Academic Catalog 2016-2017 
    
    Apr 24, 2024  
Academic Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SOC 271 - Sociology of Disaster

Course Units: 1
(Spring; Grigsby) This course is an introduction to the sociological analysis of disasters. We will consider how sociologists conceptualize and theorize about disasters and the social and physical damage, death and injury, and economics loss they involve. Variations in the vulnerability of communities and particular social groups to such events will also be examined. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 



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