ENGL 106: Introduction to Ecoliterature

Credits

Lecture Hours 50 Lab Hours 0 Clinical Hours 0

Independent Project Hours

Weekly Contact Hours

Meets Degree Requirements For

Humanities

Description

This class introduces students to the principal literary forms of short story, poetry, novel, creative nonfiction, and film/drama. It includes reading of representative works of established authors, discussions, and lectures to help develop awareness and increased understanding of literature, nature, and systems thinking.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Discuss works of literature using relevant literary terms.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have a deeper understanding of fiction, poetry, and drama/cinema

Level

Beginner

Complete a project that reveals comprehension of systems thinking through the primary examples of ecology and literature.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Recognize recurrent patterns, elements, motifs, conventions, styles, themes, and forms.

Program Learning Outcomes

Read texts critically and have methods for understanding complex texts

Level

Beginner

Apply the concepts of bioregionalism, biodiversity, systems thinking, and sustainability in discussions and writing that is in response to literature.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Employ the vocabulary of literary analysis.

Program Learning Outcomes

Be exposed to a breadth of literature in terms of genre, era, author, culture, form and style

Level

Beginner

Create written work that demonstrates an appreciation for and understanding of literature and sustainable systems.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Express and support opinions about literature.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have a deeper understanding of fiction, poetry, and drama/cinema

Level

Beginner

Recognize systems dynamics, both identifying components and thinking holistically.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Discuss the ethical foundations of sustainability and how values shape sustainability goals and decisions.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Develop skills in creating compelling, evidence-based stories that envision various sustainability futures.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Tailor messages to different stakeholders and use communication to promote sustainability initiatives.

Program Learning Outcomes

Have practiced different critical approaches to literature

Level

Beginner

Core Topics

Fiction
Creative nonfiction
Poetry
Drama/cinema
Literature
Ecology
Systems thinking
Sustainability