Courses in Environmental Communication

This page lists links to descriptions or syllabi for post-secondary courses in environmental communication.

Undergraduate Courses

Albion College

Staff (was taught by Bruce Weaver until he retired):

SCT 311 - Environmental Communication

Brown University

Christina Zarcadoolas:

ES 125 - Environmental Communications

California State University Channel Islands

Trudy Milburn:

COMM/ESRM 440 - Environmental Communication

Central Connecticut State University

Ben Tyson:

COMM 495 - Strategic Environmental Communication

Colorado State University

Sunita Hilton:

RR 262 Principles of Environmental Communication
RR 462 Environmental Communication in Natural Resources

Marilee Long, Garrett O'Keefe:

JT461 - Writing about Science, Health and Environment

Other:

NR400 - Public Relations in Natural Resources
NR401 - Techniques in Public Relations

Cornell University

Bruce Lewenstein:

COMM 466 - Public Communication of Science and Technology

Jim Shanahan:

COMM 421 - Communication and the Environment

Cliff Scherer:

COMM 486 - Risk Communication

George Mason University

Star Muir:

COMM 433 - Environmental Communication

Houston Baptist University

Marie Mater:

COMM 4292 - Environmental Communication (PDF)

Illinois State University

Jeffrey L. Courtright:

COM 274 - Environmental Communication (PDF)

Indiana University

Phaedra Pezzullo:

C406 - Public Advocacy: U.S. Environmental Movements (PDF)

James Madison University

Pete Bsumek:

SCOM 354 - Communication, Environment and Environmentalism

Loyola University

Bob Thomas:

CMMN A370 - Environmental Communications
CMMN A371 - Covering the Environmental Beat
CMMN A496 - Management and Communications of Environmental Relations

Metropolitan State University

Helen Correll:

Writing 575 - Environmental Communications (PDF)

North Dakota State University

Mark Meister:

SPCM/MCOM 320 - Environmental Communication Analysis

Northern Arizona University

Lea Parker:

COM 150 - Environmental Communication
JLS 440 - Environmental Research & Reporting
COM 250 - Environmental Perspectives on Communication Arts

Brant Short:

SC 365 - Communication & Contemporary Affairs (PDF)

Ohio State University

T. Davis Sydnor - winter/autumn quarter; Joe Heimlich - spring quarter:

NR 567 - Communicating Environmental and Natural Resources Information

Oregon State University

Gregg Walker:

COMM 412/512 - Environmental Conflict Resolution

Rutgers University

Caron Chess

11:374:325 - Environmental Communication

11:374:433 - Public Participation and Environmental Policy

11:374:493 - Environmental Communication Clinic

William Hallman

11:374:430 - Risk, Health & Safety

Andrew Pleasant:

11:374:225 - Environment and health in society and the mass media

11:374:325 - Environmental Communication

11:374:435 - Communication in the Life Sciences

11:374:436 - Health literacy: Empowerment for better health

San Francisco State University

Staff:

BECA 502 Enviromental Communication on the Electronic Media

San José State University

Dennis Jaehne:

COMM 146 - Communication and the Environment

Anne Marie Todd:

COMM 146 - Environmental Communication

St. John's University

Terry Check:

COMM 381 - Environmental Rhetoric

Southern New Hampshire University

Staff:

COM 302 Environmental Communication

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Mark Meisner:

EST 245 - Nature and Popular Culture
EST 393 - Environmental Discourse and Communication

Susan Senecah:

CMN 493 - Environmental Communication Workshop

Tufts University

Julian Agyeman:

UEP 294A - Environmental Communication and Education

Tulane University

John Patton:

COMM 351 Environmental Communication

University College of the Cariboo

Shawn Thompson:

JRL 315 - Media issues II: Scientific and Environmental Media Issues

University of Cincinnati

Steve Depoe:

COMM 467 - Environmental Communication (PDF) | Homework Master List (PDF) | Final Exam (PDF)

University of Idaho

Troy Hall:

CSS 387 Environmental Commucation Skills

Donny Roush:

ENVS 404 - Environmental Communications and Education

Univeristy of Montana

Steve Schwarze:

COMM 377/EVST 377 - Rhetoric, Nature and Environmentalism (PDF)
COMM 495 - Environmental Rhetoric (PDF)

University of North Carolina

Cindy Spurlock:

COMM 375 - Environmental Advocacy: Communication, Conservation, and Community in Theory and Practice (link is to the course blog), see also the Syllabus (PDF)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert Cox:

Communication Studies 175/ENST 175 - Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere (PDF)

Univeristy of Southern Maine

Travis Wagner:

ESP 203 - Environmental Communication (PDF)

Univeristy of Washington

Tema Milstein:

Comparative History of Ideas 270C - Culture, Communication, and the Human Relationship with Nature

Univeristy of Utah

Glen Feighery:

COM 4650 Environmental Reporting

Julia Corbett:

COM 5360 Environmental Communication

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Adrian Ivakhiv:

Environmental Studies 272 - Environment, Communication, & Culture (PDF)

Utah State University

Jennifer Peeples:

Environmental Rhetoric

Graduate Courses

Colorado State University

Garrett O'Keefe, Michael Slater:

JT614 - Public Communication Campaigns

Garrett O'Keefe, Marilee Long:

JT662 - Communicating Science and Technology

Other:

NR501 - Leadership and Public Communications
NR600 - Advanced Public Relations in Natural Resources

Duke University: Duke Environmental Leadership Program

Brian Day:

Environmental Communication for Behavior Change (Online course)

Florida State University

Andrew Opel:

Com 6400-02 - Media, Culture and the Environment

Marquette University

Robert Griffin:

JOUR 173: Science, Health, and Environmental Communication

Metropolitan State University

Helen Correll:

Writing 575 - Environmental Communications (PDF)

Northern Arizona University

Brant Short:

COM 698 - Seminar in Communication Theory

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Mark Meisner:

EST 645 - Mass Media and Environmental Affairs
EST 696 - Climate Change: Science, Perception and Policy

Susan Senecah:

ENS 608 - Environmental Conflict and Citizen Groups

Texas A&M University

Staff:

SCOM 660: Environmental Communication
SCOM 665: Communication and Technology

University of Cincinnati

Steve Depoe:

COMM 801 - Advanced Rhetorical Theory: Environmental Communication (PDF)

Univeristy of Montana

Steve Schwarze:

COMM 595/EVST 595 - Rhetoric and Environmental Controversy (PDF)

Univeristy of Utah

Julia Corbett:

COM 6360 Environmental Communication and other rotating topic seminars related to environmental communication

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sharon Dunwoody:

ES 860: Science and Environmental Communication

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