Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course explores the notion of the Anthropocene, the idea that the Earth has been significantly and permanently altered by human activity. Through the lens of environmental history, the course examines the material, social, political, and conceptual technologies used to relate and manipulate environments over the last 12 000 years. EXCLUSIONS: HSTC 3210.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Seminar