2022 Fall

ESPM C22AC 001 - LEC 001

Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California

Scott L Stephens, Kent G Lightfoot

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022

Mo, We, Fr

11:00 am - 11:59 am

Lewis 100

Class #:27283

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -9

Enrolled: 111

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 102

Waitlist Max: 0

Open Reserved Seats:0

Also offered as: ANTHRO C12AC

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Final Exam

MON, DECEMBER 12TH

11:30 am - 02:30 pm

Lewis 100

Other classes by Scott L Stephens

ANTHRO C12AC 001 001LEC

+ 1 Independent Study

ESPM 299 070 070IND

Other classes by Kent G Lightfoot

The course presents a diachronic perspective on human-fire interactions with local ecosystems in California that spans over 10,000 years. The course will provide an historical perspective on human-fire interactions at the landscape scale using a diverse range of data sources drawn from the fields of fire ecology, biology, history, anthropology, and archaeology. An important component includes examining how diverse cultures and ethnicity influenced how people perceived and used fire at the landscape scale in ancient, historical and modern times. The implications of these diverse fire practices and policies will be analyzed and the consequences they have had for transforming habitats and propagating catastrophic fires will be explored.