ENGL 3795

Communicating Climate Change

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. The Catalog/Courses of Study 2025-2026 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

There is a lot of consensus about the science of climate change. But many members of the public remain confused or uninformed about the severity of the situation. Some are paralyzed by fear. Others are blissfully ignorant. What are the best ways of communicating climate change to a variety of audiences? Should we tell stories? Make documentaries? Dramatize the science? This course will ask you to read, write and design many different forms and genres in order to experiment with the problem of communicating climate change, from pie-charts to science fiction and from photography to TED Talks. What can each form tell us about climate change that the others cannot? We will take on a real-world communication project over the course of the semester.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (CA-AG, LA-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)
Satisfies Requirement This course counts toward the Literatures of the Americas and the post-1800 requirements for English majors.

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