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Role of Science in Society
Course title: The Role of Science Society;
CRN numbers: ENGL: 20027, 20028; OEAS: 17648, 17649
Credits: 3
Course type: Distance learning/on campus
Instructors: Dr. Hans-Peter Plag, Michelle Heart
Listing Departments: ENGL 795/895, OEAS 795/895 Advanced/Special Topics
Term: Fall 2015; Fridays 11:00 - 2:00; Gornto Room 205
Contact Information: hpplag at odu.edu; mheart at odu.edu
Note that the dates of the classes are not updated and will be changed to fit the Fall schedule.
Week | Date | Topic | Literature and Notes |
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1 | 01/16/2015 | Intro to class, syllabus, homework (reading & discussion board), assignments; Burkian analysis | See Reading List |
2 | 01/23/2015 | Ethics: science ethics, environmental ethics | See Reading List |
3 | 01/30/2015 | Rhetoric & Logical Fallacies discussion | See Reading List |
4 | 02/06/2015 | Foundations/roots of environmental literature | See Reading List |
5 | 02/13/2015 | Methods of science, modern philosophy and paradigm shifts | See Reading List |
6 | 02/20/2015 | Framing of science within the public realm; science/environmental journalism, editorial/blog | See Reading List |
7 | 02/27/2015 | Failed Warnings or the Failure to Warn? | See Reading List |
8 | 03/06/2015 | Science and Policy and Decision Making | See Reading List |
9 | 03/13/2015 | Science and collapse in poetry, plays | See Reading List |
10 | 03/20/2015 | Visual rhetoric; the power of metaphor | See Reading List |
11 | 03/27/2015 | Cli fi: books and films | See Reading List |
12 | 11/14/2014 | Risk, the fate of future generations, decisions in society | See Reading List |
13 | 11/21/2014 | Where to go from here: ways to reflect and engage | See Reading List |
14 | 11/28/2014 | THANKSGIVING, NO CLASS | |
15 | 12/01/2014 | Student Workshop |