LITERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: SPEAKING FOR NATURE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore, junior, or senior standing only Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Literature Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major forms, techniques, social conditions, values, and genres in relation to the environments we live in. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discern and integrate divergent and contradictory perspectives, identify and question assumptions, and assess evidence and methods. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Generate original ideas and texts, experimenting and taking risks, solving problems, and answering questions in a range of genres and media. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Write original, coherent, and compelling arguments that push beyond summary to analysis and independent and critical thinking in clear prose. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop empathy by learning about the experiences of others, and to gain an understanding of how we participate in communities (including the classroom) and the public sphere. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of major forms, techniques, social conditions, values, and genres in relation to the environments we live in. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Discern and integrate divergent and contradictory perspectives, identify and question assumptions, and assess evidence and methods. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Generate original ideas and texts, experimenting and taking risks, solving problems, and answering questions in a range of genres and media. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Write original, coherent, and compelling arguments that push beyond summary to analysis and independent and critical thinking in clear prose. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop empathy by learning about the experiences of others, and to gain an understanding of how we participate in communities (including the classroom) and the public sphere. Audience: Undergraduate