ENG 691A - Literature of Environmental Justice

(3 units)

Survey of important environmental texts, e.g., Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Octavia Butler. How such literature changes consciousness and influences policy.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze the challenging ethical conundrums of such issues as climate change, biotechnology, GMO foods, biodiversity, and ecological restoration.
2. assess their own relationship to the competing ethical claims and positions within environmental movements.
3. identify and summarize current scholarly conversations (e.g., challenges, opportunities, trends) that exist within conversations on environmentalism.
4. produce a well-supported argument that makes an original contribution to the field and could be submitted for publication in an undergraduate journal.
5. critically examine how their position within intersecting social forces impacts their worldview relative to environmental issues.
6. communicate their position on an environmental issue.
7. describe and synthesize various critical debates or theories about the major texts of the environmental movement.
8. apply knowledge of environmental literature to their area of specialization.

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