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Environmental Aesthetics

Environmental Studies College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ESS

Course Number

344

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMES: Major-Environment Sci Elective, EMEV: Major-Env Stu/Sustain Elective, ENCA: Minor-Creative Arts Elective, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, NCAT: Minor-Creative Arts/Technology, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive

Course Short Title

Environmental Aesthetics

Course Long Title

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Course Description

An exploration of questions centered at the intersection of aesthetics and environmental philosophy. Focuses on the relation between the aesthetic appreciation of nature and the aesthetic appreciation of art; the roles played by scientific knowledge, emotional engagement and imagination in the aesthetic appreciation of nature; the thesis that all of wild nature has positive value; and the theoretical role aesthetic considerations play in the rationale behind environmental conservation.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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