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ENG 130: Writing to Save the Planet


Units: 4

Engages students in the reading and creation of texts that urge environmental action. Explores essays, non-fiction books, poems, plays, and stories about the natural world, ecological disaster and renewal, and climate justice, analyzing what makes this writing effective for its audience. Hones students’ skills regarding translating scientific research on the environment and climate catastrophe into op-eds, tweets, essays, screenplays, graphic novels, websites, and works of literature that could reach larger audiences.

Course Details
Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Crosslisted with: EH 130
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Intellectual Experience: Global Awareness
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Literary and Textual Analysis
  • Intellectual Experience: Sustainability
  • Upper Division: Crossroads
  • Upper Division: Writing in the Discipline

Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisite Courses: WRI 010 or equivalent exam
Instructor Permission Required: No


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