Nature / Society

INQR-1110

This course focuses on the social and ecological aspects of humans in the natural world. It emphasizes critical thinking about where humans come from and where they are going as a species. The course draws on historical perspectives and addresses contemporary issues such as climate change, national energy resources, and the local foods movement. The course includes readings as well as student projects, field trips, guest lectures, and “ethnographic” assignments about this consumer society.

4 credits Communication Intensive HASS Inquiry
Prereqs:
none

Past Term Data

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2025
2024
Nature / Society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Jennifer Cardinal
Seats Taken: 18/19
2023
Nature / Society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Jennifer Cardinal
Seats Taken: 20/19
2022
Nature/society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Jennifer Cardinal
Seats Taken: 29/30
2021
Nature/society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Lee Claiborne Nelson
Seats Taken: 20/19
2020
Nature/society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Jennifer Cardinal
Seats Taken: 17/19
2019
Nature/society (4c) [CI] [HInq]
  • Jennifer Cardinal
Seats Taken: 16/19
2018
Nature/society (4c) [CI]
  • Brandon James Costelloe-Kuehn
  • Atsushi Akera
Seats Taken: 22/30
2017
Nature/society (4c) [CI]
  • Brandon James Costelloe-Kuehn
  • Atsushi Akera
Seats Taken: 21/0
2016
Nature/society (4c) [CI]
  • Atsushi Akera
Seats Taken: 19/0
2015
Nature/society (4c) [CI]
  • Atsushi Akera
Seats Taken: 20/0
2014
Nature/society (4c) [CI]
  • Atsushi Akera
Seats Taken: 25/0
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