Summer Session

HIS 302: Environmental History

Undergraduate 3 credits

Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

DEC: H SBC: STAS

An exploration of human-caused transformations in natural environments and in ideas about nature from prehistory to the present. Examining topics from agriculture and deforestation in classical antiquity to the Columbian encounter, from problems of environmental management in imperial India to the emergence of environmentalism as a global movement today, the course focuses on case studies from several regions, including the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, New England, and South Asia.