ESE 293

Fall 2017

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The Anthropocene
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 293. See ENGL 293.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
68395
Lecture-Discussion
S
2:00PM -3:15PM
TR
144 Armory
Wood, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/28/17-12/13/17
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The term “Anthropocene” translates as “The Age of Humans” and has been widely adopted in academia and the media to describe the increasing dominance of human civilizations over Earth’s natural systems since the Industrial Revolution, and most dramatically since 1950. This most recent period, when the corrosive human impact on our planet’s water, land, and climate systems, and its animal species, has multiplied exponentially, is only the latest, most dramatic chapter in a history of human planetary engineering that reaches back at least to the invention of agriculture 8000 years ago. This course introduces students to the essential political, cultural and technological history of ever-expanding human footprint of the Anthropocene, and to its urgent ramifications for us today. We, as citizens of the Anthropocene Age, face decisions on issues ranging from energy to agriculture to urban design that will directly impact the quality—even viability—of life for future human generations.
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