gender equality and social justice challenges and initiatives. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural in approach, this course will familiarize students with social relations that underlie various environmental problems and with social movements that respond to ecological crises. Global in perspective, topics may include water and forestry management, energy consumption and climate change, and sustainable development. This course may be credited towards Social Welfare and Social Development.