FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Sociology
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SOC 380 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Environmental Sociology
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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SOC 380
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to show the dynamics of environmental degradation and environmental injustices by examining the interaction between social structures and environment from a historical and critical viewpoint. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Environmental sociology examines environmental challenges, controversies and issues at every level from the global to local. It critically examines the historical and social dynamics of existing environmental problems as well as the struggles emerged around these problems. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction of Environmental sociology and Overview of the course. | Documentary screening: The Food Inc. |
| 2 | Environmental Issues and Debates | Leslie King and Deborah McCarthy (2009). “Introduction”. In Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 1-24. John Bellamy Foster (1999) ‘The Ecological Crisis’. The Vulnerable Planet, Monthly Review Press, chapter 1. Video: The Children of Tsunami (topdocumentaryfilms.com) |
| 3 | Political Economy and Ecology: Industrialization or Capitalism? | Susan G. Davis (2009).“Touch the Magic”. Chp. 8 in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 128-148. |
| 4 | The Modern Economy | John Bellamy Foster (1999), "Expansion and Conservation". The Vulnerable Planet, Monthly Review Press, chapter 4. John Bellamy Foster (1999) "Imperialism and Ecology". The Vulnerable Planet, Monthly Review Press, chapter 5. Video: Chernobyl: The Exclusion Zone (topdocumentaryfilms.com) |
| 5 | Consumer Society | Allan Schnaiberg and Kenneth Alan Gould (2009) ‘Treadmill Predispositions and Social Responses: Population, Consumption, and Technological Change’ in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy), 51- 62. Video: History: Consumerism (youtube) |
| 6 | The social construction of nature | Susan G. Davis (2009).“Touch the Magic”. Chp. 8 in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 128-148. John Bellamy Foster (1999) " The Socialization of Nature". The Vulnerable Planet, Monthly Review Press, chapter 7. |
| 7 | Midterm Exam | |
| 8 | Environmental Injustice: Race, Class and Gender | David Schlosberg (2007) Defining Environmental Justice: Theories, Movements, and Nature, Oford University Press, 3-10. Robert D. Bullard and Glenn S. Johnson. (2009). “Environmental Justice: Grassroots Activism and Its Impact on Public Policy Decision Making”. in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 63-79. Video: Canada’s Toxic Chemical Valley (topdocumentaryfilms.com) |
| 9 | Globalization and Ecology | R. Scott Frey, Paul K. Gellert, and Harry F. Dahms (2019) ‘Introduction: Ecologically Unequal Exchange in Comparative and Historical Perspective’ in Ecologically Unequal Exchange: Environmental Injustice in Comparative and Historical Perspective (Ed: R. Scott Frey, Paul K. Gellert, and Harry F. Dahms), 1- 10. Daniel Faber. (2009). “The Unfair Trade-off: Globalization and the Export of Ecological Hazards”. Chp. 11. in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 181-199 Video: Chevron vs. Amazon (topdocumentaryfilms.com). |
| 10 | Media and Popular Culture | Robin Anderson. (2009). “Selling “Mother Earth”: Advertising and the Myth of the Natural”. Chp. 13. in Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action. (Ed: King and McCarthy). 215-229. |
| 11 | Environmental Movements | Timothy Doyle (2005) Introduction to Environmental Movements in Timothy Doyle Envıronmental Movements in Minority And Majority Worlds: A Global Perspective, 1- 20. Christopher Roots (1999) ‘Environmental movements: from the Local to the Global’ in Environmental Movements: Local, National, and the Global (Ed: Christopher Roots) 1- 12. |
| 12 | Documentary Screening | A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet |
| 13 | Environmental Movements | Steven Yearley (2005) ‘How Environmental Problems Come to be ‘Global’: Sociological Perspectives on the Globalisation of the Environment’ in “Cultures of Environmentalism Empirical Studies in Environmental Sociology Maria Kousis New challenges for twenty-first-century environmental movements: agricultural biotechnology and nanotechnology 226 |
| 14 | Fighting for the Future | Michael Maniates (2009) ‘Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?’ (Ed: King and McCarthy), 371- 395. Video: Do the Math (topdocumentaryfilms.com). |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Gmelch, Sharon Bohn ed., Tourists and Tourism: A Reader, Waveland Pr Inc (2009) 978-1577666363 Apostolopoulos & Leivadi eds., The Sociology of Tourism: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations, Routledge (2001) 978-0415271653 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
16
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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20
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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40
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
60
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
40
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
15
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3
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45
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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20
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20
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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30
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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37
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37
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| Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories. |
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| 2 | To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods. |
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| 3 | To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology. |
X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team. |
X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination. |
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| 6 | To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions. |
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| 7 | To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research. |
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| 8 | To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. |
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| 9 | To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences. |
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| 10 | To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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