English
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Submitted by cmjones on March 7, 2007 - 2:33pm.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
Hass, Robert
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 3:04pm.Name of Person:
Robert Hass
Picture:
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.
