Jul 01, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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HIST 3060 - American Environmental History
A survey of the evolution, from 1492 to the present, of American attitudes toward and interactions with the natural world, including such topics as the Columbian Exchange, romanticism, the Western frontier, conservation, the “land ethic,” and environmental policy in the 1960s and 1970s.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Student’s work will reflect an understanding of the intellectual, political, economic, social, and cultural history of the United States.
- Students will become critical readers of both primary and secondary sources.
- Students will master the formal styles of writing, argumentation, and presentation that historians use in their work.
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