Environmental writing workshops I Field of study: Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities
Programme code: W1-S1SH24.2024

Module name: Environmental writing workshops I
Module code: W1-SH-S1-WPS.1
Programme code: W1-S1SH24.2024
Semester: winter semester 2024/2025
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to provide students with a theoretical and practical introduction to the traditions and practices of environmental writing. The workshop topics will focus on the assumptions of environmental writing (nature writing), the cultural diversity of the phenomenon, its main forms and genres, styles and examples. Students will learn about the history of environmental writing, its European, and especially Anglo-Saxon, contexts and the most interesting Polish examples. In addition to the knowledge of the history and tradition of the forms, students will also learn how to practice them, how to write, how to comment on them, but also how to diversify and adapt them to the challenges of reality.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
has knowledge of the main directions of environmental writing, its historical contexts and contemporary varieties [01]
 W04 [4/5]
can interpret environmental texts in relation to the knowledge of the environmental humanities and related sciences [02]
 W05 [4/5]
can appropriately select literary and non-literary texts for the canon of environmental writing, and can critically interpret texts in which environmental content is not adequately exposed [03]
 W09 [3/5]
can prepare various forms of environmental writing, using both traditional and digital techniques and can link them with design thinking and action [04]
 U08 [4/5]
is aware of the necessity to acquire historical-literary knowledge connected with environmental writing, especially the one which develop his/her own interests practically [05]
 U10 [3/5]
promotes in his/her writing practice the models which are related to ecology and the environment, sustainable development, nature protection and a non-anthropocentric perspective [06]
 K03 [4/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
workshop [Wr] 30 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Production exercise – workshop [e02] 
Conceptual work [f03]  		course work 01 02 03 04 05 06
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Developing practical skills [a03] Preparation for classes
activities involving the repetition, refinement and consolidation of practical skills, including those developed during previous classes or new skills necessary for the implementation of subsequent elements of the curriculum (as preparation for class participation)
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Publication of a work/presentation of an activity, also beyond the walls of the University [e02] Activities complementary to the classes
a set of activities carried out to disseminate (out of class) the effects of scholarly research, artistic, creative, project, construction, experimental work, etc., in the form of a classic presentation, exhibition, concert, projection, poster presentation, media mediated publication, in the digital form and as part of other activities; dissemination using various forms and tools
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