ES 320 - Classic Writings on the EL320 Environment

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Mitchell College

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Description:

3 credit Elective Writing (W) Course (anticipated 2010) Prerequisites: EL 101; EL 102; BI 143 or BI 105; ES 101 and Junior standing (or permission of the instructor) This course, taught in conjunction with the English Department, will explore environmental issues through classic writings in the environmental field. Potential readings might include the following: Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire; Henry Beston, The Outermost House; Hal Borland, Sundial of the Seasons; Rachel Carson, Silent Spring; Willa Cather, Plains Song; Barry Commoner, The Closing Circle; Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek; Buckminster Fuller, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth; Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons";Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac; Eliot Porter, In Wildness is the Preservation of the World; John & Mildred Teal, Life and Death of the Salt Marsh; Henry David Thoreau, Walden; E. O. Wilson, The Future of Life; D. W. Wolfe, Tales from the Underground

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mitchell.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 701-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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