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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: 5

Average GPA: 3.44 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 36.86%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Mark V Barrow202459.6%32.1%4.8%2.1%1.4%0.0%3.454
Melanie A Kiechle201945.2%48.4%6.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.411

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W