SCHC 354 H0A 23630

EngLit, Humanities, BeyondClRoom, AIU

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We will read a selection of the great British and American nature writers, while, at the same time, we will workshop our own writing about the natural environment. An elements of this course involves researching an environmental issue, problem, or organization and writing an informative and engaging article to help others understand more about it. In another assignment, students will each choose a non-profit organization that works on behalf of conserving or enhancing natural habitat, solving an environmental problem, or helping animals in the wild. They will then write an advocacy piece to aid that organization in meeting their goals. Several field trips to local sites will be scheduled at mutually agreeable times. This course will be of interest not only to Environmental Science/ Studies majors, but to those majoring in English, Biological Science, Geological Sciences, Sociology, Film and Media Studies, Communications, Political Science, Advertising, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Education, History, Journalism, Marine Science, Marketing, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Theatre, and Visual Communications. Our textbook will be The Norton Book of Nature Writing and our own imaginations.