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SLGY 4411 - Sociology of Disaster


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture, Online
This course is an introduction to the sociological study of disasters and their effect on human populations. The goal of the course is to understand how floods, hurricanes, heat waves, oil spills and other catastrophic events provide a “strategic research site” where we can refine our ideas and assumptions about social life and inequality.

Prerequisite(s): One of SLGY 2131 , SLGY 3233 , SLGY 3304 , SLGY 3309 , SLGY 3321 , SLGY 3323 , SLGY 3333 , SLGY 3335 , SLGY 3345 , SLGY 3351 , SLGY 3370 , SLGY 3372 , or SLGY 3731 .