[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 03, 2024  
[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LBS 320 - Investigating National Parks: An Interdisciplinary Study of America's Best Idea

3 credits
Prerequisite(s): ENG 122  
This course will investigate the history, purpose, and environmentalism behind "America's Best Idea": the national parks system. Through investigating three significant regions and related national parks, students will consider the following questions: how were specific parks developed, and why? Who inhabited the parks before they were public lands? What impact have national parks had on indigenous peoples? How have writers and artists engaged with and responded to specific parks?