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Course	Course Name	Topics of inquiry	Audience (intended)	Type of Writing	Focus	Strategies	Language & Style Considerations
CLL 190	Writing and the Environment	Required: Environment Optional: Identity, Media, Culture, Gender, Violence	First Year	Experimental Narrative Analysis Argumentation Intro. to Research	Critical Thinking Writing as a Process (organization, development, intro, conclusion)	Collaboration Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Critical Reading Optional: debate	Sentence Combining Agreement Punctuation Tense Consistency Writing Handbook
CLL 290	Perspectives on the Environment	Environment (Environmental crisis; Wilderness Nature; Nature as Place, as home; The West: Cowboy; Myth vs. Reality; Symbol & Myth; Wolf)	First Year/Sophomores (Though course is designed for 2nd yr. students)	Research Paper Observation Description Comparison Analysis Persuasion	Critical Thinking Writing as a Process Rhetorical Analysis (Style, Development, Documentation)	Collaboration Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Documentation Critical Reading	Active/Passive Wordiness
CLL 390	Intro. to Literature of Nature (Fulfills Humanities elective)	Nature & Environmental Writing (Pre 1962) Historical/Literary Perspectives on Environmental issues - changing attitudes	Juniors/ Seniors	Analysis Creative Collaborative Project (Ex. Time Line; Voice of a place)	Critical Thinking Literary Analysis Critical Reading	Collaboration/ Group Projects Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Documentation	Clarity Organization Development
CLL 405	Writing for Science Professionals (Popular with EFB students; 2 credit course Reg. for PBE students)	Environmental Disasters Endangered Species Critique position in Field Critical Perspective on Environmental issues	Juniors/ Seniors	Resume Proposal Report Abstracts Options; instructions, memos, graphics	Critical thinking Critical Writing Critical Reading	Case Study Collaboration Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Documentation	Active/Passive Parallel Structure Fog Index Audience Analysis Wordiness
CLL 410	Writing for Environmental Professionals	Environmental Disasters Critique position in field Critical perspective on Environmental issues	Juniors/ Seniors	Resume Proposal Report Abstracts Options; instructions, memos, graphics	Critical thinking Critical Writing Critical Reading	Case Study Collaboration Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Documentation	Active/Passive Parallel Structure Fog Index Audience Analysis Wordiness
CLL 490	Literature of Nature	Nature & Environmental writing (Post 1962) Historical/Literary perspectives on environmental issues Body as nature Media and Culture	Juniors/ Seniors/ Graduate students	Analysis Creative Collaborative Project (Ex. Media critique; environmental group)	Critical Thinking Writing as a Process Critical Reading	Collaboration Group Projects Peer Group Work Oral Presentations Journals Documentation	Clarity Organization Development