ENV S160
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ENV S 160 - Literature of Animals, Food, and the Environment
Full Course Title
Literature of Animals, Food, and the Environment
Instructor Name(s)
STAFF
Course Description
Course explores big questions about animals and the environment through the lens of post-1900 U.S. literature. We will pay particular attention to interactions between human and nonhuman animals in uniquely “American” productions. A number of pressing topics will be discussed, including species extinction, climate change, animal agriculture, environmental justice, and interspecies ethics such as how we view animals and increasingly wish to see them as subjects of their own lives and not objects for literal and symbolic use by humans. Themes that will repeatedly appear in the course include animal studies, climate change, environmental racism, marine justice, and the place of the arts in debates about science and policy.
Unit Value
4
Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit
0
Maximum Units
4
Prerequisites
Environmental Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or English 10; and Writing 2 or 2E or 2LK or one course from Writing 105A-Z, 107A-Z, or 109AA-ZZ.
Advisory Enrollment Comments
ENV S 160 and ENGL 160 are the same course.
General Subject Areas
G
Special Subject Areas
WRT