2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HS 343 - American Environmental History

(3.00 cr.)

Explores the changing relationship between people and the natural world from the colonial period to the present in the region that became the United States. The physical environment shaped the development of American culture even as different groups of Americans transformed that environment. Topics include Native American ideas about the natural world, European transformations of the environment, the rise of capitalism and its environmental consequences, water the West, the development of an environmental movement, and current debates about the natural world and our place in it.

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course.
Restrictions: Closed to student with catalogue year 2022-2023 or beyond.

Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IES/IU



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