HIS310 Environmental History

A dynamic of how the natural environment has affected cultural development and how cultural perceptions have affected 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 examines 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 requires students to write environmental history. Students learn to solve the mysteries involved in researching the environmental components of local history. ES