2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

HI 213 Hurricanes, Wildfires & Pandemics

In this course, students will develop the tools to contextualize catastrophic events in a global framework. Together, we will discuss and analyze a variety of case studies; from the Bronze Age Collapse and the Justinian Plague to more contemporary events like Hurricane Katrina, the Australian wildfires, and COVID-19.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Students must have taken HI 100 or HI 102 or HI 110 or HI 115