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This Land is Your Land: A Survey of American Environmental History

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
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TBA
Nantucket 3 $1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)
Date
-
Time
TBA
Location
Nantucket
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1398 (guest students)
$1584 (current students)

Description

From the Dust Bowl to current global climate change, from Hoover Dam to acid rain, from the 1927 Mississippi flood to Hurricane Katrina, from Native American agriculture to the recent Farm Bill, this class studies how people have used and changed the North American environment from the colonial era to the present. Through discussion exams, and essays, students will master historical material and build skills in document analysis and written argument.

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details