NEW COURSE - Spring 2020
Meets the E (Environment) and CA3 (Science) Gen Ed Requirements
The Human Epoch: Living in the Anthropocene
GSCI 1000E
3 Credits
Tue/Thu 3:00-4:30PM
MCHU 205
Contact Professor Robert M. Thorson
robert.thorson@uconn.edu
Humans have become the dominant agency shaping the climates, ecosystems, landscapes, and waters
of planet Earth. This potency requires the creation of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. It
provides a novel, useful, and reassuring vantage point for examining critical environmental issues such
as sustainability, resource use, human population, and mass extinction. Knowing how the earth works
and what its history has been puts all other academic disciplines into their proper perspective.
For more information, contact: Robert Thorson at robert.thorson@uconn.edu