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Course Catalog

Wisconsin's People and Environment

This course examines the interaction between Wisconsin's people and their environment through time. Special attention is paid to how the environment has been exploited and modified by human activity. Tops include the Fur Trade, logging era, mining, transportation, water resources, agriculture, and climate change. The course begins with an overview of Wisconsin's environment prior to Euro-American settlement, as reconstructed from the geological and ecological records.

Grade Basis: Letter Grade
Credits: 4.0