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

Module name: Environmental writing workshops II
Module code: W1-SH-S1-WPS.2
Programme code: W1-S1SH24.2024
Semester: summer 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 an in-depth introduction to selected genres and types of environmental writing in its interventionist (ethical) dimension. The focus of the course is primarily on such writing practices that serve to deepen people's engagement with the environment (surroundings) and to direct attention to human actions that adversely affect the wider environment. Students are introduced to existing writing practices, and they themselves produce writing artefacts which serve as a critical response to the problems of pollution, deforestation, energy crises, drought, biodiversity loss, and other ethical and social challenges facing humans in their relationships with the environment, animals, plants, technology.
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 an in-depth knowledge of the main assumptions and non-aesthetic functions of environmental writing, its ethical and evaluation aspects [01]
 W04 [3/5]
can interpret environmental texts in relation to the knowledge of the environmental humanities and related sciences, in particular ethical principles [02]
 W05 [4/5]
can interpret texts critically and independently, unravelling their ideological assumptions and hierarchies of values concerning the environment, at the same being attentive to ethical differences in narratives e.g. zootechnical, biological and (post)humanistic ones [03]
 W09 [4/5]
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 ready to independently acquire historical-literary and practical knowledge connected with environmental writing, especially the one that develops his/her own interests practically [05]
 U10 [3/5]
participates in various forms of social life, caring about re-evaluation of his/her relations with non-human subjects in accordance with the ideas of the pro-animal and ecological movements [06]
 K03 [3/5] K04 [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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