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Hass, Robert

Name of Person: 
Robert Hass
Picture: 
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Department: 
English, Professor
Research Interests: 
20th-Century American Literature. Creative Writing. Poetry. Professor Hass works on contemporary American poetry and translation; he has also been interested recently in environmental history and literature.

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Department: 
ENGLISH
Course Number: 
C77
Course Title: 
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Instructor: 
Sposito
Description: 
This innovative course taught by a scientist and a humanities professor surveys current global environmental issues; introduces students to the basic intellectual tools of environmental science; investigates ways the human relationship to nature has been imagined in literary and philosophical traditions; and examines how tools of scientific and literary analysis, scientific method, and imaginative thinking can clarify what is at stake in environmental issues and environmental citizenship.
Units: 
4
Course Type: 
Undergraduate