COMM 3081

Environmental & Sustainability Communication Part 2

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

Multi-semester course fall (weeks 1-7). 3 credits. Multi-semester course fall (weeks 1-7). Students must enroll in both COMM 3080  and COMM 3081 to receive a final grade. The grade recorded at the end of the second semester (COMM 3081) evaluates the student's performance in the course for the entire year.

When Offered Multi-semester course (Fall).

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: COMM 3080.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Comments Note that this course is supported by a grant from Engaged Cornell, an initiative that seeks to foster community engagement and emphasizes "knowledge with a purpose." As such, our major goal in this course is to blend insights from the scientific study of environmental and sustainability communication with the strategic communication goals of our partner environmental organizations to create more creative, informed, and effective public engagement. Students must enroll in both COMM 3080 (spring) and 3081 (fall) to receive a final letter grade. Students will receive a placeholder grade (R) in the spring and upon completion of COMM 3081, the R grade will be replaced with a letter grade.

• Students will be able to define and apply environmental communication theory in diverse settings.
• Students will be able to effectively communicate environmental and sustainability issues across multiple platforms.
• Students will be able to collaborative with community partners to achieve strategic communication goals.
• Students will be able to integrate communication theory and practice into a brief multimedia presentation.

View Enrollment Information