Section Info: ENVST-210-01

Course Title: Political Ecology
Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Description: This course will explore the historical, political, economic, social, and cultural contexts in which human-environment interactions occur. We will cover critical topics and trends in the field of political ecology, from its early manifestations to more recent expansions. Using case studies from the global south and north, we will discuss factors that shape social and environmental change across scales from the personal to the global, and we will examine the role of gender, race, class, and power in struggles over resources. Students will become familiar with the academic debates in which political ecologists are engaged, and they will apply the concepts discussed in a case of their choice.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Kevin Surprise             ksurpris@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   10:30AM - 11:45AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
None                    

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
ENVST-SS   ENVST-SS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Social Science   This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Social Science area.  
AFRAM0001   AFRAM: African concentration   This course has been approved to count towards the concentration in African Studies within the African & African-American Studies major and minor.  
NXDEV0001   NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies   This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track.  
EOS0003   EOS-3: Structures of Inequality   This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Structures of Inequality subject area  
CRPE0001   CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.  
CRPE0002   CRPE-2: Africana Studies - Major Pathway/Minor   This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Africana Studies major pathway and the CRPE Africana Studies minor.  
CRPE0003   CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway   This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway.  
CST0001   CSTH: Critical Social Thought major   This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.  
CST0001   CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.  
IR0002   INTREL-GC: Global Commons   This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major's Global Commons focus.  
GEOG0001   GEOG-1: Geography minor   This course counts toward the Geography minor.  
GEOG0002   GEOG-2: Geography major   This course counts toward the Geography major.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 18     Available: 0     Waitlist: 28
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.