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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Ecology and Literature

  • Unit Code

    CCC3108

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

The environment is fundamental to how we understand ourselves in landscape and place. This unit will explore ecology as a cornerstone of the Romantic and Transcendentalist movements. Environmental change and the threat that nature is turning against us has brought about a revival of nature writing, particularly among regional writers.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Attribute nature writing and the development of concepts and styles to various traditions.
  2. Comment on nature writing and its role in the rise of environmentalism and ecology studies.
  3. Compare ideas, theoretical concepts and works from different historic periods and locations.
  4. Research and develop analytical case studies on particular writers and movements.

Unit Content

  1. Close study of selected West Australian nature writers and their connections to this literary heritage.
  2. Introduction to nature writing through poetry, prose and essays.
  3. The development of nature writing from the late eighteenth century ideas of Rousseau and the Romantics to contemporary works that express global environmental concerns.
  4. The theoretical concepts and research skills required for a case study.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and guest speakers.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDeveloped critical and creative activities40%
ProjectEssay or Creative work60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDeveloped critical and creative activities40%
ProjectEssay or Creative work60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Ecology and Literature

  • Unit Code

    CCC3108

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

Description

The environment is fundamental to how we understand ourselves in landscape and place. This unit will explore ecology as a cornerstone of the Romantic and Transcendentalist movements. Environmental change and the threat that nature is turning against us has brought about a revival of nature writing, particularly among regional writers.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Attribute nature writing and the development of concepts and styles to various traditions.
  2. Comment on nature writing and its role in the rise of environmentalism and ecology studies.
  3. Compare ideas, theoretical concepts and works from different historic periods and locations.
  4. Research and develop analytical case studies on particular writers and movements.

Unit Content

  1. Close study of selected West Australian nature writers and their connections to this literary heritage.
  2. Introduction to nature writing through poetry, prose and essays.
  3. The development of nature writing from the late eighteenth century ideas of Rousseau and the Romantics to contemporary works that express global environmental concerns.
  4. The theoretical concepts and research skills required for a case study.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 1 hour lecture
Semester 2Not OfferedNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and guest speakers.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDeveloped critical and creative activities40%
ProjectEssay or Creative work50%
ParticipationTutorial activities10%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDeveloped critical and creative activities40%
ProjectEssay or Creative work50%
ParticipationTutorial activities online10%

Core Reading(s)

  • Communications, S., & Arts. (2014). CCC3108 ecology and literature : book of readings. Perth, Australia: Expo Document Copy Centre. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/961041462?databaseList=638
  • Garrad, G. (2012). Ecocriticism. (2nd ed.). London, Great Britain: Routledge. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/701493964?databaseList=638

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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