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Apr 20, 2024
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T3 4605 - Appalachian Culture, Energy and Environment
This course explores the arts and culture of our region as related to energy and the environment both past and present. Topics will include music of coal miners; murals, festivals and performance commemorating the culture of mining towns; historic preservation of local architecture; material culture and memory in local museums and historical societies; engagements and encounters with the environment; and protest cultures related to energy extraction past and present. Throughout, attention will be paid to questions of citizenship and social justice. Students will engage the material firsthand through readings, screenings, guest lectures and performances, and field trips.
Requisites: Sr only
Credit Hours: 3
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to acquire and analyze information for their assignments and final projects through online and other library resources.
- Students will be able to analyze and interpret the role of the arts in social life.
- Students will be able to describe how the arts are used for commemoration, environmental justice, and protest.
- Students will be able to explain the significance of expressive and material culture for life in mining towns.
- Students will be able to utilize technology in their research and class presentations.
- Students will have the ability to effectively present information orally to an audience of their peers and faculty.
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