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ENGL 1080 - Listening as Inquiry
An introduction to the art of rhetoric that positions listening as a critical and foundational skill complementary to speaking, reading, and writing. Course focuses on listening as a mode of inquiry and engagement during discussion, debate, and deliberation. Course requirements include a community-based rhetorical listening project and a sonic composition crafted for a listening audience. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations – Inquiry and Engagement: Critical Thinking in the Arts and Humanities Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 1100 - Literary Interpretation
An introduction to the study of literature, aimed at developing abilities to read literature and write about it with skill, sensitivity, and care. Students will read poetry, drama, and prose fiction, and through the writing of several papers will be introduced to terms and methods of formal study of literature. Course required for entry into most upper-level English courses. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1050 or BCM 1420 or BIS 1420 or IEE 1020; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 1120 - Literary Classics
Readings in selected literary masterpieces from Homer to the present. The works studied are chosen to introduce students to the rich and diverse literary traditions which represent an invaluable aspect of their heritage. Recommended for the general student as well as for potential English majors or minors; does not, however, count for English major or minor credit. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations – Inquiry and Engagement: Critical Thinking in the Arts and Humanities Category.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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ENGL 2070 - Topics in Literature
Course description varies.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics.
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ENGL 2080 - Literature in Our Lives
This course examines the ways that literary works represent and reflect upon human experience and the human condition. It emphasizes the response of the individual reader to both the intellectual content and the aesthetic properties of texts and seeks to develop critical standards as a basis for a life-long engagement with literature; does not count as credit toward English major or minor. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations – Inquiry and Engagement: Critical Thinking in the Arts and Humanities Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 2100 - Film Interpretation
Studies in the motion picture as art form. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 2110 - Folklore and Mythology
Exploration of folklore and mythology from around the world and through the ages using poetry, fiction, film, and other materials.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall
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ENGL 2220 - Literatures and Cultures of the United States
Through study of literary works (and, when possible, other artistic achievements or cultural artifacts) by members of the varied cultures which comprise the United States of America, this course considers the perspectives and sustaining values of these cultural groups and considers the challenges, problems, and opportunities of a pluralistic American society.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 2230 - African American Literature
A survey of important African American writers and the historical development of the African American image and experience in American literature and culture.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 2520 - Shakespeare
A survey of Shakespeare’s art through study of selected tragedies, histories, and comedies. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1050 or BCM 1420 or BIS 1420 or IEE 1020; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 2660 - Writing Fiction and Poetry
Study and practice in writing of fiction and poetry, intended to develop the student’s understanding of formal techniques and skill in the use of these techniques. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 2790 - Introduction to English Education
An introduction to the responsibilities, aspirations, and professional knowledge of secondary English language arts teachers.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 2810 - Youth Literature and Culture
The course will introduce students to terminology and key ideas of a particular literary and/or visual form within children’s literature and youth culture. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 2980 - Topics in English Studies
Topics may include literature, film, English language, and writing. Many of these special courses are organized around special events or speakers on campus or in the community, or in response to special needs or interests of students.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 3050 - Professional Writing: Audience, Genre, and Workplace Cultures
This course prepares students to produce effective communications in workplaces and organizations, helping them transition from academic to professional writing. Students gain practice with both informational and persuasive genres in print, digital, and visual formats. Students also gain practice with various methods of intellectual inquiry, including both qualitative and quantitative research methods, with special attention on discovering the needs and expectations of readers in workplace and professional contexts. Inherent in all student projects is consideration of ethics in a writer’s rhetorical and methodological decisions. At the center of the course is the vital connection between effective communication and the success of organizations at both the local and national levels. Thus this course interrogates the “Big Question”: how can the study and practice of professional communication prepare students for success as they seek careers in the arena of local and national organizations? This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3060 - Rhetoric, Writing, and American Culture
Investigates rhetorical theory and concepts as tools for analyzing consumer, corporate, organizational, and popular culture. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 3080 - Quest for Self
Exploration of the perennial quest for the self through the special perspective provided by literature. The literary perspectives may be supplemented by materials from other arts or disciplines. A non-technical course for the general student rather than the student specializing in the study of literature; does not count as credit towards an English major or minor. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Personal Wellness Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 3110 - Our Place In Nature
Exploration of the human’s place in nature through the special perspective provided by literature. The literary perspectives may be supplemented by materials from other arts or disciplines. A non-technical course for the general student rather than the student specializing in the study of literature; does not count as credit towards an English major or minor.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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ENGL 3120 - Western World Literature
Study of works selected from the Western literary tradition, excluding those from Great Britain and the U.S.A. Selections may range from biblical literature and great works of Greece and Rome through classics of the Middle Ages and Renaissance to major works of the present. Works will be studied in English.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3130 - Asian Literature
Study of works selected from the great literature of Asia, especially the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian traditions. Works will be studied in English.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3140 - African Literature
A topical and/or regional study of African literature which may focus on North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West, East, and/or South Africa. Topics may be historical or contemporary and can include oral tradition, mythology, religious texts, epic, poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, biography, film, popular culture, essays, and address the development of autochthonous cultures as well as connections between cultural areas and/or contact with the West and other parts of the world. Works will be studies in English. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – World Language and Culture Category.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3150 - The English Bible as Literature
Study of selections from the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. Some attention will be given to the influence of the English Bible on a few representative writers, musicians, and artists, but emphasis will be on the poetic, philosophical, and narrative elements of the Bible itself.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3160 - Storytellers
Storytelling is both universal and specific to each society. The course examines storytellers in non-Western societies: how they work in traditional and written genres; how they transform inherited myths and tales into new narratives; and how they serve society by confronting pain and suffering and contextualizing them in art through the power of words. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – World Language and Culture Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 3170 - Stories of the Other
This course examines the stories of gender, religious, and sexual “minorities” in the non-Western world from a comparative perspective. These people are called others of the “others” in their respective societies. This course brings their voices to the classroom. Their stories put a spotlight on universally vital concerns that may include the issues of migrants and LGBTQ individuals in parts of the third world, such as in Turkey, Kenya, Azerbaijan, and Uganda. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – World Language and Culture Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 3200 - American Literature I
A survey of American literature from its beginnings to 1880, with attention to the diversity of American cultures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 1100
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3210 - American Literature II
A survey of American literature since 1880, with attention to the diversity of American cultures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 1100
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3300 - British Literature I
A survey of British literature from its beginnings through Boswell.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 1100
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3310 - British Literature II
A survey of British literature from the Romantics to the present.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 1100
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3620 - Readings in Creative Non-Fiction
A course in literary analysis of the form and development of the non-fiction prose. This course is approved as a writing-intensive course.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENGL 1050 or BCM 1420 or BIS 1420 or IEE 1020) and ENGL 1100.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 3660 - Advanced Fiction Writing
An advanced course in the writing of fiction, with emphasis on class discussion and criticism of each student’s writing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 2660 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated one time for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3670 - Advanced Poetry Writing
An advanced course in the writing of poetry, with emphasis on class discussion and criticism of each student’s writing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 2660 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated one time for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3680 - Playwriting
An introductory course in the writing of drama, with class discussion and criticism of each student’s writing, and including study of selected examples of drama in print and in production.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Com 2410 or ENGL 1100 or ENGL 2660 or THEA 1410 or department approval. A grade of “C” or better is required for all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated one time for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3690 - Writing in the Elementary School
Focuses on writing development of kindergarten through sixth grade children. Preservice teachers will learn ways to implement best practices, respond to student writing, assess writing growth, use writing as a means of learning, and build a motivating and engaging culture of writing in their classrooms. This course fosters a theoretical understanding of the writing process and requisite skills in part by writing in varied genres and forms and emphasizes writing as an integral component in all content areas.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to education students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3700 - Writing Creative Non-Fiction
An introductory course in the writing of creative non-fiction, with class discussion and criticism of each student’s writing, and including study of selected examples of creative non-fiction in print.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 2660 or ENGL 3050 or JRN 1000 or instructor approval. A grade of “C” or better is required for all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated one time for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3710 - Structures of Modern English
Examines the structures of the English language and surveys major grammatical theories. Emphasizes syntactic analysis of oral and written English to develop an understanding of the diversity of forms, meanings, and stylistic choices available in the language.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3720 - Development of Modern English
Traces the development of modern English from its beginnings to the present, examining historic and linguistic influences on change in both spoken and written English. Explores theories of language development, with emphasis on their practical implications.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3740 - Language in the Elementary School
This course will deal with the following topics: the history and structure of words, dialects, and interlanguage (i.e., lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages) as cultural phenomena; teaching reading and writing in light of language variations; aspects of grammar most useful to writers; research on teaching grammar; and integrating language study into the elementary curriculum.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 3690
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3770 - Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms
This course deals with second language acquisition, both oral and written, as a foundation for understanding how the learning of English can be fostered by elementary classroom teachers when content, language, and literacy are taught and learned together. The course emphasizes strategies for teaching students with limited English proficiency while immersing them in literacy-rich classrooms with an integrative inquiry approach to learning.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 2790 or ENGL 3690.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3820 - Literature for the Young Child
An exploration of human and literary values in the best of children’s works for the very young through age nine. Emphasis is on critical sensitivity and techniques necessary for interpreting and evaluating works representative of the major forms of children’s literature. Discussion will focus on how literature is first learned through adult-child interaction and how interaction creates changes that are influenced by time period and culture as well as the personal dynamics inherent in the oral tradition. Visual reading through picture books will be examined as well as the evaluation of good picture book literature. Developmental issues related to a child’s reading capability and narrative skills will be considered through an examination of transitional reader (chapter books) and novels. Poetry, both in its oral form and its written form, will be considered as will be mythology and folklore: its versions, variants, and adaptations (both in book and film form). This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Societies and Cultures Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I
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ENGL 3830 - Literature for the Intermediate Reader
An exploration of human and literary values in the best of children’s works for preadolescents. Emphasis is on critical sensitivity and techniques necessary for interpreting and evaluating works representative of the major forms of children’s literature for the older reader. Discussion will focus on narrative forms and on how the more experienced reader comes to prose and poetry. Novels will be explored both in terms of literary structure and content and in terms of what makes a piece of literature work for children. Genres such as historical fiction, realistic fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, and survival literature will be considered. Ever growing complexity in structure and content will be evaluated as they relate to child’s biological, psychological, and mental development, and in the context of cultural and historical change. How media influence literature will be explored as well as the changing population of child-readers and what that means for book production.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1100
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 3840 - Adolescent Literature
This course focuses on an analysis of literature for adolescents from a variety of critical and culturally diverse perspectives. It emphasizes the adolescent experience as reflected in literature, the history of adolescent literature and media, and the distinguishing features of classical and contemporary works.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1100
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 4060 - Topics in Textual Production
Advanced writing course emphasizing the study and production of specialized genres and media, with attention to the impact of technology on composing, designing, and publishing expository texts. Course may feature such topics as web authoring, multimedia writing, composing for print-based publication, editing and style, or proposal/grant writing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 3050 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in English.
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics.
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ENGL 4080 - Topics in Rhetoric and Writing
This writing intensive course examines contributions from scholars working in various sub-fields and specializations in the field of rhetoric and writing studies, with emphasis on the relationship of compositions and/or rhetorical discourse to critical thinking.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 3050
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in English.
Notes: May be repeated for credit under different topics.
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ENGL 4090 - Writing in the Sciences
A course designed for science majors and others interested in science communication. The course is focused on how arguments are constructed and how knowledge is formed in the sciences. Students will learn to analyze historical and current examples of scientific argumentation to inform their own writing and research. A significant component of the course will be dedicated to accommodating scientific information for non-expert audiences, and learning the stylistic and argumentative changes that occur with accommodation. The major projects in this class will revolve around students’ research interests, including possible projects from coursework in the sciences. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 4100 - Special Topics in Literature
A study in historical perspective of selected literary works of the English speaking world or international literature in translation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1100
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit as long as the topics are different.
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ENGL 4120 - Climate Change and Culture
This course brings together critical theory, tools from the humanities and social sciences, and the literary imagination to consider the ethics and politics of climate change, to examine representations of climate change in fictive, documentary, and scientific discourses, and to understand efforts to address climate change and its social and cultural dimensions. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Global Perspectives Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with ENVS 4120.
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ENGL 4150 - Literary Theory and Criticism
An introduction to the theory and methods of literary criticism. Readings may be drawn from the history of critical theory or from modern and contemporary schools of criticism. Strongly recommended for all English majors, especially those planning to pursue graduate study.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: At least two upper-divison English courses.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4160 - Women in Literature
A course focusing on women protagonists and writers through an international perspective that explores how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, history, and culture. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Global Perspectives Category.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4400 - Studies in Verse
A historical and formal study of poetry, emphasizing the development of poetic techniques, major verse forms and styles, and their relation to theories of poetry. Attention shall be paid to the critical and theoretical bases of interpretation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Two courses at the 3000-level that count toward English major.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4420 - Studies in Drama
Studies in the major styles and forms of drama. Attention shall be paid to the critical and theoretical bases of interpretation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Two courses that count toward the English major at the 3000-level.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4440 - Studies in the Novel
The study of the development and diversity of the novel as a literary form. Emphasis will be on the novel from the eighteenth- to the early twentieth-century. Attention shall be paid to the critical and theoretical bases of interpretation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Two courses that count toward the English major at the 3000-level.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 4520 - Shakespeare Seminar
Intensive study of selected aspects of Shakespeare’s poetic and dramatic art.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 1100 or ENGL 2520.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4720 - Language Variation in American English
A study of regional and social varieties of American English from sociolinguistic perspectives, focusing on the forces which influence different types of language variation. Examines issues of linguistic bias, and offers a multi-cultural perspective on the role of language in daily life.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4790 - Writing in the Secondary School
Focuses on the continued development of student writers in grades 7 to 12, and on ways one can encourage and respond to student writing, assess writing growth, and use writing as a means of learning. Fosters a theoretical understanding of the writing process, in part by writing in varied genres and forms. Emphasizes writing as an integral component of the entire curriculum.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 2790 with a grade of “C” or better and two 3000-level English courses that count toward the major.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 4800 - Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools
A study of techniques and theories of teaching literature to young adults. Does not count as credit toward the major.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ED 4060 and two 3000-level English courses that count toward the major.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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ENGL 4810 - Teaching English Language Arts in the Secondary School
A study of the key theories, methods, and curricular approaches for teaching English language arts. This includes teaching writing, literature, and reading in the middle and secondary school.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 2790 or equivalent; with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENGL 4840 - Culture in Children’s Literature
A course designed to develop an understanding of the cultural diversity of the childhood experience through multi-cultural oral and written literature for young people. Attention will be paid to developing criteria for selecting and evaluating literature which reflects an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 6 hours of course work in English.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENGL 4950 - Internship/Field Work
Open to juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA, this course enables advanced students to gain practical writing experience in the working world while earning academic credit. Specific arrangements are made in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Writing majors or minors.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated; no more than four hours total credits.
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ENGL 4970 - Studies in English: Variable Topics
Group study of special topics in literature, film, English language, and writing. Many of these special courses are organized around special events or speakers on campus or in the community, or in response to special needs or interests of students. Some topics are announced in the schedule of classes; some are added during the semester. Further information and full listing of topics may be obtained from the English Department, sixth floor Sprau Tower.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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ENGL 5110 - Studies in Linguistics
A course focusing on concepts and theories in linguistics, language, storytelling, and orality. Possible foci include World Englishes; Language, Gender, and Culture; Michigan Languages, and Language Acquisition. Topics change with each offering.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses (with a grade of “C” or better), including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5220 - Studies in American Literature
Study of a movement or a recurrent theme in American literature, such as romanticism, realism, naturalism, humor, racial issues.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5300 - Medieval Literature
Readings in the medieval literary tradition. Some Middle English works will be studied in the original; works in Old English and continental literature will be mainly in translation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall
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ENGL 5320 - English Renaissance Literature
Readings in representative writers of the period 1500-1660.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5340 - Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
British Literature 1660-1800. Readings in representative writers of the period, focusing on the diversity of literary forms in the period.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5360 - Romantic Literature
Readings in poetry and criticism, with emphasis on such writers as Blake, Burns, Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Byron, Mary Shelley, P.B. Shelley, and Keats.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5370 - Victorian Literature
Readings emphasizing such writers as Carlyle, Mill, Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Arnold.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5380 - Modern Literature
Readings in representative writers in the period 1890-1945, not exclusively in British and American literature.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5390 - Post-colonial Literature
Readings in representative writers from colonial and post-colonial cultures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5400 - Contemporary Literature
Readings in representative writers who have come to prominence chiefly since 1945.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5550 - Studies in Major Writers
Study of the works of classical, European, British or American writers. Limited to one or two authors.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit as long as the authors covered are different. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5660 - Creative Writing Workshop - Fiction
A workshop and conference course in the writing of fiction, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3660 or department approval.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5670 - Creative Writing Workshop - Poetry
A workshop and conference course in the writing of poetry, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3670 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5680 - Creative Writing Workshop - Playwriting
A workshop and conference course in playwriting, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3680 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5700 - Creative Writing Workshop - Creative Non-fiction
A workshop and conference course in the writing of creative non-fiction, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3700 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5740 - Grammar in Teaching Writing
Dealing with issues and methods in the teaching of grammar, this course for teachers focuses on using grammar to develop content, style and voice, and skill in revising and editing writing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5750 - Icelandic Sagas in Translation
Readings in medieval Icelandic literature. This class provides students an opportunity to explore medieval Iceland through its rich mythology, literature, and culture. No previous coursework required in either Old Norse/Icelandic or medieval literature.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5760 - Introduction to Old Norse
An introduction to the fundamentals of Old Norse grammar and language. By translating prose and poetry, students will develop an appreciation of the literature and culture of medieval Iceland as well as a reading knowledge of Old Norse.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall - every other year
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ENGL 5770 - Advanced Readings in Old Norse
A review of the fundamentals of Old Norse grammar and language learned in ENGL 5760 by focusing on longer selections from sagas and poems. This class will further students’ knowledge of the language and the literature through discussion of them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 5760
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Spring - every other year
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ENGL 5820 - Studies in Children’s Literature
A study in depth of significant themes, movements, types in children’s literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 3820 or 3830 or permission of the department.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level (which must include ENGL 3820 or ENGL 3830), and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5830 - Multicultural Adolescent Literature
Critical analyses of literature read by young adults, with special attention paid to American and world literatures that reflect the diversity of the increasingly global community.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses with a grade of “C” or better, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5970 - Studies in English: Variable Topics
Group study of special topics in literature, film, English language, and writing. Many of these special courses are organized around special events or speakers on campus or in the community, or in response to special needs or interests of students. Some topics are announced in the schedule of classes; some are added during the semester. Further information and full listing of topics may be obtained from the English Department, sixth floor Sprau Tower.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5980 - Readings in English
Individual reading project available to advanced students by special permission from the appropriate departmental advisor (undergraduate or graduate) and the staff member who will supervise the study. Normally, permission is granted only to students who have well thought-out projects dealing with authors or materials not being covered currently in the schedule. Permission is usually not granted to students who want to use the course simply to get one or two hours credit to complete an English major or minor.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENVS 1000 - Climate Challenges and Solutions
This course promotes general awareness and literacy on the broad range of societal challenges that climate change presents, the role of human behavior in both the creation of and solutions to these challenges, and the prospects for fundamental societal transition in values, economics and political institutions necessary to meet these challenges. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations - Inquiry and Engagement Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 1050 - Perspectives on Sustainability
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of sustainability with both its promises and paradoxes. Starting with a foundation in the modern concept of sustainability and its historic origins, the course examines sustainability at a variety of scales and contexts through the lenses of economics, physical and life science, global commodity chains, land use and planning, climate change, demography, social justice, and a variety of biotic and abiotic systems. Explorations may include natural resource extraction and protection, sustainable business models, infrastructure management and maintenance, the role of education, health care, housing, transportation, and other topics. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Science and Technology Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2050 - Nature, Society, and Sustainability
Designed for majors and minors in the program, this course is an interdisciplinary survey of environmental and sustainability topics that introduces students to key problems, ideas, and people. Students will examine our changing relationships to the nonhuman world, our evolving knowledge of those changes, and diverse approaches to environmental and sustainability challenges. The course is reading and writing intensive, and also includes a required weekend field experience.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENVS 2150 - Environmental Systems and Cycles
This course presents an overview of the fundamental physical, biological, and geochemical processes governing the movement of energy and matter in the environment, and the constraints imposed by these natural systems on human activities. Topics include the properties and use of energy resources, synthetic chemical and their biological effects, the chemistry of natural and polluted water, food production and population, acid rain, ozone depletion, and global climate change.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 2050 or ENVS 3000) and (CHEM 1000 or CHEM 1100 or GEOS 1000 or GEOS 1300).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2250 - Environmental Ecology
This course focuses upon the study of living systems of various sizes and degrees of complexity. Emphasis is on how individual organisms, natural populations, biotic communities, and ecosystems vary, how they are interconnected, and how human activities influence the complex interrelationships within and among them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 1120 or BIOS 1600 or BIOS 1500 or BIOS 1610 or BIOS 1510 or BIOS 1620; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2260 - Field Environmental Ecology
An introduction to the major natural ecosystems of southwest Michigan, and modern ecological methods used in their study. Exercises and activities will be conducted largely in the field, primarily at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Course content will complement lecture material presented in ENVS 2250.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENVS 2250 (may be taken concurrently); or program advisor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
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ENVS 3000 - Introduction to Sustainability: A Local to Global Survey
This course examines the modern concept of sustainability; its historical roots, theories and debates, emerging principles and practices, and moral visions for the future. From household to global scales, students will analyze interrelated questions of ecological resilience, social justice, technological change, and alternative economic paradigms. Case studies will include core sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food systems, endangered species, land use, and population. The class will require community-based field experience during the semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3150 - Sustainable Brewing
This course is part of the Sustainable Brewing major, allowing students to take experiential courses related to the business, science, and practice of Craft Brewing. Consult a program advisor for additional details.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 1 to 30 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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ENVS 3200 - Major Environmental Writings
This course uses selected readings of classical works in the environmental field, together with current works of significant import, to introduce students to the wisdom and the variety of voices speaking on behalf of the environment and environmentally responsible courses of human action.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 2050 or ENVS 3000) and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3300 - Climate Change and the Literary Arts
This course explores human responses to the climate change crisis through the special perspective provided by literary studies. We will investigate the ways in which the stories we tell and the words we choose inform the ways we imagine, think, and communicate about, as well as mitigate and adapt to the consequences of a warming planet.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3400 - Environmental Policy
This course explores why environmental policy is necessary and how environmental policy has been made, is being made, and might in the future be made in the United States. The emphasis is on environmental policy and regulation at the national level, but regional, state, and local approaches/initiatives will also be considered. In addition to considering the policy process (the how), we will also review the state of environmental policy (legislation and effectiveness) and explore the policy evaluation process (the tools and techniques policy makers use to make better decisions - cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and environmental impact assessment). A substantial part of the course will also be devoted to considering emerging alternatives that are based on the principles of sustainability and the challenges involved in institutionalizing them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 2050 or ENVS 3000) and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 4 hours
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSCI 3060. A student may not receive credit for both ENVS 3400 and PSCI 3060.
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ENVS 3600 - Environment and Culture
A global cross-cultural exploration of human-environment interactions. This course will examine a variety of different technological/economic systems ranging from small-scale foraging and horticultural societies to large-scale, complex and stratified societies. Special themes each semester will address different environmental problems and how they have been solved - or not - historically and contemporarily. Such themes might address: the origins and contemporary dimensions of the population debate, the role of “values” in sustainable societies, or controversies between indigenous peoples and environmentalists.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 2050 or ENVS 3000) and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3700 - Race, Climate, and the Environment
This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of race and climate. It explores how climate shaped human population evolution, how modern “races” have experienced the impacts of recent climate change in uneven ways, and what might be done to heighten understanding of the future consequences on vulnerable populations of projected climate changes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 1000, ENVS 2150 or GEOS 1200) or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4010 - Selected Environmental Topics
A rotating series of environmental topics covering areas as broadly, such as environmental management, ecological design, applied environmental history, and environmental landscape and restoration. Topic to be announced on Course Offerings through GoWMU. This course may be repeated for credit with a second topic.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2150, ENVS 3200, ENVS 3400, ENVS 3600 and either (ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010); or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4020 - Selected Topics in Freshwater Humanities
This course is an intensive study of humanities approaches to knowing, managing, and conserving freshwater resources at community, regional, and global levels. Topics might include (but are not limited to): water in literature and the arts; water justice and pollution; indigenous activism in water protection; water history and the maritime Great Lakes; water ethics and theory in an era of scarcity; community studies in a freshwater context. Topic to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2150, ENVS 3200, ENVS 3400, and either (ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010); or instructor approval. A grade of “C” or better is required for all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with a second topic.
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ENVS 4100 - Appropriate Technologies and Sustainability
In the light of the debates on sustainability, the course analyzes how technologies and technological systems have interacted with and influenced social change in both industrial countries and the Third World. Criteria for assessing the appropriateness and sustainability of various technologies and technological systems in different settings will be discussed and mini-assessments will be conducted.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2050 or ENVS 3000.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4110 - Climate Change and Society
This course analyzes the social structural causes of global warming, the human consequences of the climate crisis, the social and cultural factors that shape how society understands climate change and the proposed social and political responses to these global threats. The course also explores climate change denial and other social and ideological conflicts that are rife in many of these areas of concern.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing, or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Cross-Listed: Crosslisted with SOC 4110. A student may not receive credit for both ENVS 4110 and SOC 4110.
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ENVS 4120 - Climate Change and Cultural Studies
This course brings together critical theory and tools from the humanities and social sciences to consider the ethics and politics of climate change, to examine representations of climate change in fictive, documentary, and scientific discourses, and to understand efforts to address climate change as a social movement.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Students may not receive credit for both ENVS 4120 and ENGL 4120.
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with ENGL 4120. Students may not receive credit for both ENVS 4120 and ENGL 4120.
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