AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Survey of interactions among people and natural environments from before European colonization to present. Equal attention to problems of ecological change, human ideas, and uses of nature and history of conservation and environmental public policy.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing or 3 credits in HISTORY, GEOG or ENVIR ST Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the basic questions posed by environmental history as a field and method for doing historical scholarship. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Evaluate the continuities and shifts between environmental politics, in relation to social and economic and racial formations and material conditions in U.S. history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate effectively about the relevance of the past to the environmental present through argumentative writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess foundational work in the historiography on environmental history. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the basic questions posed by environmental history as a field and method for doing historical scholarship. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Evaluate the continuities and shifts between environmental politics, in relation to social and economic and racial formations and material conditions in U.S. history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate effectively about the relevance of the past to the environmental present through argumentative writing. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Assess foundational work in the historiography on environmental history. Audience: Graduate
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- AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY · 4 credits.