EHUM 1010 - Introduction to Environmental Humanities

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Utah Tech University

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Required for a minor in Environmental Humanities. The course introduces students to foundational ideas of environmental humanities, an interdisciplinary approach to environmental change that includes the humanities, arts, and sciences. Engaging humanistic questions about culture, values, and human responsibilities, students will explore the intersections of such fields and disciplines as literature, art, languages, history, anthropology, agriculture, urban planning, philosophy, political science, economics, sustainability, social justice, education, religion, geography, landscape architecture, race, gender, and the natural sciences vis-a-vis the planetary environmental crisis. Students will read a variety of critical, creative, and expository texts and compose essays, including research-supported papers. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) ** At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Articulate their understanding of recent debates in environmental humanities. 2. Explore the field's interconnections with other relevant areas of human and non-human experience. 3. Investigate current environmental concerns from the perspective of the humanities. 4. Evaluate the values and beliefs behind the environmental predicament and generate questions and perspectives that envision beneficial human-nature relationships. 5. Create formal research-supported critical essays and informal responses to concerns expressed in this course and the texts chosen for it. 6. Collaborate effectively with peers on group activities.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

General Education

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