HIST 2431 - World Environmental History

Institution:

Northern Oklahoma College

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Description:

World Environmental History is designed to enrich the student's understanding of environmental changes throughout history. The course begins with a description of the world as it existed at the end of the last ice age and chronologically comes forward to the present day. Topics included are the desertification of North Africa, the rising level of the Black Sea, the disappearance of the Aral Sea, the Dust Bowl of North America, the man-created disasters of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, Love Canal and the controversy of global warming.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.north-ok.edu

Phone Number:

(580) 628-6200

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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