HSCI3244
HSCI 3244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment (3 Cr.) Environment, Historical Perspectives
History of Science & Technology (11142)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
HSCI 3244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment (3 Cr.) Environment, Historical Perspectives
Course description
We examine environmental ideas, sustainability, conservation history; critique of the human impact on nature; empire and power in the Anthropocene; how the science of ecology has developed; and modern environmental movements around the globe. Case studies include repatriation of endangered species; ecology and evolutionary theory; ecology of disease; and climate change.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
00421
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Historical Perspectives, The Environment
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall