Courses GEOG017 GEOG017 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
Clark Core GP Global Comparative Perspective
Other titles (16) DISC: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY DISC:ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY DISC: CULTURE, PLACE & ENVIRON Culture, Place and the Environment CULTURE/PLACE/ENVIRONMENT DISC:CULTURE/PLACE/ENVIRO DISC FOR CULT/PLACE/ENVIR DISC FOR CULT/PLACE/ENVIRO DISC FOR CULT/PL/ENVIRO DISC FOR CULT/PLACE/ENV CULTURE,PLACE&ENVIRONMENT DISC FOR GEOG 017 CULTURE,PLACE & ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE,PLACES&ENVIRONMENT CULTURE PLACE & ENVIRONMENT CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Terms offered 33
Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 Description Relationships between human societies and the natural environment are central to the discipline of geography. Geography 017 introduces students to these relationships and to the analysis of them, integrating perspectives from the natural and social sciences. We examine questions such as: how do environments shape societies; how do societies transform environments; are there environmental limits to economic growth; how does culture shape our relationships with our environments; and what sorts of human-environment relationships are sustainable and just? We examine these questions at many different geographic and temporal scales: from pre-history up to the present, from very local cases to the entire planet, and from pre-industrial or rural landscapes to suburban and urban ones. Cases and discussions will span the entire globe, but will include examples from the Americas, the United States, and New England in order to ground our discussions in the places we know best. One weekly discussion section.
Offerings and forecast 2016–2026 Sections Demand
Sections by year and season Year Fall Spring Summer Intersession 2030 48% 2030 Fall: 48% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 7 of 9 fall terms since 2018. Department course count rising about 5% per year. 22% 2030 Spring: 22% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 9 spring terms since 2018. Department course count falling about 2% per year. – 2030 Summer: not enough history to forecast. 8% 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. 2029 51% 2029 Fall: 51% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 8 of 10 fall terms since 2017. Department course count rising about 4% per year. 27% 2029 Spring: 27% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 10 spring terms since 2017. – 2029 Summer: not enough history to forecast. 7% 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2028 54% 2028 Fall: 54% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 9 of 11 fall terms since 2016. Department course count rising about 3% per year. 29% 2028 Spring: 29% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 11 spring terms since 2016. – 2028 Summer: not enough history to forecast. 7% 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2027 57% 2027 Fall: 57% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 10 of 12 fall terms since 2015. Department course count rising about 3% per year. 25% 2027 Spring: 25% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 4 of 12 spring terms since 2015. Department course count falling about 2% per year. – 2027 Summer: not enough history to forecast. 6% 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. 2026 Not offered Not offered 1 1 section n/a No data 2025 Not offered Not offered Not offered Not offered 2024 1 1 section 1 1 section Not offered Not offered 2023 1 1 section 1 1 section Not offered Not offered 2022 1 1 section 1 1 section Not offered Not offered 2021 1 1 section Not offered Not offered Not offered 2020 1 1 section Not offered Not offered Not offered 2019 1 1 section Not offered Not offered n/a No data 2018 1 1 section Not offered Not offered n/a No data 2017 1 1 section Not offered Not offered Not offered 2016 1 1 section 1 1 section Not offered n/a No data
Forecast
Meeting times Recent first Tue, Thu, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM ONLINE 2026 Fri, 3:00 PM–3:50 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF222 2023 Wed, 5:00 PM–5:50 PM ASEC304 2022 Wed, 4:00 PM–4:50 PM JC104 2021 Mon, Thu, 1:25 PM–2:40 PM ONLINE 2020-1 Mon, 6:00 PM–6:50 PM ONLINE 2020-2 Wed, 6:00 PM–6:50 PM ONLINE 2020-3 Tue, 6:00 PM–6:50 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF133 2019-2 2017-2 2013-1 2011-2 2009-2 2009-5 +2 more Also offered in Fall 2008, Fall 2008 Expand all
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2025–26 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Summer 2026 Hermione Zhou (She/They) Lecture 1 5 / 20 5 of 20 enrolled 12297
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2024–25 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2024 James McCarthy Lecture 1 43 / 60 43 of 60 enrolled 20424
2 entries Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2023–24 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2024 Max Ritts Lecture 1 27 / 60 27 of 60 enrolled 31814 Fall 2023 Max Ritts Lecture 1 57 / 60 57 of 60 enrolled 20424
2 entries Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2022–23 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2023 Max Ritts Lecture 1 32 / 60 32 of 60 enrolled 31814 Fall 2022 Max Ritts Lecture 1 55 / 60 55 of 60 enrolled 20424
2 entries Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2021–22 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2022 Joseph F. Getzoff Lecture 1 58 / 60 58 of 60 enrolled 31814 Fall 2021 Joseph F. Getzoff Lecture 1 59 / 60 59 of 60 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2020–21 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2020 Joseph F. Getzoff Online 1 60 / 60 60 of 60 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2019–20 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2019 James McCarthy Lecture 1 60 / 60 60 of 60 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2018–19 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2018 James McCarthy Lecture 1 43 / 60 43 of 60 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2017–18 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2017 James McCarthy Lecture 1 51 / 50 51 of 50 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2016–17 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2016 William M. Collier Lecture 1 22 / 50 22 of 50 enrolled 22944
2 entries Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2015–16 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2016 James McCarthy Lecture 1 50 / 50 50 of 50 enrolled 34980 Fall 2015 Christopher S. Knudson Lecture 1 41 / 50 41 of 50 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2014–15 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2014 James McCarthy Lecture 1 49 / 75 49 of 75 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2013–14 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2013 James McCarthy Lecture 1 62 / 70 62 of 70 enrolled 22944
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2012–13 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2013 James McCarthy Lecture 1 42 / 60 42 of 60 enrolled 32359
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2011–12 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2011 James McCarthy Lecture 1 48 / 45 48 of 45 enrolled 21516
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2009–10 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 41 / 100 41 of 100 enrolled 25390
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2008–09 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 30 / 60 30 of 60 enrolled 25390
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2006–07 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2007 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 13 / 60 13 of 60 enrolled 33986
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2005–06 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2006 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 24 / 60 24 of 60 enrolled 33986
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2004–05 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2005 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 16 / 40 16 of 40 enrolled 30587
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2003–04 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2004 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 27 / 50 27 of 50 enrolled 30587
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2002–03 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2003 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 16 / 50 16 of 50 enrolled 36159
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2001–02 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2002 Martyn J. Bowden Lecture 1 23 / 50 23 of 50 enrolled 36159
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 2000–01 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2001 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 19 / 99 19 of 99 enrolled 30450
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 1999–00 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2000 Martyn J. Bowden Lecture 1 20 / 99 20 of 99 enrolled 30450
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 1998–99 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 1999 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 32 / 99 32 of 99 enrolled 30450
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 1997–98 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 1998 Martyn J. Bowden Lecture 1 26 / 99 26 of 99 enrolled 30450
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 1996–97 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 1997 Douglas L. Johnson Lecture 1 35 / 50 35 of 50 enrolled 30450
1 entry Credit-bearing sections of GEOG017, 1995–96 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 1996 Martyn J. Bowden Lecture 1 44 / 99 44 of 99 enrolled 30450
No-credit sessions Expand all
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2024–25 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2024 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 27 / 30 27 of 30 enrolled 20590 Fall 2024 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 16 / 30 16 of 30 enrolled 20591
4 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2023–24 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2024 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 14 / 30 14 of 30 enrolled 31816 Spring 2024 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 13 / 30 13 of 30 enrolled 31817 Fall 2023 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 27 / 30 27 of 30 enrolled 20590 Fall 2023 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 20591
4 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2022–23 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2023 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 10 / 30 10 of 30 enrolled 31816 Spring 2023 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 22 / 30 22 of 30 enrolled 31817 Fall 2022 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 29 / 30 29 of 30 enrolled 20590 Fall 2022 Max Ritts Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 26 / 30 26 of 30 enrolled 20591
4 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2021–22 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2022 Joseph F. Getzoff Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 28 / 30 28 of 30 enrolled 31816 Spring 2022 Joseph F. Getzoff Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 31817 Fall 2021 Joseph F. Getzoff Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 27 / 30 27 of 30 enrolled 24728 Fall 2021 Joseph F. Getzoff Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 32 / 30 32 of 30 enrolled 24727
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2020–21 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2020 Joseph F. Getzoff Online - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 24727 Fall 2020 Joseph F. Getzoff Online - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 24728
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2019–20 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2019 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 24727 Fall 2019 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 30 / 30 30 of 30 enrolled 24728
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2018–19 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2018 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 23 / 30 23 of 30 enrolled 24727 Fall 2018 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 20 / 30 20 of 30 enrolled 24728
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2017–18 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2017 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 26 / 25 26 of 25 enrolled 24727 Fall 2017 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 25 / 25 25 of 25 enrolled 24728
2 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2016–17 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2016 William M. Collier Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 10 / 25 10 of 25 enrolled 24727 Fall 2016 William M. Collier Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 12 / 25 12 of 25 enrolled 24728
4 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2015–16 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2016 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 26 / 25 26 of 25 enrolled 34982 Spring 2016 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 24 / 25 24 of 25 enrolled 34981 Fall 2015 Christopher S. Knudson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 23 / 25 23 of 25 enrolled 24727 Fall 2015 Christopher S. Knudson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 18 / 25 18 of 25 enrolled 24728
3 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2013–14 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 21 / 21 21 of 21 enrolled 22945 Fall 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 21 / 21 21 of 21 enrolled 22946 Fall 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 20 / 28 20 of 28 enrolled 22947
3 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2012–13 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Spring 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 15 / 20 15 of 20 enrolled 32597 Spring 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 16 / 20 16 of 20 enrolled 32598 Spring 2013 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 11 / 20 11 of 20 enrolled 32599
3 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2011–12 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2011 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 16 / 15 16 of 15 enrolled 21517 Fall 2011 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 15 / 15 15 of 15 enrolled 21518 Fall 2011 James McCarthy Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 17 / 15 17 of 15 enrolled 21519
6 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2009–10 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 10 / 20 10 of 20 enrolled 25393 Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 10 / 20 10 of 20 enrolled 25396 Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 7 / 20 7 of 20 enrolled 25399 Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 6 / 20 6 of 20 enrolled 26057 Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 2 / 20 2 of 20 enrolled 26060 Fall 2009 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 6 / 20 6 of 20 enrolled 26063
6 entries No-credit sections of GEOG017, 2008–09 Term Professor Type Credits Enrollment CRN Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 14 / 20 14 of 20 enrolled 25393 Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 7 / 20 7 of 20 enrolled 25396 Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - 9 / 20 9 of 20 enrolled 25399 Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - - / 20No enrollment data; capacity 20 26057 Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - - / 20No enrollment data; capacity 20 26060 Fall 2008 Douglas L. Johnson Disc/Dialog/Case Stds/Exercise - - / 20No enrollment data; capacity 20 26063
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