Spring Course - Boulder Apple Tree Project History Course!

Environmental History in Action
HIST 2326-001  (Listed as "Issues in US Society & Culture" Professor Brackett Hogstad)

How can you use history to help answer local needs and preserve community stories in the face of urban growth and climate change?  

Join the Boulder Apple Tree Project in researching the history of Boulder's historic apple trees to inform planning and preservation decisions around local agriculture.

In this course, you will gain qualitative, interdisciplinary skills conducting interviews and archival research, on topics such as gender, animals, agriculture, and water. Students will share their findings with community stakeholders and CU scholars at a public symposium. The course fulfills the general humanities requirement. MWF 11:00-11:50. Spring 2020.  

Open to students of all disciplines. No history experience necessary.