WRIT 309 : Writing the Environment and Sustainability

What does it mean to become leaders for the creative co- existence of nature and humanity? To gain an awareness of the interdependence of ourselves, others, and the environment? These questions, central to SUA’s mission, will guide our course work as we explore questions of social and environmental justice, sustainability, and our relation with nature in the age of the Anthropocene. Students will go on self-guided field trips to natural settings to engage more deeply with environmental topics through lived experience. They will write about contemporary environmental challenges in a variety of genres. In particular, public/advocacy, natural history/science, and creative/nonfiction writing will be emphasized. Students will undertake an ambitious intellectual project, conduct extensive, in-depth inquiry and present their work to relevant audiences.