Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2014

     

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FWIS 179 001 (CRN: 22338)

ECOLOGICAL IMAGINATIONS

Long Title: ECOLOGICAL IMAGINATIONS: LITERATURE IN THE ERA OF ENVIRONMENTALISM
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Miner, Heather
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (13-JAN-2014 - 25-APR-2014) 
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 9-MAY-2024 7:25PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
 
Description: What is environmental literature? This course will explore this question by examining major trends shaping how American writers have understood and written about their environments historically, and how those trends continue to influence our feelings towards the environment. Texts include Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Jon Krakauer's into the Wild.
 
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/