Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ENVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Department: Environmental Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: How can storytelling help us respond to the climate crisis? What’s the point of climate comedy? How much do narratives actually change peoples’ minds, and why are some more effective than others? This course examines these and related questions by considering examples of fictional storytelling for social change from a range of mediums and situating them within research on narrative persuasion from history, cultural criticism, communication studies, psychology, and sociology. For their final project, students will have the opportunity to apply these lessons by creating their own environmental media.