HIST 1060 Modern Global Environmental History

4 semester hours

A course in global history with a particular focus on environmental history, exploring how humans, animals, natural forces, and science and technology have shaped the environment; the ways in which historical developments such as migration, empire, trade, industrialization, and urbanization have affected humans’ relationships with nature; and how the environment has affected historical developments.

HIST Concentrations: Global Economies, Encounters, and Exchange; Environment, Science, and Technology.

University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Historical Analysis and Perspectives.