SOCY 3346 Environmental Justice
This course examines challenges and controversies associated with the unequal distribution of environmental hazards across communities. Students will explore the social, industrial, and government forces that create inequitable burdens of environmental pollution as well as movements to reduce such burdens. While a majority of the course will focus on the United States, readings will include cases from around the world. Students will be expected to actively contribute to class discussions and to complete a pilot research project on the environmental justice implications of an area of everyday consumption such as food, clothing, cleaning, transportation, or technology.
Course overview
- Department
- Sociology
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically in the Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Environmental Geoscience B.S.: (C) Electives: approved non-EESC courses (up to 6 credits of the 18 elective credits) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Environmental Studies: Concentration — Environmental Justice and Policy: One Course on Environmental Justice (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- International Studies: Concentration: Ethics and Social Justice – approved courses (six courses in one concentration) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Applied Psychology and Human Development: Major electives — any Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOCY) course (no more than two electives from outside LSEHD) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Sociology electives (18 credits, generally six courses) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Sociology: Upper-level Sociology electives (at least 9 of the 18 elective credits must be SOCY3000 or higher) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.37 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.53 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Hassan El Tinay | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 13 |
| Spring 2024 | Hassan El Tinay | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 7–9 hrs/week | 13 of 13 |
| Spring 2022 | Elise Largesse | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 17 of 29 |
| Fall 2021 | Elise Largesse | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 19 |