Overview
Description
Survey of important environmental texts, e.g., Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Octavia Butler. How such literature changes consciousness and influences policy.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- CO1 & CO3 completed
- or equivalent
ENG 102
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): CO1 & CO3 completed (ENG 102;or equivalent).
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Core
CO12, CO13
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- describe and analyze challenging ethical issues such as climate change, sustainability, environmental impacts of globalization, biodiversity, and ecological restoration.
- critically examine how social positions impact competing ethical claims and positions within environmental movements.
- identify and summarize current challenges, opportunities, and trends that exist in conversations on environmentalism.
- articulate various ways literary texts represent environmental conditions and contribute to critical debates or theories relevant to environmental movements.
- communicate their position on an environmental issue citing theories and literature.