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2023 Syllabuses
Contributor:Matthew Henry
Institution:University of Wyoming
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords: Racial Capitalocene, #LandBack movement, just transition
Contributor:Nathan K. Hensley
Institution:Georgetown University
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords:the role of arts and philosophy in understanding climate change, historically-situated conceptions of the climate, draws on interdisciplinary readings
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Contributor:Stacey Balkan
Institution:Florida Atlantic University
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords:challenging popular understandings of 'nature', 'environment', and 'wilderness', examines competing notions of 'environmentalism'
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Contributor:Stacey Balkan
Institution:Florida Atlantic University
Level:Postgraduate
Keywords:examining texts through the lens of energy, energy as producing culture, looks at fiction and non-fiction texts
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Contributor:Stacey Balkan
Institution:Florida Atlantic University
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords:Cli-Fi, dystopian landscapes, creative coursework
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2022 Syllabuses
Contributor: Greta Gaard
Institution: University of Wisconsin River Falls
Level: Undergraduate
Keywords: 'just' sustainability, environmental ethics and social justice, literary studies
Contributor: Min Hyoung Song
Institution: Boston College
Level: Postgraduate
Keywords: Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx environmental discourses, capitalism, colonialism, and migration, literary case studies
2019 Syllabuses
Contributor:Sara Warner
Institution:Cornell University
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords: community-based plays, Living Newspapers, Story Circles
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Contributor: Timothy S. Miller
Institution: Florida Atlantic University
Level: Undergraduate
Keywords:Cli-Fi, multimedia reading list, 21st century fiction
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2018 Syllabuses
Contributor: Benjamin Morgan
Institution: University of Chicago
Level: Undergraduate
Keywords: film and media analysis, detailed reading list, creative coursework
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2017 Syllabuses
Contributor:Nathan K. Hensley
Institution:Georgetown University
Level:Postgraduate
Keywords:human-nature distinction, traces the history of climate texts, creative coursework
Contributor: Corine Tachtiris
Institution: Antioch College
Level: Undergraduate
Keywords: Cli-Fi, practical local engagement, critical thinking
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2016 Syllabuses
Contributor:James Donelan
Institution:UC Santa Barbara
Level:Undergraduate
Keywords:critical appraisal of social science research, focuses on refining skills in social science writing and scholarship, research project coursework
2015 Syllabuses
Contributor: Alicia Carroll
Institution: Auburn University
Level: Undergraduate
Keywords: American films with themes of nature, culture, and technology, understanding environmental discourses through film, analytical and communication skills
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