ENV 305 - Energy and Society

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
This course will explore the roles energy has played in the development of modern, industrialized societies, focusing especially on the United States. Systems of energy production and consumption (energy systems) can provide an excellent prism for examining the changing political, economic, and social/cultural relationships within society. We will work to unpack how energy systems are historically impacted by social, economic, and political arrangements, as well as how these arrangements are themselves impacted by the development of energy systems. We will critically examine how energy systems are related to social and environmental inequalities along hierarchies of social class, race, and gender. (U) Occasionally