HIST 313 - Wilderness in America

Course focuses on specialized historic concepts while tracing the history of wilderness on American public lands, beginning in the 1600s to the establishment of the federal wilderness preservation system in 1964. Students read history, literature and science and come to understand difficult and sometimes unfamiliar issues in managing wilderness areas today.

Credits: 3

Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3 -0)

Prerequisites: (COMP 150 OR one CO2 course OR FLC Writing Placement Score 250) AND one HI1 course [Details: CO2 course list: COMP 250, COMP 252, COMP 253, ENGL 268, SOC 210] [Details: HI1 course list: HIST 150, HIST 151, HIST 160, HIST 181, HIST 261, HIST 270, HIST 271, HIST 280, HIST 281, NAIS 123]