Writing Skills for Environmental Professionals

Catalog description

This course is a survey of writing genres students will encounter in environmental jobs. Each week will have a unique technical or creative focus, with units spanning science storytelling, literature reviews, policy writing, grant proposals, social media campaigns, environmental poetry and more. Students will read and reflect on examples of effective environmental writing while building their own portfolio of pieces. In lab sections, students will participate in peer review to practice giving and receiving feedback. ESM 437 is designed and recommended for first year MESM students, but is open to all MESM, MEDS, and PhD students at Bren and other departments. Undergraduates with writing experience may petition to enroll.