LI 405 - Reading and Writing the Environment

Credits: 4 credits

Students read contemporary texts that may be informational and/or personal and address current environmental issues such as landscape sustainability, overpopulation, environmental justice and sociology, farming practices, climate change, environmental degradation, environmental health, energy sustainability, pollution, waste and recycling, resource depletion, and conservation. Students research, analyze, and respond to those texts with effective writing that may be argumentative, informational, exploratory, and/or narrative. Students gain a fuller understanding of the complexity of environmental studies as they also explore how best to engage others through both writing and verbal communication.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Restrictions: Junior standing and one 300-level Literature course or SC 320, SC 392, IN 326.