Spring 2023  |  WRIT 3315 Section 001: Writing on Issues of Land and the Environment (53567)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Enrollment Requirements:
soph or jr or sr
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/17/2023 - 05/01/2023
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 223
Enrollment Status:
Closed (24 of 24 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course explores how written texts help shape understandings of the land in the U.S. Students read and analyze historical texts that have contributed to colonialist understandings of nature and the land. Students will study how the rhetorical strategies of such texts helped to form exploitive relations with the land and enact violence against indigenous peoples. Historical and current texts written by native peoples provide a counter-narrative to the myth of progress. Emphasis in the course is placed on analyzing texts with an eye toward setting the ground for conversations aimed at achieving sustainability and justice. Students will also study how written texts are composed within material contexts that contribute to their understanding.
Class Description:
In this course, students read and write about how U.S. land and the environment have been treated in written texts. The course is based in discussion of major written texts that helped to form ideas about land and the environment in the U.S.. Particular emphasis is placed on Native American peoples and the alternatives provided by their writing and points of view. The rise of the conservation movement and urbanization of U.S. space is another strand. Students should expect to read and discuss the texts assigned.Student writing also plays a major role in the course. Major work in the course includes a digital media/writing project, two papers, and regular Moodle Forum posts.
Grading:
15% Midterm Exam
60% Reports/Papers
15% Written Homework
5% Reflection Papers Other Grading Information: Percentages above are approximate.
Class Format:
15% Lecture
50% Discussion
30% Small Group Activities
5% Student Presentations
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
14 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/53567/1233
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 November 2013

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