ENVIR ST/HISTORY 369
4-week session | May 26–June 19
3 credits
Online course
Instructor
Elizabeth Hennessy
Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies
elizabeth.hennessy@wisc.edu
Course Description
This class will make you think differently about history. Animals are everywhere in human history, but are rarely credited as important historical players. But animals are at center stage in this class. Why?
For one, humans are not the only beings who inhabit the Earth. And secondly, animals have profoundly shaped the course of human history. Quite simply, we wouldn’t be the same people or societies without them.
We’ll learn about animals in agriculture and our diets; wildlife, zoos, and conservation; and pets and what identification with animals — like Bucky — can tell us about the nature of human societies.
Fulfills Environmental Studies
Theme
UW Designations
Intermediate
Humanities or Social Science
