HSCI5244

HSCI 5244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment (3 Cr.)

History of Science & Technology (11142) TIOT - College of Science and Engineering

HSCI 5244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment (3 Cr.)

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

Requirements

001186

Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:

00421

Typically offered term(s)

Every Fall