Society Area

This Area explores the way that human society interacts with the environment. “Coupled human-natural systems” are a primary driver of environmental change, and also a key source of solutions to environmental problems. This Area will build students’ knowledge of the mutually influencing human-environment dynamic.

Area Requirements

AAS 235 - Inequalities in Society 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 235 - Inequalities in Society 3 Credit Hours
AAS 326 - Contemporary African Lives 3 Credit Hours
OR
ANT 326 - Contemporary African Lives 3 Credit Hours
AAS 328 - Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
OR
GEO 328 - Geography of the Middle East and North Africa 3 Credit Hours
AAS 400 - Special Topics in African-American and Africana Studies: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
AAS 471 - Race, Ethnicity and Politics 3 Credit Hours
OR
PS 471 - Race, Ethnicity and Politics 3 Credit Hours
ANT 221 - Native People of North America 3 Credit Hours
ANT 245 - Food Culture and Society 3 Credit Hours
ANT 251 - Global Health Inequalities 3 Credit Hours
ANT 302 - Ethnographic Methods: Doing Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANT 303 - Topics in the Anthropology of Food Nutrition: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ANT 324 - Contemporary Latin American Cultures 3 Credit Hours
ANT 330 - North American Cultures 3 Credit Hours
ANT 342 - North American Archaeology 3 Credit Hours
ANT 352 - Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ANT 525 - Applied Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANT 534 - Sociology of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
OR
CLD 534 - Sociology of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 534 - Sociology of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
ANT 536 - Global Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
APP 200 - Introduction to Appalachian Studies 3 Credit Hours
ARC 314 - History and Theory III: 20th Century and Contemporary Architecture 3 Credit Hours
ARC 111 - Introduction to World Architecture and Urbanism 3 Credit Hours
CLD 360 - Environmental Sociology 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 360 - Environmental Sociology 3 Credit Hours
CLD 380 - Globalization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 380 - Globalization: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 Credit Hours
CLD 420 - Sociology of Communities 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 420 - Sociology of Communities 3 Credit Hours
CLD 517 - Rural Sociology 3 Credit Hours
OR
SOC 517 - Rural Sociology 3 Credit Hours
CPH 201 - An Introduction to Public Health: Theory and Methods 3 Credit Hours
ENG 339 - Author Studies: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ENS 300 - Special Topics: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
ENS 395 - Independent Work 1 - 4 Credit Hours
ENS 399 - Internship in Environment and Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
GEO 309 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 Credit Hours
GEO 323 - Mexico: Environment, Politics and Society 3 Credit Hours
GEO 361 - Gis Applications for Health 3 Credit Hours
GEO 365 - Special Topics in Regional Geography: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
GEO 372 - Health Environment Futures 3 Credit Hours
GEO 431 - Political Ecology 3 Credit Hours
HDF 585 - Aging and Environment 3 Credit Hours
OR
GEO 585 - Aging and Environment 3 Credit Hours
OR
GRN 585 - Aging and Environment 3 Credit Hours
CPH 250 - Aging in Today’s World 3 Credit Hours
GWS 250 - Social Movements 3 Credit Hours
GWS 350 - Introduction to Feminist Theorizing 3 Credit Hours
GWS 430 - Gender, Power and Violence 3 Credit Hours
HIS 240 - History of Kentucky 3 Credit Hours
LA 205 - History of Landscape Architecture 3 Credit Hours
PHI 205 - Food Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHI 332 - Professional Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHI 335 - The Individual and Society 3 Credit Hours
PS 391 - Special Topics in Political Science: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
SAG 310 - Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability 3 Credit Hours
SOC 302 - Sociological Research Methods 3 Credit Hours
SOC 303 - Quantitative Sociological Analysis 3 Credit Hours
SOC 350 - Topics in Sociology: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
SOC 363 - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours
SW 325 - Social Justice Foundations 3 Credit Hours
WRD 410 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours