ANTH 260
The Whale
Fall 2017
Division II
Cross-listed
ENVI 260 / SCST 260
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
Between the 1950s and 1970s, public attitudes toward whales and dolphins underwent a remarkable transformation. Once the target of a rapacious global industry, whales now (mostly) enjoy protection from commercial exploitation and occupy the position of global environmental icon. A key figure in the industrial revolution as well as in the emergence of environmental consciousness in North America, whales provide a touchstone for examining the environmental imaginations of diverse peoples and institutions across time and space. This course traces the history of the human-whale relationship from the eighteenth century onward in North America and concludes with an in-depth discussion of whales’ current place in the law, culture, and politics of a globalizing world.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1617
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 1617
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
several shorter writing assignments and a final project
Prerequisites:
ENVI 101 or permission of instructor
Enrollment Preferences:
Environmental Studies majors and concentrators
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 260 Division II ANTH 260 Division II SCST 260 Division II
ENVI 260 Division II ANTH 260 Division II SCST 260 Division II
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ANTH 260 - 01 (F) SEM The Whale
ANTH 260 - 01 (F) SEM The WhaleDivision IILes E. BeldoMR 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Class of '66 Env Ctr Room 1041617
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