Communication 497M - ST-Comm & Nature

This course of study raises these basic questions: How, if at all, does communication mediate the relationship between people and places (nature and environments)? Do we know "places," "nature" and our environment through what we say about it? Or, in turn, does nature communicate to us more than we can indeed say? The main objectives of this course are: 1) to understand how communication relates people to place, nature and environments; 2) to explore different means for expressing relationships between people and place/nature; 3) to develop an enriched view of the possible contemplative means that are available for communicating with nature, and relating people to places; and 4) to develop critical perspectives on the various ways communication relates people to nature and places.

Open to Senior and Junior Communication majors only. Familiarity with Comm 118 and 212 very helpful.