ENVI 361 - Writing the Environment

Institution:

Westminster College (Salt Lake City)

Subject:

Environmental Studies

Description:

ENVI 361 is a writing course at the center of the Environmental Humanities concentration. ENVI 361 will make our students more employable, give the Humanities concentration a distinctive skill, and give faculty another chance to engage with ENVI majors mid-way through their college career. This course will ask students to develop their written communication skills through a carefully focused series of writing assignments. Environmental Humanities majors will build their confidence in written expression by engaging multiple genres including the research essay, the argumentative essay, the editorial, the cover letter and the personal reflection. Prerequisites: ENVI 101 ENVI 361 responds to a specific need we have identified for the curriculum in its attention to writing as a thinking process and as a skill at the top of employers' lists. Environmental Writing will be required for Environmental Studies majors in the Humanities concentration because it will make writing expertise a signature piece of that concentration and because it institutionalizes a significant landmark along the path to graduation where ENVI faculty can engage these students while they continue their interdisciplinary studies. This course may include a significant service learning component to engage students with the local environment and community

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.westminstercollege.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 484-7651

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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