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Course ID:	HIST 3160H. 3 hours.
Course Title:	American Environmental History (Honors)
Course Description:	The history of Americans' interaction with the environment, from the Ice Age to the present day. Topics include native and colonial American land use, the rise of industrial capitalism, nature and the Civil War, Progressive conservation, and the postwar environmental movement.
Athena Title:	AMER ENVIRON HIST
Equivalent Courses:	Not open to students with credit in HIST 3160
Nontraditional Format:	This course differs from the non-Honors version by requiring more intense reading (full-length, graduate-level books), more writing (longer reading analyses and a longer final paper), and more discussion (20 per cent of the final grade is based on discussion).
Prerequisite:	Permission of Honors
Grading System:	A-F (Traditional)

Syllabus: No Syllabus Available