HIS 1700 - Nature and Society

Credits: 3

Description: This course surveys the past using a “Big History” approach to time scales, beginning with the universe’s origins and ending with the current global environmental crisis. Students explore how humans have shaped the environment and how the environment has shaped human history. This course employs a world systems approach to help students analyze how humans have responded to environmental changes over time and consider how history can inform us about present environmental challenges.

General Studies: Historical, Global Diversity

Guaranteed Transfer: GT-HI1