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Environmental Analysis - Race, Class, and Gender

Students in this concentration will be taught to understand implications of race, class, and gender on environmental problem-solving and decision making. Apply theory and approaches in analyzing race, class, and gender to clarify and respond to environmental issues. Students will read, critically evaluate, synthesize, and analyze environmental issues using the scholarly literature on race, class and gender constructions.

Faculty Advisor:

G. Douglass-Jaimes (Environmental Analysis)

Affiliated Faculty:

E. Runions (Religious Studies)

Course Requirements (14 Courses):

Students must complete the core courses, course or EA 010 PZcourse, and course or course and one senior capstone course (course or course). In addition, EA-Race, Class, and Gender students shall take a minimum of the following additional 10 courses for the concentration:

One Environmental Justice Course

  • EA 086 PZ - Environmental Justice, or one of the following consult with advisor):

    • course - Race, Gender, & The Environment

    • course - Anthropology of Environmental Justice

    • course - Introduction to Urban Health Equity

Three courses in Area Studies or Studies, one of which must be introductory, and two of which must in the same program or department:

  • Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies

  • Asian American Studies

  • Asian Studies

  • Africana Studies

  • Russian and Eastern European Studies

  • Middle Eastern Studies

  • German Studies

  • Latin American Studies

Three courses on gender studies:

  • course - Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies

  • Two other courses focused on gender studies, preferably in GWS

Three courses that focus on class (by agreement with advisor), e.g. Labor History, Economics of Labor, Globalization, and Colonization