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ESS271

Environmental History

Environmental Studies College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ESS

Course Number

271

Status

Active

Course Attributes

CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMES: Major-Environment Sci Elective, EMEV: Major-Env Stu/Sustain Elective, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies

Course Short Title

Environmental History

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Explores some of the major issues in the history of human interaction with and concern for the environment, from ancient times to today. Examines changing notions of "nature" and "wilderness"; key moments in the history of human impact on the environment and in the history of ecology; and the origins and development of modern environmentalist movements.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Equivalent Course(s)

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