Winter Quarter 2025 Time Schedule

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  21054 A  5       MW     1100-1220  JOY  114      Blair,Nicole               Closed   20/  20                B     
                        THEME: WRITING ABOUT MUSIC AND COMM                         
                        UNITY                                                       
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE,                                
                        STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE VARIOUS                           
                        WAYS IN WHICH MUSIC OF ALL KINDS                            
                        WORKS TO BUILD COMMUNITY. STUDENTS                          
                        WILL WRIT IN A VARIETY OF GENRES,                           
                        FROM DISCUSSION BOARD POSTS TO FULL                         
                        LENGTH ANALYTICAL ESSAYS. PEER                              
                        REVIEW WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS                          
                        THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, AS WELL AS                          
                        INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS WITH THE                           
                        INSTRUCTOR.                                                 

Restr  21055 B  5       MW     930-1050   JOY  104      Modarres,Andrea            Open     14/  20                B     
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE WE WILL                         
                        ANALYZE GRAPHIC MEMOIRS AND NOVELS                          
                        REPRESENTING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES                           
                        TO EXPLORE HOW AUTHORS COMMUNICATE                          
                        THROUGH THE GENRE OF COMICS. IN                             
                        WRITING ABOUT THESE NARRATIVES, WE                          
                        WILL EXPLORE HOW LIFE WRITING                               
                        REFLECTS SPECIFIC CULTURAL,                                 
                        HISTORICAL FRAMEWORKS OF BELONGING                          
                        AND POWER. HYBRID COURSE WITH                               
                        FRIDAYS ONLINE AND ASYNCHRONOUS.                            

Restr  21056 C  5       MWF    800-920    DOU  260      Laux-Bachand,LeAnne        Open      8/  20                      
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS CLASS, WE WILL                         
                        EXAMINE YOUR EDUCATIONAL HISTORIES                          
                        WHEN WRITING WAS VALUED, AND YOUR                           
                        VOICE WASN'T HEARD. WE'LL BUILD ON                          
                        THOSE HISTORIES TO EXPLORE WHAT                             
                        WRITING IN COLLEGE CAN LOOK LIKE                            
                        INSIDE AND OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS, AND                          
                        HOW WE CAN MAKE UW TACOMA A PLACE                           
                        WHERE YOUR WORDS MATTER.                                    

Restr  21057 D  5       to be arranged                  Kalikoff,Beth              Closed   20/  20                A     

Restr  21058 E  5       MW     1100-1220  BHS  107      Chavez,Sarah A             Open      8/  20                B     
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS CLASS, WE WILL                         
                        PRACTICE EXPLORATORY WRITING WHICH                          
                        INVITES READING, RESEARCHING, AND                           
                        REFLECTING ON A COMMUNITY OF YOUR                           
                        CHOOSING (TO WHICH YOU BELONG). WE                          
                        WILL ENGAGE IN PROCESS WRITING                              
                        WHICH TARGES THE ABILITY TO                                 
                        EFFECTIVETLY ARGUE, INFORM,                                 
                        CREATIVELY EXPRESS AND                                      
                        CONSTRUCTIVELY CRITIQUE                                     
                        CONVERSATIONS AROUND A COMMUNITY                            
                        YOU ARE PERSONALLY INVESTED IN, TO                          
                        DISCOVER THE MYRIAD OF WAYS YOU ARE                         
                        A VALUABLE MEMBER WITH THE POWER TO                         
                        INTELLECTUALLY AND MATERIALLY                               
                        CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER GOOD.                             

Restr  21059 A  5       TTh    1010-1210  TPS  201      Selkin,Peter A             Closed   25/  25                      
                        TITLE: LIFE OF A CHANGING PLANET                            
                        DESCRIPTION: INVESTIGATES CRITICAL                          
                        ENVRIONMENTAL ISSUES BOTH LOCAL AND                         
                        GLOBAL SCALES, EMPHASIZNG UNEVEN                            
                        IMPACTS ON POOR AND MINORITIZED                             
                        COMMUNITIES. TOPICS MAY INCLUDE                             
                        CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; FOOD, WATER                         
                        AND ENERGY RESOURCES; AND HUMAN                             
                        HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. CLASS MAY                           
                        BE USED FOR HANDS ON LAB AND FIELD                          
                        RESEARCH.                                                   

Restr  21070 A  5       TTh    130-330    GWP  101      Krayenbuhl,Pamela          Open     22/  25                      
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES                           
                        THE GENRE OF SCIENCE FICTION ACROSS                         
                        MEDIA FORMATS. STUDENTS WILL                                
                        ANALYZE KEY EXAMPLES OF SCIENCE                             
                        FICTION LITERATURE, FILM,                                   
                        TELEVISION, AND POPULAR MUSIC. WE                           
                        WILL SEEK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT                                
                        DEFINES THE GENRE, WHAT KINDS OF                            
                        ARGUMENTS AND CRITIQUES IT MAKES                            
                        ABOUT SOCIETY AND WHAT MAKES IT                             
                        APPEALING.                                                  

Restr  21071 B  5       MWF    930-1050   BHS  103      Forman,Michael             Open      9/  25                      
                        TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES:                          
                        QUESTIONS                                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: QUESTIONS ARE MORE                             
                        OFTEN IMPORTANT THAN ANSWERS. IN                            
                        THIS CLASS, WE LOOK AT MOVIES,                              
                        LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AS THEY POSE                         
                        (AND OFTEN FAIL TO) ANSWER                                  
                        QUESTIONS SUCH AS: WHAT DO WE OWE                           
                        EACH OTHER? WHEN AM I IN CONTROL OF                         
                        MY ACTIONS? WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING                         
                        TO DO? HOW DO CIRCUMSTANCES SHAPE                           
                        THE ANSWERS TO SUCH QUESTIONS? WHO                          
                        AM I? WHAT IS A HUMAN BEING? ARE                            
                        DEFINITIVE ANSWERS TO THESE                                 
                        QUESTIONS POSSIBLE?                                         

Restr  21072 C  5       TTh    130-330    PNK  104      Burghart,William           Open     10/  25                      
                        TITLE: GOLDEN AGE ATHENS                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: STUDENTS WILL BECOME                           
                        FAMILIAR WITH CULTURE, HISTORY,                             
                        POLITICS AND SOCIETY OF ATHENS FROM                         
                        APPROXIMATELY 509 BCE TO 404 BCE.                           
                        STUDENTS WILL 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.