HSTAS 321 A: Environmental History of China: From the Birth of the Yangtze River to the Building of the Three Gorges Dam

Summer 2025 Full-term
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Meeting:
MW 9:40am - 11:50am / CMU 228
SLN:
14214
Section Type:
Lecture
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HSTAS 321 A

Trace Chinese history through environmental change to the twenty-first century. 

Course Requirements and Assignments

Participation: 15% 

Weekly Assignments: 25% 

Midterm Exam (ID): 10% 

Final Exam (ID or alternative format, e.g., zine/podcast): 15% 

Research Paper (1500-2000 words) : 25%

Oral Exam on the Research Paper ( 10 minutes) : 10%

There’s no required textbook for this course.

Syllabus

Catalog Description:
Surveys key environmental changes in China's historical development on a global scale, from the geological formation of the Yangtze River to completion of the Three Gorges Dam in 2003. Topics include energy regimes, climate change, waste management, urbanization, soundscapes, agricultural practices, multispecies relations, timber trade, colonialism, ecological economics, and their entanglements with pressing socio-political and cultural rifts.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 17, 2025 - 11:57 pm