Autumn Quarter 2021 Time Schedule

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  21969 A  5       WF     1100-1220  JOY  110      Jones,Ever                 Closed   20/  20                B     
                        TITLE: WRITING INTO BELONGING.                              
                        DESCRIPTION: THE CONCEPTS OF                                
                        BELONGING AND EXCLUSION WILL                                
                        THEMATICALLY GUIDE OUR DEVELOPMENT                          
                        OF CRITICAL THINKING, READING AND                           
                        WRITING SKILLS. STUDENTS WILL                               
                        DEVELOP THEIR IDEAS ON "WRITING                             
                        INTO BELONGING" BY CHOOSING A                               
                        COMMUNITY THEY BELONG TO AND                                
                        DEEPENING THEIR READING AND                                 
                        UNDERSTANDING OF THIS COMMUNITY                             
                        THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK OF EXCLUSION                          
                        AND BELONGING. THROUGH EXPLORATORY                          
                        WRITING PRACTICES THAT DEEPEN THEIR                         
                        SKILLS TO INFORM, ARGUE, EXPRESS                            
                        AND CRITIQUE OTHER TEXTS, STUDENTS                          
                        WILL PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR                                 
                        ACADEMIC WRITING IN THE UNIVERSITY                          
                        AND BEYOND.                                                 
                        OFFERED AS A HYBRID COURSE;                                 
                        STUDENTS WILL MEET IN PERSON ON                             
                        WEDNESDAYS AND SELECT FRIDAYS;                              
                        MONDAY WORK WILL BE ONLINE AND                              
                        ASYNCHRONOUS.                                               

Restr  21970 C  5       MWF    800-920    *    *        Laux-Bachand,Leanne        Open     18/  20                D     
                        TITLE: WRITING YOUR HISTORIES AND                           
                        HOPES.                                                      
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS CLASS WILL                                
                        EXAMINE YOUR EDUCATIONAL HISTORIES                          
                        WHEN YOUR WRITING WAS VALUED AND                            
                        WHEN YOUR VOICE WAS NOT HEARD. WE                           
                        WILL BUILD ON THOSE HISTORIES TO                            
                        EXPLORE WHAT WRITING IN COLLEGE CAN                         
                        LOOK LIKE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF                             
                        CLASSROOMS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE UW                           
                        TACOMA A PLACE WHERE YOUR WORDS                             
                        MATTER.                                                     
                        SYNCHRONOUS                                                 
                        OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING                                 

Restr  21971 D  5       Th     130-330    CP   105      Thompson,Riki              Open     17/  20                B     
                        THEME: LIVING DIGITAL.                                      
                        DESCRIPTION: WE WILL EXPLORE THE                            
                        QUESTION OF HOW TECHNOLOGY IS                               
                        TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE LIVE AND                            
                        CONNECT. STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN                              
                        OPPORTUNITY TO READ, RESEARCH, AND                          
                        REFLECT ON THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY                           
                        IN THEIR LIVES. FOCUSED RESEARCH,                           
                        DISCUSSIONS, INFORMAL WRITING,                              
                        CLOSE READING, AND WRITING                                  
                        WORKSHOPS WILL PREPARE YOU TO                               
                        EFFECTIVELY MAKE YOUR OWN INFORMED                          
                        AND RESEARCHED ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE                          
                        TOPIC AND ADVANCE YOUR                                      
                        UNDERSTANDING OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE                         
                        OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND                              
                        SOCIAL IMPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY                            
                        IN OUR LIVES.                                               
                        OFFERED AS A HYBRID COURSE,                                 
                        STUDENTS WILL BE MEETING IN PERSON                          
                        ON THURSDAY AND TUESDAYS WILL BE                            
                        ONLINE/ASYNCHRONOUS.                                        

Restr  21972 G  5       WF     930-1050   CP   106      Miura,Cassie               Closed   20/  20                      
                        TITLE: WRITING FROM THE MARGINS.                            
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE DEVELOPS                           
                        READING, WRITING, AND CRITICAL                              
                        THINKING SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL IN                           
                        AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT. AN EXPLORATION                         
                        OF THE THEME 'WRITING FROM THE                              
                        MARGINS' WILL GUIDE OUR                                     
                        CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO                           
                        OCCUPY A PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE                         
                        DOMINANT DISCOURSE AND CULTURE.                             
                        READINGS WILL DRAW FROM A VARIETY                           
                        OF SOURCES INCLUDING NEWS ARTICLES,                         
                        ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP, AND LITERARY                          
                        WORKS. MONDAYS WILL BE ASYNCHRONOUS                         
                        WORK DAYS, WITH WEDNESDAYS AND                              
                        FRIDAYS IN-PERSON.                                          

Restr  21973 H  5       WF     1100-1220  CP   325      Miura,Cassie               Closed   20/  20                      
                        TITLE: WRITING FROM THE MARGINS.                            
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE DEVELOPS                           
                        READING, WRITING, AND CRITICAL                              
                        THINKING SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL IN                           
                        AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT. AN EXPLORATION                         
                        OF THE THEME 'WRITING FROM THE                              
                        MARGINS' WILL GUIDE OUR                                     
                        CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO                           
                        OCCUPY A PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE                         
                        DOMINANT DISCOURSE AND CULTURE.                             
                        READINGS WILL DRAW FROM A VARIETY                           
                        OF SOURCES INCLUDING NEWS ARTICLES,                         
                        ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP, AND LITERARY                          
                        WORKS. MONDAYS WILL BE ASYNCHRONOUS                         
                        WORK DAYS, WITH WEDNESDAYS AND                              
                        FRIDAYS IN-PERSON.                                          

Restr  21974 I  5       to be arranged                  Miura,Cassie               Open     17/  20                D     
                        TITLE: WRITING FROM THE MARGINS.                            
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE DEVELOPS                           
                        READING, WRITING, AND CRITICAL                              
                        THINKING SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL IN                           
                        AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT. AN EXPLORATION                         
                        OF THE THEME 'WRITING FROM THE                              
                        MARGINS' WILL GUIDE OUR                                     
                        CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO                           
                        OCCUPY A PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE                         
                        DOMINANT DISCOURSE AND CULTURE.                             
                        READINGS WILL DRAW FROM A VARIETY                           
                        OF SOURCES INCLUDING NEWS ARTICLES,                         
                        ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP, AND LITERARY                          
                        WORKS.                                                      
                        OFFERED ONLINE.                                             

Restr  21975 J  5       MW     1100-1220  TPS  201      Chavez,Sarah A             Open     18/  20                B     
                        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.                                                      
                        OFFERED AS A HYBRID COURSE. IN                              
                        PERSON/ONLINE INSTRUCTION, WITH                             
                        STUDENTS MEETING TOGETHER ON CAMPUS                         
                        ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, AND                              
                        FRIDAYS BEING ONLINE &                                      
                        ASYNCHRONOUS.                                               

Restr  21976 A  5       TTh    130-330    JOY  113      An,Yajun                   Open     19/  24                      
                        TITLE: PARADOXES - 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,                                 
                        PROBABLISTIC AND STATISTICAL                                
                        PARADOXES, VISUAL PARADOXES,                                
                        PARADOXES OF INFINITY AND                                   
                        INFINITESIMAL, AMONG OTHERS.                                

Restr  21977 B  5       MW     130-330    BB   107      Updegrave,Cynthia          Open     24/  25                      
                        TITLE: CREATING COMMUNITY:                                  
                        APPLICATIONS OF THE SCIENCE OF                              
                        ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AROUND THE                           
                        SALISH SEA.                                                 
                        DESCRIPTION: WHAT CAN THE PRACTICE                          
                        OF RESTORING PRAIRIES FOR THE                               
                        REINTRODUCTION OF A RARE BUTTERFLY                          
                        AND RIVERS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF                              
                        SALMON TEACH US ABOUT OUR PLACE IN                          
                        THE WORLD? STUDENTS WILL HAVE                               
                        OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN FROM TRIBAL                          
                        LEADERS, RESTORATION PRACTITIONERS,                         
                        AND OTHER LOCAL EXPERTS; WHILE                              
                        ENGAGING WITH THE CONCEPT                                   
                        TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE IN THE                               
                        CONTEXT OF RARE SPECIES REARING,VIA                         
                        A COLLABORATION WITH THE                                    
                        SUSTAINABILITY IN PRISONS PROGRAM.                          

Restr  21978 C  5       MWF    1100-1220  JOY  106      Skipper,Haley              Open     22/  23                      
                        TITLES: PARADOXES - THE                                     
                        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  21979 D  5       TTh    1010-1210  TPS  201      Gawel,James                Open     24/  25                      
                        TITLE: SUSTAINABILITY FOR A                                 
                        DIFFERENT FUTURE.                                           
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE WE WILL                         
                        APPLY A COMBINATION OF SCIENCE,                             
                        ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL SCIENCE                              
                        APPROACHES TO ANALYZE                                       
                        SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME, ON CAMPUS                           
                        AND IN THE LOCAL REGION.  THIS                              
                        COURSE WILL BE VERY HANDS ON AND                            
                        WILL REQUIRE YOUR PARTICIPATION TO                          
                        BE SUCCESSFUL. WE WILL INCORPORATE                          
                        DATA COLLECTION IN THE FIELD AND                            
                        THE LAB, GUEST LECTURES, FIELD                              
                        TRIPS, AND THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF                         
                        PUBLISHED LITERATURE. ASSIGNMENTS                           
                        WILL BE PROJECT-BASED AND WILL                              
                        OFTEN REQUIRE WORKING IN GROUPS.                            

Restr  21980 E  5       MW     130-330    GWP  101      Gelarden,Carly J           Open     20/  23                      
                        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. THIS                            
                        CLASS WILL USE SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY-                          
                        BASED ACTIVITIES IN BOTH THE                                
                        CLASSROOM AND THE FIELD TO HELP US                          
                        OBSERVE AND EXPLAIN PATTERNS FOUND                          
                        IN NATURE.                                                  

Restr  21981 A  5       MWF    1100-1220  BHS  103      Howson,Cynthia             Open     21/  25                      
                        TITLE: TRAFFICKING, CORRUPTION,                             
                        INFORMALITY AND CRIME -                                     
                        INVESTIGATING THE ILLICIT GLOBAL                            
                        ECONOMY.                                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: ILLICIT AND ILLEGAL                            
                        FLOWS OF GOODS, SERVICES,                                   
                        INFORMATION, MONEY AND EVEN                                 
                        PEOPLE, CROSS NATIONAL BORDERS                              
                        EVERY DAY, REPRESENTING A                                   
                        CRITICAL AND UNDERSTUDIED                                   
                        DIMENSION OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.                            
                        THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS                             
                        TO THE SOURCES OF REGULATION,                               
                        NETWORKS AND INCENTIVES THAT                                
                        DRIVE ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS. CASE                            
                        STUDIES WILL INCLUDE SMUGGLED                               
                        GOODS, FROM MUSIC AND CHEESE TO                             
                        CREDIT CARD NUMBERS AND HUMAN                               
                        ORGANS, AS WELL AS ILLICIT                                  
                        SERVICES SUCH AS MONEY                                      
                        LAUNDERING AND COUNTERFEITING.                              

      >21982 B  5       MTTh   930-1100   *    *        McCarty,Jimmy                       26/  25                D     
                        OPEN TO SUMMER BRIDGE STUDENTS                              
                        ONLY. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT                                 
                        DEIRDRE RAYNOR AT DRAYNOR@UW.EDU.                           

Restr  21983 E  5       MW     130-330    WCG  110      Lovasz,Anna                Open     20/  25                      
                        TITLE: GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE                             
                        LABOR MARKET.                                               
                        DESCRIPTION: THE COURSE EXAMINES                            
                        GENDER INEQUALITY IN LABOR MARKET                           
                        OUTCOMES, SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT,                               
                        OCCUPATION, AND PAY. IT WILL FOCUS                          
                        ON THE UNDERLYING CAUSES AND THE                            
                        CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY, AS WELL                         
                        AS THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE POLICIES                           
                        AIMED AT DECREASING THE                                     
                        DISADVANTAGE OF WOMEN. THE COURSE                           
                        WILL COVER HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, AND                          
                        POLITICAL ASPECTS, AND INCLUDE DATA                         
                        ANALYSIS OF INEQUALITY MEASURES AND                         
                        INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF                                
                        POLICIES AND OUTCOMES.                                      

Restr  21984 A  5       TTh    1010-1210  CP   108      Bandes B. Weingarden,Maria Closed   25/  25                      
                        TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE                              
                        FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.                                          
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL                               
                        EXPLORE THE AESTHETIC PRINCIPLES                            
                        OF THEATER 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                              
                        THEATER. THE SECOND HALF OF THE                             
                        COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF                             
                        THEATER IN SOCIETY WITH A                                   
                        CONCENTRATION IN THEATER 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.                                                
                        THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED HYBRID                          
                        OF IN PERSON/ONLINE INSTRUCTION,                            
                        WITH STUDENTS MEETING TOGETHER ON                           
                        CAMPUS ON TUESDAYS ONLY AND                                 
                        THURSDAYS BEING ONLINE &                                    
                        ASYNCHRONOUS.                                               

Restr  21985 C  5       MWF    930-1050   TPS  201      Modarres,Andrea            Closed   25/  25                      
                        THEME: COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS AS                         
                        LITERATURE.                                                 
                        DESCRIPTION: SUPERHERO COMICS,                              
                        PERSONAL MEMOIRS, WAR NARRATIVES                            
                        AND DYSTOPIAN NOVELS CAN ALL BE                             
                        DEFINED AS GRAPHIC                                          
                        NOVELS,INDICATING THE COMPLEXITY                            
                        AND RANGE OF THIS TYPE OF                                   
                        LITERATURE. IN THIS COURSE,                                 
                        STUDENTS WILL READ A WIDE VARIETY                           
                        OF GRAPHIC NOVELS AND CRITICAL                              
                        STUDIES TO EXAMINE HOW AUTHORS USE                          
                        IMAGE AND TEXT TOGETHER AND                                 
                        CONSIDER HOW READERS INTERPRET                              
                        THESE TEXTS. WE WILL PRACTICE CLOSE                         
                        READING, CONSIDER HOW POPULAR                               
                        CULTURE CONTRIBUTES TO THE                                  
                        HUMANITIES, AND ANALYZE THROUGH                             
                        DISCUSSION AND WRITING THE WAYS                             
                        LITERATURE REFLECTS HISTORICAL AND                          
                        CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. THIS COURSE                            
                        WILL MEET IN PERSON MONDAYS AND                             
                        WEDNESDAYS, BUT FRIDAYS WILL BE                             
                        ONLINE AND ASYNCHRONOUS.