SOCY3322 · Sociology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
There are many health and environmental impacts associated with consumption activities, yet such impacts often remain hidden or obscured in the course of everyday life. In this applied course, students will examine health and environmental issues associated with consumption activities. Over the course of the semester, students will learn concepts from environmental health, environmental sociology, the sociology of consumption, and public policy. Each student will engage in an original preliminary research project on a contemporary issue related to consumption and environmental health. Students will develop an understanding of the power dynamics and inequalities associated with identifying, defining, managing, and mitigating the health and environmental impacts of consumption activities. Skills, perspectives, and analytic frameworks learned in this course will be useful for students in their roles as individual consumers, citizens, and professionals.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.2 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.2 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.4 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.1 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Student perspective
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Apr 26, 2026 · Historical comment
At Boston College, lectures were often unfocused, with frequent off-topic digressions. Class time included questions that didn’t add much to learning. The course emphasized specific ideological views, and grading felt harsh for an elective, reflected in a low midterm average.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 section