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SUST-310 Global Environmental History

3 Credits

  • SUST-310-01

    Monday

    2:00 pm – 4:50 pm

    North Hall, 108

  • SUST-310-02

    Wednesday

    5:00 pm – 7:50 pm

    North Hall, 307

Global Environment History is a one-semester survey of the history of human-environment relationships form the emergence of the Homo genus in the Paleolithic Age to the established consequences of the Anthropecene at the end of the twentieth century. Students assess current sustainability challenges such as global climate change, food security, and water scarcity in historical perspective, examine the roles of Hunter-Gatherers in manipulating ecosystems, the ecological consequences of the transition from hunter-gatherer society to agriculture, and the ecological consequences of the transition from agriculture to industry.