Climate Communication (Option) - Trent Universit

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Program Facts

Program Details

Degree

Bachelors

Major

Atmospheric Science | Science Communication

Area of study

Natural Science

Course Language

English

About Program

Program Overview

Trent University's Climate Communication Option combines interdisciplinary coursework in environmental science, communication, and storytelling to equip students with effective climate change communication skills. By exploring the impact of media on audiences, this program aims to foster a more sustainable and equitable world by empowering students to craft compelling climate change narratives.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Option in Climate Communication is a unique offering at Trent University that blends courses across disciplines to teach students a new storytelling approach. It aims to use more effective climate change communications and environmental storytelling to foster a more sustainable and equitable world. The program leverages Trent's academic and research strengths in arts-based and environmental education. It examines how to better understand media's effect on audiences’ morals, values, and behaviours.

Outline:

To earn this option, you need to fulfill the requirements of a General or Honours degree in addition to successfully completing 4.0 credits from the following course list:

0.5 COMM credit consisting of:
COMM 1000H: Introduction to Communications
1.5 ERST credits consisting of:
ERST-POST 2100H: Environmental Science and Politics
ERST 3501H: Environment and Communication: Oral and Visual Presentation
ERST 3502H: Climate and Environmental Communications
0.5 ERSC credit from:
ERSC 1010H: Environmental Science and Sustainability (Sc)
CLIM-ERSC 1050H: Introduction to Climatic Change Science and Policy (Sc)
1.5 COMM credits from:
COMM 2001H: Communications Theory
COMM 2002H: Foundations of Public Relations
COMM 2004H: Digital Storytelling
COMM-ADMN 3001H: Event Management
COMM 3002H: Media Relations
COMM 4001H: Crisis Communication
"Stories are the way people make sense of the world."
"And we have reached a moment in history when there are innumerable stories to tell about climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.