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4.00 Credits
This course examines holistic and alternative ideas and practices pertinent to gender and the environment, and their significance in creative and activist work to promote social and environmental justice and wellbeing. Themes to be discussed include gendered embodiment of the environment, gender and environmental movements, and queer ecology, among others. Course reading materials are drawn from multicultural and global sources in environmental humanities (art, film, literature, etc.) and related interdisciplinary fields of inquiries (masculinities studies/critical men's studies, women's and gender studies, queer studies, etc.). Instructional activities and assignments include reading, film screening, discussion, experimental writing, critical analysis, independent research, and group project.
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2.00 Credits
The goal of this course is to help students better communicate their experiences with the natural world through words and images. The class will be structured around the creation of an online magazine of nature writing and photography, and will incorporate classroom instruction, multimedia lectures, readings, field trips, and open discussion. Lessons will include photographic technique, the craft of photojournalism, the principles of visual communication, the history of nature writing, exercises in descriptive writing, editing words and images, and blogging technology. The class will culminate with each student posting a series of photoessays that will be linked together into an online publication-The World Magazine.
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2.00 Credits
This course addresses the use of art in justice struggles. Topics will include music, performance, painting, digital media and any art expression that has been used as a tool of resistance, autonomy and communication in social justice struggles around the globe. The class covers a diverse array of topics and theoretical perspectives such as decolonial theory, indigenous studies, black feminisms, feminist cultural production, ecofeminism, environmental justice studies, disability studies, among other areas of study. To explore these topics, the course will analyze multiple cases of artistic expressions which have made an impact in society both in the Global South and the Global North.
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4.00 Credits
In this course, we will read and discuss a selection of environmental writing since the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962), one of the landmark environmental books of the twentieth century. Much of our reading will be in the genres of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction by multiethnic writers in North America. Along the way, we will examine the historical and political contexts in which these texts were produced while attending to diverse perspectives that inform our perceptions of environment-from the philosophical to the political and from scientific to poetic. Environmental writing is inherently interdisciplinary, so will be our questions and conversations throughout the semester.
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4.00 Credits
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
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to multiple perspectives on the different things people mean when they say "Nature." Students will explore the interaction between nature and society from influential and provocative angles across economics, literature, sociology, political science, gender studies and cultural ecology. The focus is on learning how to assess the complex interactions between natural and built environments, technology, institutions, social groups and individuals, and value/ethical systems which shape the context for social policy-analysis and decision-making. "Theories of Nature" challenges students to challenge their own thinking about nature. This course is required for all ENVI BA majors.
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1.00 Credits
A tutorial-based course used only for student- initiated proposals for intensive individual study of topics not otherwise offered in the Environmental Studies Program. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and school dean.
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4.00 Credits
A capstone course for Environmental Studies majors ordinarily taken during one of the last two semesters of undergraduate study. The Senior Capstone will challenge students take the learning they've done in the classroom and apply it to the real world. Students will work in partnership with local community organizations, government agencies and individuals to identify and address environmental needs through community-based action. This work can take different shapes for students from the different concentrations, and will give students the chance to develop their ability to grapple with complex environmental issues and conduct efforts in preparation for future careers, graduate school, and more.
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3.00 Credits
Conservation biology focuses on the application of scientific principles to inform and guide the protection and management of Earth's biological diversity. This course covers major topics that fall under applied conservation biology, with an emphasis on large-scale conservation and local case studies. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this course, topics are drawn from fields including population ecology, landscape ecology, community ecology and genetics, as well as social, economic, and community aspects of conservation. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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3.00 Credits
Applied ecology provides the conceptual basis for the practice of science-based ecological research, conservation, monitoring, and restoration. In this course, we will explore concepts in ecology that are essential for understanding how historical land-use shapes ecosystems today, and how we can expect systems to respond in the future to current disturbances and proposed management actions. Ecological concepts covered within this course include trophic cascades, speciation, predation and herbivory, habitat use and preference, aquatic and terrestrial food webs, disturbance regimes, and climate change. The course also focuses on local applications for ecological restoration, such as removing or modifying a source of disturbance (e.g., a dam), removing invasive non-native species, reintroducing native species, and removing barriers to wildlife movement. By providing locally relevant case studies and scientific articles, students will learn to apply ecological concepts to local conservation and restoration projects, assignments, and fieldwork. This field course is offered by Round River Conservation Studies. Contact the Environmental Studies program chair for more information.
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