Climate and History
Explores the role of climate in history, from the emergence of homo sapiens to recent anthropogenic climate change. Major topics include the social impact of climate variability, sources of resilience, origins of scientific knowledge, and the use of historical knowledge in the present.
Prerequisites: Department Consent Required.
Outcomes: Students will analyze examples of climate shaping history, learn different ways that scholars have treated this relationship, and reflect on how this knowledge might be useful today.
Prerequisites: Department Consent Required.
Outcomes: Students will analyze examples of climate shaping history, learn different ways that scholars have treated this relationship, and reflect on how this knowledge might be useful today.