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ALAM,MANUSIA  DAN BUDAYA (MAN, NATURE AND CULTURE)

Kursus ini dirangka untuk membolehkan pelajar memahami interaksi timbal balik antara persekitaran fizikal, organisasi sosial dan tingkah laku sosial. Ia dibahagikan kepada tiga bahagian utama. Bahagian pertama membincangkan tentang konsep dan komponen ekosistem seperti biotik, abiotik dan budaya. Bahagian kedua, perbincangan ditumpukan kepada pendekatan teoritis seperti ekologi manusia, ekologi budaya dan teori risiko. Bahagian ketiga membincangkan isu yang berkaitan dengan hubungan masyarakat dengan alam sekitar seperti pertanian dan industri mapan, gerakan sosial, ekonomi, migrasi, pemanasan global dan globalisasi.

 This course is designed to enable students to understand the reciprocal interactions between the physical environment, social organization, and social behavior. The course is divided into three parts. The first part discusses the concept of ecosystem and its components such as biotic, abiotic and culture. The second part concentrates on theoritical approaches such as human ecology, cultural ecology and risk theory. The third part discusses some issues related to societal-environmental relations such as sustainable agriculture and industry, social movements, economy, migration, global warming and globalization.