ENGL 344 - Literatures of Environmental Justice

Units: 4
In this course, students will explore literature inspired by and reflecting on environmental justice movements of the 20th and 21st centuries, addressing ecological crisis in dialogue with social justice movements within the United States and around the world.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Students will be able to critical analyze and informative engage a history of environmental justice movements and social justice activist concerned with ecological crisis as reflected through literary and cultural texts;
Students will be able to use the methodological and critical tools of literary and cultural studies theory to explore, address, and creative engage social movements in the United States and around the world.