COM 605 - Environmental Communication

An overview of the empirical and theoretical foundations of environmental communication. This course will examine scholarship from the nascent days of the environmental movement to modern day research often focused on addressing the climate crisis. How experts, the public, and policy-makers interact with and perform environmental communication will be of considerable interest in this course. By analyzing broader public discourses about environmental topics such as environmental disasters and renewable energy, a deeper understanding of how our values and the environment are related will be reached. Students will also be expected to engage in environmental communication research during the course.

3 credits

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)