HL 226 - Society and the Environment:The American Experience

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

Students in this course will explore the way that humans have interacted with their environment in what is now the United States from pre-colonial contact to the present day. We will explore two great questions in a number of different times and places, seeking answers that should inform our interaction with the environment today. How and why has society shaped the American environment, and how and why has that environment shaped our social, cultural, economic, and political lives? Finally, we will look at ourselves looking at our interaction with the environment in our focus on the emerging environmental movement of the twentieth century. Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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