SO 258 Society & the Environment
This course 1.) examines how human activities contribute to environmental problems such as climate change, pollution, disappearance of natural habitat, decreasing biodiversity, diminishing natural resources, deforestation, erosion, and desertification; 2.) analyzes the impact of environmental degradation on human populations and human societies; and 3.) identifies those steps taken and yet to be taken to end degradation and restore environmental health. A project in which students take action in some group organization or community to make its impacts on the environment more positive is required.