Environmental Studies 257 - Hist/Envir Change/Public Hlth

An introduction to interdisciplinary research methods in history, social science, and the digital humanities, using conceptions of nature, environmental change, and public health as themes for investigation. Topics include the collection, organization, and analysis of information from databases, printed materials, and research notes, as well as bibliographic management. Computer-assisted analysis of textual information and GIS will be introduced to study agricultural change, industrialization, urbanization, and their impacts on public health during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Europe and the United States.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors