Autumn 2016 Time Schedule
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T CORE COURSES ARE FOR FRESHMEN ONLY.
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>21482 A 5 MWF 800-920 ADMC GWP101 INOUE,ASAO 20/ 20
TITLE: READING AS COMPASSIONATE
LABOR.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE OFFERS AN
EXPLORATION OF VARIOUS PRACTICES
OF READING AS THE FIRST STEP
TOWARD WRITING AND COMMUNICATING
WITH AND FOR OTHERS. WE WILL READ,
REFLECT UPON OUR READING
PRACTICES, AND CONSIDER WAYS TO
MAKE THEM MOST EFFECTIVE AND
JOYFUL.
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>21483 C 5 TTh 305-510 ADMC GWP101 CHIN,JIM C 19/ 20
TITLE: HUMOR AND CONTEMPORARY
AMERICAN CULTURE
DESCRIPTION: THIS WRITING COURSE
EXAMINES AMERICAN HUMOR IN THE
CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY POPULAR
CULTURE AND SOCIETY. TOPICS OF
EXPLORATION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT
BE LIMITED TO RACE, GENDER, AND
CURRENT EVENTS.
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>21484 D 5 TTh 520-725P ADMC GWP101 CHIN,JIM C 18/ 20
TITLE: HUMOR AND CONTEMPORARY
AMERICAN CULTURE
DESCRIPTION: THIS WRITING COURSE
EXAMINES AMERICAN HUMOR IN THE
CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY POPULAR
CULTURE AND SOCIETY. TOPICS OF
EXPLORATION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT
BE LIMITED TO RACE, GENDER, AND
CURRENT EVENTS.
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>21485 G 5 TTh 1250-255 DOU 280 LINER,JAMES 20/ 20
TITLE: WRITING ABOUT EDUCATION AND
EMPOWERMENT.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL
FOCUS ON SEVERAL TEXTS IN A
VARIETY OF GENRES THAT WILL HELP
US UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIALITIES
AND LIMITS ASSOCIATED WITH
EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
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>23487 H 5 MWF 800-920 DOU 280 ROBERT HOYT,NICOLE L. 17/ 20
TITLE: WRITING YOUR WAY THROUGH
CONTEXT
DESCRIPTION: WHAT ARE THE VARIED
PURPOSES AND AUDIENCES FOR YOUR
WRITING? USING THE RHETORICAL
SITUATION AS A FOUNDATION, IN
ORDER TO ESTABLISH A DEEPER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WRITING
PROCESS FOR COLLEGE/CAREER/LIFE,
THIS COURSE WILL EXPLORE A VARIETY
OF ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC
WRITING GENRES.
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>23488 I 5 MWF 1100-1220 PNK 104 WETZEL,ARIEL E 20/ 20
TITLE: HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE 21ST
CENTURY.
DESCRIPTION: INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO
ACADEMIC WRITING THROUGH CRITICAL
ANALYSIS OF & REFLECTION ON THE
PURPOSES OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
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| T CORE 102 INTRO TO SCIENCE | (NW) |
>21486 A 5 TTh 800-1005 JOY 207 MCDONALD,ERIK 20/ 25
TITLE: WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE
ROAD: EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION ON AQUATIC
ECOSYSTEMS.
DESCRIPTION: HOW DO OUR ACTIONS
IMPACT AQUATIC ORGANISMS LIVING IN
THE PUGET SOUND REGION? LECTURES
WILL FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL
AS SOME EXCITING SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES OCCURRING IN
OUR REGION. TO GAIN A GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE, YOU AND YOUR PEERS
WILL EXPLORE RELEVANT ISSUES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN URBAN
CENTERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
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>21487 C 5 TTh 1250-255 DOU 270 KENNEDY,MAUREEN C. 22/ 25
TITLE: FOREST SCIENCE AND
MANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL
EXAMINE THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
WE MANAGE FOREST RESOURCES USING
SCIENCE; FROM LEAVES, TO TREES, TO
FOREST SYSTEMS, IN THE FIELD AND
ON THE COMPUTER.
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>21488 D 5 TTh 800-1005 JOY 205 HUNT,VANESSA 23/ 25
TITLE: PLANKTON TO PORPOISES:
ORGANISMS OF THE PUGET SOUND
WATERS.
DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, WE
WILL FOCUS ON THE LIFE IN OUR
LOCAL COASTAL WATERS, EXAMINING
BOTH GROUPS OF ORGANISMS THAT HAVE
BEEN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED, AND
THOSE WHERE LITTLE IS KNOWN. WE
WILL ASK WHO, WHERE, WHY, AND HOW
AS WE FOCUS ON OBSERVATION AND THE
GENERATION OF MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS
IN SCIENCE.
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>21489 E 5 MWF 930-1050 ADMC WCG209 HELLER,JUTTA 24/ 25
TITLE: DISEASES THAT CHANGED
THE WORLD.
THIS COURSE WILL INVESTIGATE
HUMAN DISEASES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
WE WILL CONSIDER THE BIOLOGY,
TRANSMISSION AND TREATMENT OF
THESE DISEASES, AS WELL AS
THEIR HISTORICAL, MEDICAL,
ETHICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ON
WORLD HISTORY.
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>21490 F 5 MW 130-335 DOU 201 GELARDEN,CARLY J 22/ 25
TITLE: 50 SHADES OF GREEN:
EXPLORING THE DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS
AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF
WASHINGTON STATE.
DESCRIPTION: THIS CLASS SERVES AS
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURAL
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON STATE. EACH
WEEK WE WILL EXPLORE A NEW
ECOSYSTEM FOUND IN WASHINGTON,
FROM MOUNTAINS TO SEA. WE WILL
LEARN ABOUT THE CLIMATE, GEOLOGY,
ECOLOGY AND WILDLIFE THAT MAKE
EACH OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS UNIQUE.
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| T CORE 103 INTRO SOC SCI | (I&S) |
>21492 C 5 MWF 1100-1220 TLB 115 MILLER,GREGG 25/ 25
TITLE: FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY AND SOCIAL THEORY.
DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, WE
SURVEY A VARIETY OF FOUNDATIONAL
TEXTS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND
SOCIAL THEORY, INCLUDING WORKS BY
JOHN LOCKE, ADAM SMITH, KARL MARX,
MAX WEBER, AND OTHERS. WE WILL
TAKE UP QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE
NATURE OF POWER AND POLITICAL
LEGITIMACY, THE RELATION BETWEEN
STATES AND MARKETS, AND VARIOUS
THEORIES OF SELF AND SOCIETY.
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>21493 E 5 MWF 930-1050 TLB 109 BROWN,MICHAEL 22/ 25
TITLE: COWGIRLS AND COWBOYS VS.
STEREOTYPES.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE LOOKS AT
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE AMERICAN
WEST. WE WILL WATCH MOVIES
DEPICTING THE WEST AND THE WOMEN
AND MEN WHO MADE IT'S HISTORY.
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| T CORE 104 INTRO TO HUMANITIES | (VLPA) |
>21495 A 5 MWF 930-1050 KEY 102 DAVENPORT,KIMBERLY M. 18/ 25
TITLE: LISTENING OUTSIDE THE BOX:
CONCERT MUSIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL
EXPLORE THE WORLD OF "CLASSICAL
MUSIC", WE WILL IMMERSE OURSELVES
IN A MULTITUDE OF LISTENING
EXPERIENCES, TO INCLUDE LIVE
CONCERT ATTENDANCE AND IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL MUSICIANS.
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>21496 C 5 MWF 800-920 KEY 102 DAVENPORT,KIMBERLY M. 13/ 25
TITLE: LISTENING OUTSIDE THE BOX:
CONCERT MUSIC IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL
EXPLORE THE WORLD OF "CLASSICAL
MUSIC", WE WILL IMMERSE OURSELVES
IN A MULTITUDE OF LISTENING
EXPERIENCES, TO INCLUDE LIVE
CONCERT ATTENDANCE AND IN-CLASS
PERFORMANCES BY LOCAL MUSICIANS.
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>21497 D 5 MW 130-335 TLB 115 LILE,STEPHANIE 19/ 25
TITLE: THE MUSEUM OF EVERYDAY
THINGS: READING OBJECTS, WRITING
ART.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL
EXPLORE THE ORIGIN OF OBJECT IDEAS
AND HOW KEY IDEAS AND OBJECTS HAVE
IMPACTED OUR WORLD. STUDENTS WILL
LEARN TO "READ" OBJECTS AND
UNEARTH THE CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING
ART, ARTIFACT, AND WAYS OF SEEING
THE USUAL IN UNUSUAL WAYS.
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>21498 E 5 TTh 1250-255 JOY 106 MORROW,ALEXANDER J. 25/ 25
TITLE: ZEITGEIST
DESCRIPTION:THIS COURSE EXAMINES
THE NOTION OF ZEITGEIST OR THE
SPIRIT OF THE AGE. THROUGH READING
AND SEMINAR DISCUSSION, WE WILL
CONSIDER THREE HISTORICAL PERIODS-
TURN OF THE CENTURY MODERNISTS,
MID-CENTURY COUNTERCULTURE, AND
OUR OWN POSTMODERN MOMENT. TO
UNRAVEL THE MEANING OF ZEITGEIST,
WE WILL TAKE IN THE WORKS OF
FEMINISM AND THE FUTURISTS, ALLEN
GINSBURG AND VIRGINA WOOLF, AS
WELL AS HIP-HOP AND THE CULTURE
JAMMERS OF OUR NEW VIRTUAL
REALITY.
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>21499 F 5 TTh 1015-1220 ADMC WCG209 HARRIS,GREGORY KEITH 15/ 25
TITLE: THE CITY IN MEDIA
DESCRIPTION: OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
CITIES ARE SHAPED BY
REPRESENTATIONS IN LITERATURE,
FILM, MUSIC, TELEVISION, ART,
ADVERTISING, COMICS, SOCIAL MEDIA,
ETC. THESE REPRESENTATIONS SUGGEST
WHAT DIFFERENT URBAN PLACES ARE
LIKE AND WHAT THEY COULD BECOME.
IN THIS COURSE WE WILL EXPLORE
MANY OF THESE REPRESENTATIONS AS
WELL AS THE CITY OF TACOMA THROUGH
VARIOUS FIELD TRIPS AND
ACTIVITIES.
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