WILD 300 - Wilderness & the Liberal Arts

Credits: 1-3
Designed to serve as the "common core" curriculum for the Summer Sierra Program, this course includes
exploration of theological, as well as philosophical and literary ideas about wilderness, "creation," the
natural world and human relationships to them. Readings include contemporary environmental
theologians, philosophical ethicists, and literary texts, as well as historically significant thinkers such as
Thoreau, Muir, Abbey, and Leopold, and other ecocritical and environmental texts through a variety of
other disciplinary lenses. The course will form the theological basis of a General Education Focus Series,
which may be paired with a variety of Sierra course offerings.