| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:35am-10:25am | MWF | Math & Science Center - N304 | Patrick Allitt. | HSC. | 4 | 12934 | TBA. |
Content: The history of the human interaction with animals, plants, and the landscape since the first European settlement of the Americas. The first half of the course will consider how farming, forestry, gold-rushes, industry, and irrigation transformed the landscape and brought to an end the American Indians’ way of life. The second half will study the rise of the environmental movement in America after World War II and the great controversies of recent decades, including population, pollution, global climate change, urban sprawl, and deep ecology.
Required Texts: Jared Diamond, Collapseu; Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire; Francis Parkman, The Oregon Trail; Michael Pollan, Botany of Desire; John Wesley Powell, The Exploration of the Colorado; Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter; Philip Shabecoff, A Fierce Green Fire; and others
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