ENGL 477

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Advanced Environmental Writing

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduces students to the challenges of "turning data into narrative." With a focus on students' professional development as writers, this course emphasizes the research and rhetorical skills required to communicate current scientific research in earth and environmental science through non-fiction narrative forms--the investigative essay, long-form journalism, personal memoir, and op-ed--aimed at a general audience.

Same as ESE 477. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit.

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ENGL 477 class schedule data for fall 2017
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	69327	Lecture-Discussion	P	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	166 Education Building	Wood, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/28/17-12/13/17 Section Info: This class is designed for advanced students in the Department of English and the School for Earth, Society, and Environment (SESE) interested in nature writing and engaging with current environmental issues. The core genre of the class will be the magazine essay, and we will sample work from the best writers in the field today, including Elizabeth Kolbert, Rowan Jacobsen, E. O. Wilson, and Meera Subramian. Publication venues include The New Yorker, National Geographic, and Nature, while the essays themselves address the full range of twenty-first century ecological concerns, from climate change to biodiversity to fossil fuels to GMOs. Students will develop an environment-themed research project of their own, and learn step-by-step the skills for high-impact environmental writing.