We teach the following courses at the mid to advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. For more information on these courses and example syllabi, please reach out to the instructors.
GRADUATE
ANTH 730: Cultural Theory through Ethnography (Monica Barra)
Theories of culture presented through ethnographies from different parts of the world. Issues in writing, reading, and interpreting ethnographic information.
ENVR/GEOG 517: Socionatural Coastlines in Global Perspective (Dean Hardy)
A discussion-based seminar course that examines nature-society relations in coastal regions globally. The course will use social theory to understand how uneven development processes shaped – and continue shaping – current coastlines. We will explore key topics including coastal capitalism, delta ecologies, and climate justice via several global case studies.
ENVR 540: Decolonizing the Environment: Race, Nature, Power (Monica Barra)
Critical examination of the ways ideas about nature and racial difference are conceptually and materially entwined with the production of social and environmental inequalities.
ENVR 700: Current Topics in Environmental Studies (Tom Lekan)
Current issues, policies, and regulations pertaining to environmental studies. Emphasizes integrated multidisciplinary approaches toward identification, evaluation, preservation, mitigation, and/or utilization of environmentally sensitive material and sites.
GEOG 515: Political Geography (Meredith DeBoom)
Concepts of space and power and their relationship to polities, elections, geopolitics, identities, law, economics, populations, and civil society.
GEOG/ENVR 538: Global Food Politics (Jessica Barnes)
Political, social, and cultural landscapes of food and farming around the world; issues of agricultural production, trade, consumption, and food security.
GEOG/ANTH 569: International Development and the Environment (Jessica Barnes)
Intersections of international development and environmental change; study of general theoretical perspectives balanced with case studies from the Global South.
GEOG/ANTH 581: Globalization and Cultural Questions (David Kneas)
This course examines cultural understandings of and responses to globalization, examining topics such as its history and theories, migration, economic integration and inequality, identity, social movements, and the environment.
GEOG 730: Seminar in Environmental Geography (Jessica Barnes)
Review of recent geographic literature on nature-society interactions with an emphasis on identifying research themes and methodologies employed by contemporary geographers.
GEOG 735: Seminar in Political Geography (Meredith DeBoom)
UNDERGRADUATE
AFAM/ENVR 348: Environmental Racism and Justice (Monica Barra)
History of the environmental justice movement and the unequal distribution of environmental harms on low income, minority, and historically marginalized groups.
ANTH 102: Understanding Other Cultures (Robert Kopack)
An exploration and comparison of selected contemporary cultures, including their languages. An introduction to the concepts, methods, and data of socio-cultural anthropology and anthropological linguistics.
ANTH 203: Comparing Cultures Through Film (Robert Kopack)
Human behavior in differing cultural contexts through ethnographic films of social relations in selected societies.
ANTH 280: Humans Going Nuclear: Atomic Bombs, Cold War, and the Fallout (Magda Stawkowski)
Ethnographic study of the Cold War, nuclear culture, and its aftermath.
ANTH 292: Disease, Health and Social Inequities (Magda Stawkowski)
Course focuses on political and economic processes contributing to the unequal access to health and social inequalities.
ANTH/ENVR 342: Environmental Anthropology: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Environmental Change (Monica Barra)
Cross-cultural perspectives on environmental issues.
ANTH 396: Toxic Environments and Invisible Harms (Magda Stawkowski)
An anthropological approach to the study of environmental health, toxicity, and environmental injustice in comparative context.
ENVR 201: Environmental Science and Policy I (Dean Hardy)
Introduction to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives on environmental issues. Required for majors in the Environment and Sustainability Program. Integrative case studies address ways of understanding nature. Sophomore Standing.
ENVR 202: Environmental Science and Policy II (Dean Hardy)
Continuing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary exploration of relations between environment and society for majors in the Environment and Sustainability Program. Case studies raise issues, challenges, and strategies to achieving sustainability.
ENVR 352: Energy, Society, and Sustainability (Conor Harrison)
The role of energy in shaping society and geographic settings, as well as how energy production and consumption are shaped by the societal values and norms in which it is extracted, produced, and consumed.
ENVR/GEOG 517: Socionatural Coastlines in Global Perspective (Dean Hardy)
A discussion-based seminar course that examines nature-society relations in coastal regions globally. The course will use social theory to understand how uneven development processes shaped – and continue shaping – current coastlines. We will explore key topics including coastal capitalism, delta ecologies, and climate justice via several global case studies.
ENVR 540: Decolonizing the Environment: Race, Nature, Power (Monica Barra)
Critical examination of the ways ideas about nature and racial difference are conceptually and materially entwined with the production of social and environmental inequalities.
GEOG 103: Introduction to Geography (Robert Kopack)
A survey of the principles and methods of geographic inquiry. Not required for the geography major.
GEOG 121: Globalization and World Regions (Meredith DeBoom / Robert Kopack)
Introduction to political, economic, social, and environmental processes of global integration and regional differentiation.
GEOG 225: Geography of Europe (Robert Kopack)
Physical and human geography of Europe.
GEOG 228: Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa (Meredith DeBoom)
A regional approach to the physical, social, economic, and political aspects of Sub-Saharan Africa with emphasis on contemporary problems.
GEOG 310: Topics in Geography (Robert Kopack)
Selected topics of special interest in geography. May be repeated as content varies by title.
GEOG 311: Cultural Geography (Robert Kopack)
The temporal-spatial relationship between humans and the natural environment with emphasis on the role through time of human activity in changing the face of the earth.
GEOG 313: Economic Geography (Conor Harrison)
Spatial interrelation and linking of economic activities and how location affects the nature of economic systems.
GEOG 321: Sustainable Cities (Conor Harrison)
Overview of the relationships between urbanization and environmental processes and an exploration of pathways to greater sustainability.
GEOG 343: Environment and Society (David Kneas)
A geographic consideration of the interactions between environment and society. The ways in which social, economic, and cultural processes interact across local to global scales and influence environmental practices, policies, and patterns of change will be emphasized.
GEOG 347: Water as a Resource (Jessica Barnes / Dean Hardy)
Introduction to spatial and institutional aspects of water availability, demand, and quality. Water storage/conveyance strategies and facilities. Real and perceived flood, drought hazards.
GEOG 380: Global Geography of Human Rights (Meredith DeBoom)
Geopolitical, historical, cultural, and economic geographies of human rights around the world; issues of development, environment, health, inequality, violence.
GEOG 515: Political Geography (Meredith DeBoom)
Concepts of space and power and their relationship to polities, elections, geopolitics, identities, law, economics, populations, and civil society.
GEOG/ENVR 538: Global Food Politics (Jessica Barnes)
Political, social, and cultural landscapes of food and farming around the world; issues of agricultural production, trade, consumption, and food security.
GEOG/ANTH 569: International Development and the Environment (Jessica Barnes)
Intersections of international development and environmental change; study of general theoretical perspectives balanced with case studies from the Global South.
GEOG/ANTH 581: Globalization and Cultural Questions (David Kneas)
This course examines cultural understandings of and responses to globalization, examining topics such as its history and theories, migration, economic integration and inequality, identity, social movements, and the environment.
HIST 350: Saving Africa: Development and Humanitarianism in Historical Perspective (Joshua Grace)
Exploration of how and why Africa is often represented as helpless, the colonial origins of common patterns of development and humanitarianism, and other possible models for these processes.
HIST 352: Africa Since 1800 (Joshua Grace)
Commercial and religious revolutions of the 19th century, imposition and ending of formal colonial rule, and post-colonial issues.
HIST 360: Into the Wild: Global Conservation since 1800 (Tom Lekan)
Global and comparative environmental-historical investigation of the ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural significance of wilderness protection, nature conservation, national parks, and nature tourism; field excursions required.
HIST 378: The Urban Experience in Modern Europe (Tom Lekan)
Social and cultural impact of urbanization in Europe since 1789 through a comparison of major cities such as London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin.
HIST 497/498 Senior Seminar for History Majors (Tom Lekan)
Principles of historical research and writing as applied to the seminar topic. Open to history majors or by special permission of instructor.
SCHC 337: HNRS: Proseminar in Geography (David Kneas)
The following courses are offered infrequently and should not be considered a regular part of the SCHC curriculum.
Critical Ecologies 