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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2027
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ENST 204 001 (CRN: 26859)
QUEER ECOLOGIES
Long Title: QUEER ECOLOGIES
Department: Environmental Studies
Instructor: Potts, Rebecca
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 3:31AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course will introduce students to queer ecology, where the study of gender and sexuality intersects with environmental studies. Students will learn to define and deconstruct the words that naturalize critical cultural, political, and environmental categories such as human, biological, queer, trans, animal, natural, toxic, pure and deviant. Through analysis of case studies from ecology, environmental history, infrastructure, and popular culture, we will explore the co-importance of queer ecology to our understanding of biology, race, colonialism, economics, futurity, (dis)ability, and other topics.