Environment and Society

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 11.122, Environment and Society.  The course examines the effects of industrialization on the environment and society and the regulatory response to these changes. Projects produced by students in the course, including a study of the environmental impact of the Boston Marathon, are included. The site also provides a syllabus, calendar, references for readings, and assignments.  The production and distribution of this resource is part of MIT OpenCourseWare, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate and graduate-level courses online and make them freely accessible.