ESS344
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, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies
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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Equivalent Course(s)
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