History of Environmental Sciences

(4 Credits)

This course traces the history of environmental sciences such as ecology and climatology from the turn of the 20th century to current affairs. The global history of environmental concern stays at the center of this course, which discusses environmental worries in the British, German, Scandinavian, African and American colonial contexts. The chief focus will be on U.S. experience in trying to deal with organizing nature, environmental preservation and conservation, population growth, environmental design and climatic change. Various ecological, climatological and colonial understandings of human philosophy, race, gender, religion, architecture, politics, and economy will be subject to critical discussion.