Spring 2027

Sociology of International Development, Environment, and Sustainability

Sociological analysis of economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social justice in the developing world, focusing on poverty, inequality, and globalization.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Jane Collins

The workload consisted of three two-page papers, two exams, and one book review of the student's choice.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Critically reflect on the complex meanings and basic histories of international development, globalization, and environment

  • Critically reflect on the history of sustainability and how it mediates development, globalization, and environmental politics

  • Demonstrate a deep understanding the sociology of international development, environment, and globalization

  • Use social theoretical concepts for speaking about development, globalization, and environment

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2 UW Guide 3

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Prerequisites

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SOC 181,SOC/​C&E SOC 140, 210, or 211

C&ESOC/ENVIRST/SOC 540

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JANE COLLINS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Jane Collins

Students found the course content overlapped significantly with other environmental and sociology classes, making it a generally positive experience.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.72 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 81.2% A/AB (n=32 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Jane Collins

The workload consisted of three two-page papers, two exams, and one book review of the student's choice.

Past student reviews · Jane Collins

Dr. Jane Collins was described as nice and lenient with grading, though attendance was not mandatory but recommended for gathering paper content.

Topics

  • Frameworks for understanding poverty, hunger, educational and technological inequality.
  • Impact of globalization on socially and ecologically sustainable development.

Skills

  • Apply social theoretical concepts to analyze development, globalization, and environmental issues.
  • Critically reflect on the history of sustainability and its role in development and environmental politics.

Grades

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1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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