GSST 171: Environmental Health and Social Justice

← 2024-25 2025-26
← 2023-24 ← 2023-24 changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 3 hours

Catalog page 410

Prerequisites: GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S; GSST 020 or GSST 020H or GSST 020S or GSST 021; or consent of instructor

Description: An interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between environmental health and social justice emphasizing gender, race, class, and globalization as analytical lenses. Topics include urban pollution, workplace exposure, industrial catastrophe, invisible environmental hazards, community activism, reproductive health, global capitalism, and new health challenges imposed by climate change.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with SEHE 105.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: GSST 171 / SEHE 105
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 39/40 39/40
2024-25 41/40 16/40 57/80
2022-23 13/30 13/30
2020-21 26/30 26/30
2018-19 41/63 41/63