Environmental Literature

Step out of the classroom and into the wild. Integral to the course is an experiential component. Through field trips to local ecosystems and hands-on restoration projects, students will witness firsthand the competing needs of human society and the natural world. These activities provide a literal landscape for witnessing the competing needs of human society and the natural world, serving as the basis for site-specific analytical writing and sensory observation. By analyzing a multidisciplinary selection of literature and media, students will interrogate the fluid boundaries between "cultivated," "wild," and "disturbed" spaces. This course draws on a diverse range of fictional and nonfictional texts, films, and podcasts.