— Business, Biomes & Knowledge: Latin American Environmental History

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Introduction to the geography, political ecology, environmental movements of Latin America and the Caribbean, regional biomes, commodity markets, and the relationships between non-human ecosystems and Latin American societies. Development of extractive processes, land law, agricultural practices, scientific knowledge, and environmental conservation in neotropical forests, Sonoran Desert, the Amazon, Andes and Pampas, among other ecologies. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Project. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Project. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); World Cultures (WC); Writing Experience (WE).