MAKING THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

ARTHIST/ENVIRST/GEOG/HISTORY/LANDARC 239

Course Description

Traces the history and evolution of the American cultural landscape from precolonial times to present. Explores how class, ethnic, and racial inequality have shaped the appearance of the American landscape over time, and how that landscape in turn has affected relationships between people and groups through the present day. Examines extraordinary things (civic structures (like our State Capitol), National Parks, War Memorials) and more ordinary kinds of places (mining towns, cotton plantations, sites of recreation and leisure, and suburban tract housing) to stimulate critical thinking about how these places have served people and groups unequally and disproportionately over time and across space. Considers complex meanings of American spaces and places to different people and groups, stimulating empathy and encouraging participation in a multicultural society.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

2.56

No change from Historical

Completion Rate

99.28%

No change from Historical

A Rate

40.29%

No change from Historical

Class Size

139

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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