2022 Fall

ESPM C22AC 104 - DIS 104

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

Corrina Munger

Aug 24, 2022 - Dec 09, 2022

08:00 am - 08:59 am

Social Sciences Building 136

Class #:27287

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -2

Enrolled: 15

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 13

Waitlist Max: 7

No Reserved Seats

Also offered as: ANTHRO C12AC, ESPM C22AC

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.

Other classes by Corrina Munger

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.