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HIST 537 American Environmental History


The history of the United States has in dramatic ways been a history of its inhabitants’ relationships with the natural world. This course will examine how Americans, from the pre-Columbian period to the present, have perceived the natural world and acted on it and how that natural world has acted on them.

Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Irregular Schedule (in-person/hybrid, hyflex, or online)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - HIST 416  
Course History -
Change to course rotation 2/2019, effective Fall 2019; number change 10/14, effective Winter 2015; Graduate Credit 10/2011, effective Winter 2012


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