SS 392 - Special Topic: Environmental Geography & Anthropology of North America

Institution:

Clarkson University

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Description:

This course will provide a historically and geographically comparative view of the changing relationships between humans and the natural environmental in North America. Case studies of natural resource use and landscape management in both the US and Canada will be shown to students so that they can assess how different socio-cultural factors can affect different nation's perceptions of their natural environment. The course will also provide an option field study component in which students will travel to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (PEI) in order to investigate the history of North Atlantic fisheries, as well as the cultural and economic consequences of their decline. The optional field study is designed to engage students in interaction with people who have worked with natural resources for centuries and ultimately to rectify the historical and geographical information they were exposed to over the course of the semester.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.clarkson.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 268-6400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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