HIST 1400 - American Environmental History
3 Credits
This 100% on-line lecture course examines the interaction between humans and the natural world in the United States from the ice age to the present. The course considers such diverse topics as the industrialization and urban growth on the environment, the emergence of ecology and green politics, and creation of the idea of Nature in American culture. Students will be expected to develop a historical understanding of the major themes of American environmental history; relationships between humanctivity and pollution, emergence of reform movements and environmental regulations, relationships between increasing urban growth and increasing environmental concern, and the rise of environmental politics in both local and national settings.
Learning Outcomes
Identify the role of women in environmental organizations and grassroots movements. Identify important historical environmental themes relating to North America. Analyze the complex nature of governmental (local, state and federal) involvement in environmental and natural resource regulation. Discuss the significance of the western frontier, including patterns of settlement to environmental history. Defend a position on whether Native American cultures did or did not embrace an environmental ethic. Discuss how John Muir and Gifford Pinchot’s views on natural resources conflicted and how each is significant in the US today. Discuss the roles that science and technology have played in environmental history.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci 10 - People/Environment
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