Spring 2017 Time Schedule
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T CORE COURSES ARE FOR FRESHMEN ONLY.
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| T CORE 101 INTRO ACADEM WRIT | (C) |
>19847 B 5 MWF 1100-1220 ADMC GWP101 MOORE,WALTER 13/ 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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>19848 C 5 MW 130-335 ADMC WCG209 CARDINAL,ALISON 15/ 20
TITLE: LANGUAGE AND POWER.
DESCRIPTION: THIS CLASS EXPLORES
WHAT ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING I
THROUGH THE LENS OF LANGUAGE AND
POWER. WE WILL BE EXPLORING WHAT
STANDARD ENGLISH IS AND WRITING
ABOUT LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION AND
THE POWER OF WORDS TO ENACT CHANGE.
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>19849 D 5 MWF 800-920 TLB 115 MOORE,WALTER 11/ 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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>19850 E 5 MWF 930-1050 ADMC GWP101 MARTENS,JACOB 8/ 20
TITLE: WHAT IS THE POWER OF
LANGUAGE IN TIMES OF CHANGE?
DESCRIPTION: FOCUS ON GROWING
AWARENESS OF WRITERS' CHOICES TO
COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH
DIFFERENT AUDIENCES IN VARIOUS
SITUATIONS, WHILE BEING TRUE TO
YOURSELF.
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| T CORE 122 INTRO TO SCIENCE | (NW) |
>19851 B 5 TTh 1015-1220 ADMC WCG209 COWGILL,KAREN D 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?
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>19852 D 5 MWF 800-920 JOY 113 HIGLEY,RUS 25/ 25
TITLE: YOU ARE A FORCE OF NATURE:
HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
DESCRIPTION: HUMANS ARE IMPACTING
THE EARTH IN NUMEROUS WAYS.THE
CHOICES YOU MAKE CAN HAVE A
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE COTTON IN A SINGLE T-
SHIRT USES OVER 800 GALLONS TO
GROW. THIS COURSE WILL LOOK AT
MANY OF THESE TOPICS, INCLUDING
CLIMATE CHANGE, E-WASTE, DEATH BY
PLASTIC, TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
AND AFFLUENZA.
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>19853 F 5 MWF 930-1050 JOY 114 SKIPPER,HALEY 25/ 25
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.
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| T CORE 123 INTRO TO SOCIAL SCI | (I&S) |
>19854 D 5 MW 130-335 JOY 114 IGNACIO,EMILY 24/ 25
TITLE: LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN:
COMEDY, SOCIAL ISSUES, AND SOCIAL
CHANGE.
DESCRIPTION: IN THIS CLASS, WE
WILL DEVELOP OUR SOCIOLOGICAL
IMAGINATIONS (MILLS, 1959). AS WE
CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE USE OF
JOKES, COMEDY, MEMES, CARTOONS AND
SITCOMS THAT ILLUMINATE SOCIAL
ISSUES AND/OR STRIVE FOR SOCIAL
CHANGE.
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| T CORE 124 INTRO TO HUMANITIES | (VLPA) |
>19855 A 5 Th 1250-510 WHT 004 CONNER,ELIZABETH 10/ 17
TITLE: EXPLORATION OF THE
EMOTIONAL AND CULTURAL POWER OF
SCALE, SPACE, EMPTINESS, AND
CONGESTION IN AMERICAN LANDSCAPES
AND ARCHITECTURE.
DESCRIPTION: WE WILL EXPLORE HOW A
VARIETY OF ARTISTS HAVE
EXPERIENCED, RECORDED, AND ALTERED
OUR INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
ENVIRONMENTS.
THIS COURSE WILL INCLUDE HANDS-ON
CREATION OF ARTWORK,
FILM/VIDEO/SLIDE SCREENINGS,
SELECTED READINGS, STUDENT
PRESENTATIONS ON ARTISTS WHOSE
WORK IS RELATED TO COURSE CONTENT,
AND FIELD TRIPS TO VISIT LOCAL AND
REGIONAL PLACES, SPACES AND ART.
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>19856 B 5 MW 130-335 ADMC GWP216 CHAMBERLAIN,EDWARD 24/ 25
TITLE: HOMELAND AND OTHER WORLDS.
DESCRIPTION: AGAIN AND AGAIN,
PEOPLE WILL EXCLAIM THERE IS NO
PLACE LIKE HOME. DOROTHY FAMOUSLY
UTTERED THESE WORDS IN THE
AMERICAN CLASSIC THE WIZARD OF OZ.
A STORY THAT REINFORCES THE BELIEF
THAT HOMES AND HOMELANDS ARE
HIGHLY IMPORTANT PLACES THAT PLAY
KEY ROLES IN OUR LIVES. IN THIS
COURSE, STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THESE BELIEFS AND
RELATED TOPICS BY STUDYING STORIES
ABOUT AMERICAN FAMILIES.
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>19857 C 5 TTh 1015-1220 ADMC GWP101 HARRIS,GREGORY KEITH 25/ 25
TITLE: THE CITY IN MEDIA.
DESCRIPTIONS: OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT
CITIES ARE SHAPED BY
REPRESENTATIONS IN LITERATURE,
FILM, MUSIC, TELEVISION, ART,
ADVERTISING, COMICS, SOCIAL MEDIA,
GAMES, 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
CITIES OF TACOMA AND SEATTLE,
THROUGH VARIOUS FIELD TRIPS AND
ACTIVITIES.
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>19858 D 5 MW 130-335 ADMC GWP101 MILLER,GREGG 16/ 25
TITLE: CONCEPTS OF POWER.
DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, WE
STUDY VARIOUS ACCOUNTS OF POWER BY
EXAMINING CLASSICAL TEXTS IN THE
FIELD OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
WE SHALL DISCOVER THAT POWER,
WHILE CENTRAL, ABIDES IN
RELATION TO A HOST OF OTHER
MARKERS OF POLITICAL LIFE,
INCLUDING LAW, LABOR, GOVERNANCE,
ART, HUMAN RIGHTS, NOTIONS OF
FREEDOM, SEXUALITY AND OTHERS.
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>19859 F 5 MW 130-335 ADMC WCG110 MARTENS,JACOB 14/ 25
TITLE: NOT SO COMIC ANYMORE:
DRAWING AS STORYTELLING.
DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AS A VISUAL
MEDIUM TO MAGNIFY THE POWER OF
LANGUAGE. ANALYZES USE OF SPACE,
IMAGE, COLOR, AND TEXT TO TELL
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES.
STUDENTS WILL REFLECT THROUGH
SKETCHBOOK AND JOURNAL ENTRIES,
WRITE ANALYTICAL ESSAYS, AND
CREATE A SHORT GRAPHIC NARRATIVE.
REQUIRES FIELD TRIPS, BUT NO
DRAWING TALENT.
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