Spring 2017  |  ENGL 3501 Section 001: Public Discourse: Coming to Terms With the Environment (52179)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017
Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Vincent Hall 2
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Analysis of literary texts about environmental issues. Issues of language and meaning, social and historical contexts, scientific, technological, and public policy concerns, and appropriate societal responses. Active learning components. Formal and informal writing assignments.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?licht003+ENGL3501+Spring2017
Class Description:
This course explores significant environmental issues (environmental justice, toxic chemicals, and climate change) through the analysis of texts from diverse literary genres. It focuses as much on issues of language and meaning as it does on the subjects these texts concern. Students examine the formal dimensions of these texts, as well as their social and historical contexts. In addition, students are introduced to the underlying scientific principles, the limitations of technologies, and the public policy aspects of each of these issues, in order to judge what constitutes an appropriate response to them. Students also learn how to identify and evaluate credible information concerning the environment. This course meets the Literature Core and Environment Theme Liberal Education requirements.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52179/1173
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 October 2016

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