Environmental Communication

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course explores the growing field of environmental communication as practiced in professional environments. It examines the role of media, communication, and rhetoric in raising awareness about environmental and sustainability issues. Students discuss how different forms of media impact our ability to address environmental problems and the role communication and rhetoric play in contemporary environmental activism, science communication, environmental journalism, public relations, political communications, and the promotion of sustainable behaviour. It draws on diverse approaches to identify potential best practices for communicating about environmental issues with a variety of target audiences through different media. Requisite Courses: Any section of Academic Writing or exemption from the writing requirement and completion of 24 credit hours [prerequisite(s)].