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HIST-3144: American Environmental History

Description: Explores interactions between Americans and the environment from the time of European contact to the recent past. Traces the sometimes unexpected ways in which nature has shaped history, humans have altered the natural world, environmental attitudes have evolved, and environmental inequalities have arisen.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 22

Average GPA: 3.28 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.59%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.77%

Mark V Barrow202343.0%44.0%9.9%1.4%1.4%0.5%3.246
Marcy H Schnitzer201370.2%13.6%3.9%1.0%10.1%1.2%3.325
Melanie A Kiechle201946.1%38.4%7.6%1.5%4.8%1.7%3.225
David C Tomblin200851.9%34.0%8.7%1.8%3.5%0.0%3.232
Benjamin R Cohen200545.1%43.0%11.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.322
Abraham H Gibson201557.8%35.1%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.452

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