| Course ID: | ANTH 3090. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Past Peoples, Present Climates |
Course
Description: | This course is about past human-environmental relationships and what they may mean for the present day. Students learn how humans changed their natural environments in the past, how past peoples reacted to resulting social, cultural, and climatic changes, and how this may inform on current environmental problems. |
| Oasis Title: | Past Peoples, Present Climates |
| Prerequisite: | ANTH 1102 or ANTH 1102E or ANTH 2120H or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will be able to:
1) cogently discuss historical ecology approaches and perspectives to understanding past humans;
2) describe how people in the past impacted their environments;
3) explain past social and cultural changes in relation to human and non-human climatic and environmental change; and
4) use this information to suggest applications to modern environmental issues. |
| Topical Outline: | 1) Overview of Historical Ecology
2) Historical Ecology Perspectives
3) Climate Change and the Anthropocene
4) Cultural Landscapes
5) Technology and Intensified Environments
6) Environmental Reflections on Society
7) Environment and Socio-Political Collapses
8) Applications for Today |