Environmental Literature and Culture

5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

(Same as English M30.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: English Composition 3, 3D, or 3DX. Introduction to core themes, questions, and methods within interdisciplinary field of environmental humanities. Examination of how different culture forms (e.g., fiction, journalism, poetry, visual art) represent environmental issues. Topics may include biodiversity, wilderness, food, urban ecologies, postcolonial ecologies, environmental justice, and climate change. P/NP or letter grading.