Continuation of the writing skills developed in freshman writing with an emphasis on content and style appropriate to the environmental design and landscape architecture field.
How the built environment is shaped by humans. The forces that go into developing human settlements, how these environments change, how different groups experience the environment, and how enviromental designers work within this context. (Gen.Ed. I)
Scandinavian literature and film have always reflected on the impact of violence and chaos in human affairs. Today's increasingly multicultureal communities complicate their reflections in unprecedented ways.
Readings (in translation) of selected Old Icelandic sagas, whose content and energized style emerged during the first European expansion toward the west. These early "westerns" are excitingly told and will be discussed as regards the stories themselves and in their historical and cultural framework. Conducted in English (Gen. Ed. AL)