Topics in Environmental History

3 units

This course is intended to be an introduction to the study of environmental history. The semester begins with a general inquiry into the methods of the field and then we will use what we have learned to move into a focused sub-topic. Readings will include seminal works in the field, as well as philosophical, scientific, and science fiction texts that will help us to explore more abstract questions dealing with the relationship between humankind and the natural world.