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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2014
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COLL 139 001 (CRN: 22918)
THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIETIES
Long Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIETIES (BAKER)
Department: College Courses
Instructor: Bhattacharya, Prateek
Meeting: 7:00PM - 7:50PM W (13-JAN-2014 - 25-APR-2014)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Type: Lecture
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 1
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 3-MAY-2024 10:10PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: The course will examine the theory of environmental determinism, focusing on the role of geography in the rise and fall of historical civilizations. Students will read and evaluate excerpts from Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, and scholarly articles by prominent cultural evolutionists.