ENV210 Environmental History

A dynamic of how the natural environment impacts cultural development and how cultural perceptions impact nature. Primary components include: (1) The evolution of how humans have viewed themselves in relation to the American environment. With the assumption that wilderness was a basic ingredient of American culture, it will examine the changing attitudes toward wilderness in the country's cultural development and how these attitudes translated into environmental impacts. (2) The experiential component of the class will require students to learn how to write local environmental history. They will learn to solve the mysteries involved in researching the environmental components of local history. ES