History (HIST) - Survival: People and Nature in Northern North America to the Industrial Era
HIST 2166 Survival: People and Nature in Northern North America to the Industrial Era
Prerequisites:
Six credits of History at the 1000 level or 24 credits completed.
Antirequisites:
HIST 2275, HIST 3275, HIST 3277
Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.
Credits:
3
Description:
Students consider how, since the last ice age, people in northern North America/Turtle Island have shaped nature in order to ensure their survival, and ways in which nature has shaped the variety of societies existing in this place. This course considers history of key human-nature interactions -- from hunting, fishing, and farming to industrialization - - and their development. Students gain an understanding of the fundamental environmental bases of Canada.