Deep mapping is a literary technique used by travel and environmental writers to create a multilayered portrait of a place, including not only a description of the place, but also its natural and cultural history, as well as the writer's personal experience with and in that place. In this seminar, we will read excerpts from the foundational deep map in literature, William Least Heat-Moon's "Prairyerth," as well as examples by other contemporary authors. Mostly, we we work on writing our own deep maps, first by visiting sites in and around UCSB campus and then by creating multimodal representations of those places using ArcGIS StoryMaps.

Prerequisites: Enrollment in Letters and Science Honors Program.

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Letters and science

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BROWN KARA
Kara Mae Brown
4.4
9 reviews
Winter 2026 . Brown Kara
HSSB 1233
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13:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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WRIT2 . Brown Kara 3 Years Ago

Kara Mae is so sweet and was really accommodating during the pandemic. Because of this, attendance wasn't completely mandatory but I recommend you still go to class. You're graded based on peer reviewing your classmates essays and a writing project. I learned a lot from this class but you do need to put in the work if you're trying to get an A!

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WRIT2 . Brown Kara 3 Years Ago

Professor Brown was wonderful. She accommodated for us a lot and switched the course to being completely online because of how our class decided. Very sweet and kind and makes sure you understand the criteria of her projects and how she grades them. Participate in your assignments and you'll do great!

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WRITING2 . Brown Kara 3 Years Ago

Professor Kara is so nice. I got an A this semester. Not a tough grader. Not too much homework. Participation is not mandatory.

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WRIT2 . Brown Kara 4 Years Ago

Took WRIT 2 during summer. I understand that no one likes to learn/teach during summer but I feel that through this almost completely asynchronous course, I didn't learn much. There were also tons of asynchronous work each week to keep us busy but I feel that it was just stressful and unnecessary.

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WRIT2 . Brown Kara 6 Years Ago

You will get the grade you deserve in this class based on the effort you put in. There are frequent readings, but a good skim through them is fine. I recommend reading them, not only for the grade but because they are genuinely interesting (coming from a person who hates reading). Super helpful, interesting, and fun. Ur view on writing will change.

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WRIT2 . Brown Kara 9 Years Ago

Great professor. Learned lots about writing and enjoyed it too because of her enthusiasm for the subject.

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