Analyzing Society

SOCY 1001

Understanding environmental problems; identifying stakeholders; understanding core interests; procedural fairness; escalation control; justifying aspirations; negotiation/consensus building; administrative procedures limits of negotiations; public education/grassroots organization; general approaches to environmental policy; of general applicability to environmental problems.


Examines U.S. society in global context, using basic sociological ideas. Focuses on the nature of group life, social and moral order, social institutions, social disorganization, social problems, and social change. Approved for arts and science core curriculum: contemporary societies.