AMST 2375

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AMST 2375
US Climate Catastrophes: Rethinking US History through the Climate

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

How does our understanding of the current climate emergency change when we examine the past with an environmental lens? In this course, we will think of US history through climate catastrophes, human-made and naturally occurring, to consider how humans and the environment have interacted with each other over time and to reconsider how that relationship has changed within a US context. Rather than focus on the traditional turning points of the US, such as wars or presidents, we will look at the California Gold Rush, the use of DDT, the building of the Oahe Dam, the Love Canal, and 21st-century hurricanes.


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Distribution Category (HST-AS) (HA-AG)

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2371

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18811 AMST 2375   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall G26
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18812 AMST 2375   IND 601

  •  
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Suarez, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies