ESCI 4214 - Global Ecosystems: Human Dimensions and Environmental Dynamics

This multi-disciplinary course surveys the history and prehistory of human ecological dynamics, drawing on geology, geography, and ecology to understand the interrelationships between global climates, global ecosystems, and their human inhabitants. Topics include: climatic change and its impacts on biological systems, peopling of new landscapes, anthropogenic vegetation change, extinctions, desertification, invasive species interactions, and changes in human subsistence.

Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): ESCI 1101 or ESCI 1501 or permission of instructor
Cross-listed Course(s): ESCI 5214

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