Jun 21, 2025  
Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

HCOM 349 - Environmental Philosophy and Communication


This class explores diverse environmental philosophies, and traces contemporary environmental groups’ use of strategic communication. We study digital campaigns, branding tactics, public education programs, and theories of environmental justice. The course highlights a range of regional, national, and global case studies such as food systems, gas pipeline construction, commercial fish farms, climate change, and freshwater politics. Emphasizes the rhetorical foundations of environmental thought.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  Area 1A and 1B and 1C with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only

Units: 4