Class Detail

Familiarizes undergraduates with environmental history as a discipline, as well as introduce them to the early modern period and the Atlantic World as a region of study by focusing on themes such as climate shifts and crises, the spread of epidemic disease, and the relationship between the environment and colonialism. Course does not assume previous experience with history courses and is intended to be a broad survey encompassing several regions of study. It is arranged both thematically and geographically and emphasizes environmental change throughout the early modern period to give a broad geographical overview of major environmental topics during the 15th through 18th centuries.

From the Instructor: The purpose of this course is to familiarize undergraduate students with environmental history as a discipline, as well as introduce them to the early modern period and the Atlantic World as a region of study by focusing on themes such as climate shifts and crises, the spread of epidemic disease, and the relationship between the environment and colonialism. This course does not assume previous experience with history courses and is intended to be a broad survey that encompasses several major regions of study. The course is arranged both thematically and geographically and emphasizes environmental change in the context of the eastern and southern coasts of the United States, the Caribbean, central and southeastern Mexico, Brazil, West Africa, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe throughout the early modern period to give a broad geographical overview of major environmental topics during the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries.

Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
MW 01:00PM-04:30PM	J Baskin Engr 165	Milton,P.	07/25/22 - 08/26/22