SEA 3710 - Marine Environmental History

(CA-AG, LA-AG) (CU-ITL)

Fall, Spring, Summer (not offered every year). 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Corequisite: Refer to SEA Semester program descriptions at www.sea.edu. Offered in Woods Hole, MA and at sea.

SEA faculty.

Employ methods and sources of historians and social scientists. Examine the role of human societies in coastal and open ocean environmental change. Issues include resource conservation, overfishing, pollution, invasive species, and climate change.

Outcome 1: Students are guided to source materials for research on both the natural environment and human actions upon it; on the cruise we interact with local people, including government officials to discuss management strategies and points of view.