HIST256

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HIST256

History of the Environmental Sciences HIST256 FA

Crosslistings: SISP256

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	49	11	Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

The course treats the history of the sciences of the earth and environment from classical times to the plate tectonics and geospace physics of the late twentieth century. Topics include: Early cosmogonies and cosmologies; the nature of hierarchically ordered space; the role of change played by heat, water and time; the Great Scale of Being; teleology in Nature; the introduction and use of mathematics and the physical sciences in geology and biology; international cooperation in the geosciences; the discovery of the unknown (new worlds, polar regions, "space"); human response to boundary limits; environmental bonanzas and tragedies; "Big Science".

MAJOR READINGS

Plato, TIMAEUS
Peter Bowler, HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
The rest to be announced.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

A midterm, a paper and a final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Gillmor, C; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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