Winter 2019 Time Schedule
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CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA |
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***T CORE COURSES ARE FOR FRESHMAN ONLY***
Enrl Sect Crs Restr SLN ID Cred Meeting Times Bldg/Rm Instructor Status Enrl/Lim Grades Fee Other ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| T CORE 101 INTRO ACADEM WRIT | (C) |
Restr 20707 B 5 MWF 1100-1220 TLB 115 Liner,James Open 18/ 20 TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC WRITING. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE HELPS STUDENTS BEGIN CONSIDERING A SERIES OF CRUCIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT COLLEGE WRITING. STUDENTS WILL NOT ONLY PRACTICE EFFECTIVE WRITING STRATEGIES BUT ALSO, USING A "WRITING ABOUT WRITING" APPROACH, REFLECT ON THOSE PRACTICES IN ORDER TO THINK CRITICALLY AND FLEXIBLY ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH WRITING ASSIGNMENTS THROUGH THE REST OF THEIR COLLEGE CAREER. |
Restr 22408 C 5 MW 130-330 PNK 104 Casas,Ruben Closed 20/ 20 TITLE: WRITING WITH PLACE - PLACEMAKING AND THE URBAN-SERVING UNIVERSITY. DESCRIPTION: THE INTELLECTUAL WORK OF THIS COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE UWT CAMPUS ITSELF, AND HOW IT IMPACTS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF IN PARTICULAR, AND THE RESIDENTS OF TACOMA AND THE SOUTH SOUND REGION IN GENERAL. READINGS, DISCUSSIONS, ACTIVITIES, AND WRITING IN THE COURSE CENTER AROUND THESE TWO QUESTIONS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STUDY AT AN URBAN- SERVING INSTITUTION? HOW DOES THE PHYSICAL/BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE UWT CAMPUS IMPACT THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE CITY AND THE REGION? |
Restr 22409 D 5 TTh 130-330 ADMC GWP101 Laux-Bachand,Leanne Open 19/ 20 TITLE: WORDS MATTER - WRITING IN COLLEGE AND THE "REAL WORLD". DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE FOUNDATIONS OF RHETORIC AND HOW THEY APPLY TO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. WE WILL READ, REFLECT ON, AND WRITE IN A VARIETY OF ARGUMENT STYLES ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO US. |
Restr 20708 F 5 MW 130-330 DOU 280 Nguyen,Annie H Open 19/ 20 TITLE: IDENTITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE. DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BEGIN CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL VOICE BY ANALYZING A VARIETY OF VOICES THAT EXAMINE CRITICAL ISSUES IN OUR SOCIETY. THROUGH SELF- EXPLANATORY WRITING, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP THEIR OWN CREDIBILITY AND CONFIDENCE AS THEY LEARN TO APPLY THEIR OWN VOICE TO EXAMINE REAL ISSUES IN OUR WORLD. |
Restr 20709 J 5 TTh 130-330 ADMC BHS103 Chavez,Sarah A Closed 20/ 20 TITLE: COMMUNITY WRITING AND WRITING ABOUT COMMUNITIES. DESCRIPTION: THROUGH EXPLORATORY WRITING PRACTICES, STUDENTS WILL USE THE FRAME WORK OF COMMUNITY WRITING TO APPROACH REFINING THEIR WRITING SKILLS FOR AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ, RESEARCH, & REFLECT ON A COMMUNITY OF THEIR CHOOSING TO WHICH THEY BELONG. THROUGH EXPLORATION OF THIS COMMUNITY, STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN PROCESS WRITING WHICH TARGETS THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY ARGUE, INFORM, CREATIVELY EXPRESS, AND CONSTRUCTIVELY CRITIQUE CONVERSATIONS AROUND A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE. |
| T CORE 112 INTRO SCIENCE | (NW) |
Restr 20710 B 5 MW 130-330 DOU 270 Card,Ryan Closed 25/ 25 TITLE: PARADOX-MATHEMATICS OF NONSENSE. DESCRIPTION: PARADOX IS A STATEMENT WHICH LEADS TO CONSEQUENCES OR RESULTS WHICH ARE STRIKINGLY COUNTER TO INTUITION OR ESTABLISHED RESULTS. THIS IS A COURSE THAT EXPLORES AND ANALYZES DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARADOXES AND THEIR RESOLUTIONS. WE WILL STUDY SELF-REFERENTIAL PARADOXES, PROBABILISTIC AND STATISTICAL PARADOXES, VISUAL PARADOXES, PARADOXES OF INFINITY AND INFINITESIMAL, AMONG OTHERS. |
Restr 20711 C 5 TTh 130-330 ADMC WCG110 Cowgill,Karen D Closed 25/ 25 TITLE: PEOPLE, PARASITES AND PLOWSHARES-LEARNING FROM OUR BODY'S MOST TERRIFYING INVADERS. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE PARASITES THAT AFFECT HUMANS AND SOMETIMES CAUSE SERIOUS DISEASES, LIKE SCHISTOSOMIASIS OR TAPEWORM. HOW ARE THEY SPREAD? WHAT STRATEGIES DO THEY USE TO SURVIVE, AND HOW DOES THE HUMAN "HOST" DEAL WITH THESE "GUESTS"? HOW HAVE PARASITES INFLUENCED HUMAN CULTURE AND HISTORY, AND HOW MIGHT THEY HELP US SOLVE SOME OF OUR TOUGHEST MEDICAL CHALLENGES? |
Restr 20712 F 5 TTh 800-1000 ADMC WCG209 McDonald,Erik Open 24/ 25 TITLE: WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE ROAD-EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES HOW SCIENCE IS USED TO UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS THAT ARE IMPOSED ON AQUATIC SYSTEMS IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT AIM TO ALLEVIATE THESE CONCERNS. STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN THIS MATERIAL THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, AN AUTHENTIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, AND "FLIPPED" LECTURES. |
| T CORE 113 INTRO SOC SCI | (I&S) |
Restr 20713 B 5 TTh 800-1000 TLB 109 McMillan,Lucas Open 15/ 25 TITLE: THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF FREE SPEECH RIGHTS. DESCRIPTION: THIS CLASS WILL FOCUS ON THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST AMENDMENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, CONGRESS, AND EXTERNAL POLITICAL FORCES. STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE TYPES OF SPEECH THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES AND DOES NOT PROTECT, AND HOW OUR INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDING OF FREE SPEECH RIGHTS ARE RECONSTRUCTED BY CHANGES IN OUR POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. TOPICS FOR ANALYSIS WILL INCLUDE POLITICAL SPEECH, SYMBOLIC AND HATE SPEECH, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS ENFORCED AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. |
Restr 20714 C 5 TTh 1010-1210 TPS 201 Ishem,Linda Closed 25/ 25 TITLE: COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMON GOOD. DESCRIPTION: WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF GIVING BACK, PAY IT FORWARD, AND RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS. CONTRAST THAT TO GROWING INCOME INEQUITY, RAMPANT INDIVIDUALISM, GREED AND EXCESS. THIS COURSE IS DESIGNED TO EXAMINE OUR RIGHTS, ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS SOCIAL GROUPS TO WHICH WE BELONG. WE WILL EXPLORE TENSIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALISM AND COMMUNALISM; INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; AND SPECIAL INTERESTS IN RELATION TO THE COMMON GOOD. |
Restr 20715 D 5 MWF 930-1050 CP 334A Laing,Sharon Steele Open 23/ 24 TITLE: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTHCARE DELIVERY. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO THE PRACTICE OF USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS SMARTPHONES, WEARABLE DEVICES, MOBILE APPS AND SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES TO PATIENTS. |
Restr 20716 F 5 TTh 1010-1220 DOU 280 Chaffee,Leighann Closed 25/ 25 TITLE: FOOD, EATING BEHAVIOR, AND GLOBAL FOOD PATHWAYS. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY WORK BY FOCUSING ON A CORE CURRICULUM FROM MULTIPLE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES. THIS COURSE WILL USE THE STUDY OF EATING BEHAVIOR AND GLOBAL FOOD PATHWAYS AS A THEME TO EXAMINE THE LEARNING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE EMPLOYING PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, AND GEOGRAPHY. |
| T CORE 114 INTRO HUMANITIES | (VLPA) |
Restr 20717 B 5 MWF 1100-1220 ADMC WCG209 Bandes B. Weingarden,Maria Open 24/ 25 TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE AESTHETIC PRINCIPLES OF THEATRE TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ATTENDING, ENJOYING, ANALYZING, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE LIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. FOCUS IS PLACED ON THE SPECIFIC ROLES OF THE PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, DESIGNERS, AND AUDIENCE; AND CRITICAL SKILLS AND VOCABULARY TO BETTER APPRECIATE AND EVALUATE THEATRE. THE SECOND HALF OF THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF THEATRE IN SOCIETY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN THEATRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. STUDENTS WILL BOTH DISCUSS THE PRINCIPLES OF THIS COURSE AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISES WHERE THEY PUT THESE PRINCIPLES INTO ACTION. |
Restr 20718 C 5 TTh 130-330 ADMC BB107 Blair,Nicole Open 24/ 25 TITLE: THE GOTHIC. DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL ENCOUNTER THE GOTHIC IN MUSIC, PAINTING, LITERATURE (WHICH INCLUDES POETRY AND FICTION), AND FILM. READINGS INCLUDE WORKS BY AUTHORS FROM THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND, AND EUROPE INCLUDING EDGAR ALLEN POE, NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, AND BRAM STOKER (DRACULA), AS WELL AS MORE MODERN VERSIONS OF THE GOTHIC. AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, STUDENTS WILL PRESENT AN ORIGINAL MULTI- GENRE WORK BASED ON THEIR READING AND RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE COURSE. |
Restr 21743 E 5 MWF 930-1050 ADMC BHS103 Burghart,William Closed 25/ 25 TITLE: EXPLORATION OF ATHENS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY CE. DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY, POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIETY OF ATHENS FROM APPROX. 509 BCE TO 404 BCE. STUDENTS WILL ALSO EXPLORE IDEAS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF A PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY THROUGH IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS, INCLUDING: A POLICY DEBATE, A TRIAL AND A PLAY. NO BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF ATHENS REQUIRED. |
Restr 20720 F 5 TTh 800-1000 ADMC GWP101 Miura,Cassie Open 24/ 25 TITLE: COMEDY AND THE CARNIVALESQUE - LAUGHTER IN DARK TIMES. DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE WAY THAT LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTISTS FROM DIVERSE CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND HISTORICAL PERIODS HAVE HARNESSED THE POWER OF LAUGHTER IN ORDER TO PROCESS PAINFUL EVENTS, BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG THE OPPRESSED, AND CRITIQUE THOSE IN POWER. |
