Autumn Quarter 2025 Course Offerings

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

      >12726 B  2       T      130-320                                                      18/  18                      
                        "CHID 101: INTRO TO CHID"                                   
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                        **MUST BE A DECLARED CHID MAJOR OR                          
                        MINOR TO ENROLL. CONTACT CHID                               
                        ADVISOR FOR ADD CODE.                                       

       12728 A  5       MW     230-420                                             Open     36/  40                %     
                        INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL CULTURE IN                           
                        THE GLOBAL SOUTH (AH, SSC)                                  
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                        INTRODUCES THE STUDY OF VISUAL                              
                        IMAGES IN EVERYDAY LIFE. TOPICS                             
                        INCLUDE THEORIES OF VISION,                                 
                        HISTORIES OF VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES                            
                        SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE ROLE                           
                        OF IMAGES IN ART, JOURNALISM,                               
                        ADVERTISING, AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN                            
                        SHAPING SELF AND SOCIAL IDENTITY                            
                        INVARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE GLOBAL                           
                        SOUTH.                                                      

       12730 A  5       MW     130-320                                             Closed   20/  20                %W    
                        RADICAL POETICS (AH, DIV, W)                                
                                                                                    
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                        THIS COURSE IS A DEEP DIVE INTO THE                         
                                                                                    
                        RADICAL POETIC INNOVATIONS OF BIPOC                         
                                                                                    
                        POETS. ALTHOUGH CLOSE READING OF A                          
                        POEM WILL BE IMPORTANT, THIS COURSE                         
                                                                                    
                        WILL BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON                                
                        UNDERSTANDING HOW AND WHY THESE                             
                        POETS HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH                                
                        EXISTING POETIC FORMS TO BETTER                             
                        SUIT APPROACH THE PARTICULARS OF                            
                        HISTORICAL SHIFTS AND POLITICAL                             
                        CRISES. ALTHOUGH THIS COURSE                                
                        HIGHLIGHTS THE PLAY WITH FORMS, IT                          
                        IN NO WAY PRECLUDES DISCUSSION OF                           
                        HOW THESE POEMS IMPACT EACH OF US                           
                        AS INDIVIDUALS OCCUPYING VARIOUS                            
                        SOCIAL CONTEXTS AND EXPERIENCES.                            
                        WRITTEN WORK MAY TAKE THE FORM OF                           
                        EITHER A CRITICAL OR CREATIVE                               
                        RESPONSE.                                                   

       12731 A  5       WF     1230-220                                            Closed   30/  30                J     
                        "VIOLENCE AND CONTEMPORARY                                  
                        THOUGHT -                                                   
                                                                                    
                        ANTISEMITISM, RACISM, AND                                   
                        HISTORICAL MEMORY AFTER AUSCHWITZ"                          
                        (SSC, DIV, W)                                               
                                                                                    
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                        HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF                                   
                        INTELLECTUAL, LITERARY, AND                                 
                        ARTISTIC RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEM                           
                        OF MODERN MASS VIOLENCE THROUGH                             
                        COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LEGACIES                           
                        OF THE HOLOCAUST AND EUROPEAN                               
                        COLONIALISM. CROSSLISTED WITH JEW                           
                        ST 206 / HSTCMP 206.                                        

       12733 A  5       TTh    100-220                                             Open     40/  80                      
                        THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY                                  
                        (A&H, SSC)                                                  
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                        IS THE UNIVERSITY AN AGENT OF                               
                        COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM, AND THE                            
                        STATE? ALTERNATIVELY, IS IT A                               
                        CRUCIBLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND                              
                        RESISTANCE? IS IT ALL OF THESE                              
                        THINGS? CAN IT BE SOMETHING ELSE?                           
                        THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE UNIVERSITY                         
                                                                                    
                        AS SIMULTANEOUSLY A CRIME SCENE, A                          
                        SITE FOR HEALING, AND A PLACE FOR                           
                        TRANSFORMATION. THIS COURSE ENGAGES                         
                                                                                    
                        WITH THE WORK OF SCHOLARS ACROSS                            
                        THE ARTS AND HUMANTIES, WITH                                
                        SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE                                    
                        CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND OTHER CRITICAL INTELLECTUAL                             
                        TRADITIONS.                                                 

       12734 AA  QZ     F      930-1020                                            Open      8/  25                      
                        FIRST-YEAR INTEREST GROUPS (FIGS)                           
                        ONLY, QUESTIONS VISIT                                       
                        FYP.WASHINGTON.EDU/EXTRASEATS.                              

       12735 AB  QZ     F      1030-1120                                           Open     12/  25                      

       12736 AC  QZ     F      130-220                                             Open     14/  25                      

       12737 AD  QZ     F      230-320                                             Open      6/  25                      

       12738 A  5       MW     330-520                                             Open     39/  40                %     
                        APOCALYPSE POP CULTURE                                      
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                        ACROSS POPULAR CULTURE, THERE IS AN                         
                        ONGOING FASCINATION WITH POST                               
                        APOCALYPTIC IMAGININGS. THIS COURSE                         
                        ENGAGES CRITICAL MATERIAL INQUIRY                           
                        AND SPECULATION TO EXAMINE FILM,                            
                        GRAPHIC AND YA NOVELS, SONGS,                               
                        ARTWORK, AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.                            
                        EMPHASIZING ISSUES OF INTERSECTIONA                         
                        JUSTICE, STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY                             
                        CRITIQUES OF EXISTING SOCIAL,                               
                        POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS,                            
                        RECOGNIZING HOW THESE MESSAGES                              
                        PROVOKE ANXIETY, APATHY, AND                                
                        EGOCENTRISM. THEY WILL ALSO STUDY                           
                        TEXTS THAT DEMONSTRATE CREATIVE                             
                        RESISTANCE, SELF DETERMINATION, AND                         
                        WORLD BUILDING. ULTIMATELY, STUDENT                         
                        WILL HARNESS THIS CRITICAL THINKING                         
                        TO EFFECTIVELY READ POPULAR CULTURE                         
                        AND ARTICULATE THEIR VISIONS FOR TH                         
                        FUTURE IN WAYS THAT TRANSCEND POST                          
                        APOCALYPTIC DESPAIR CONTRIBUTING TO                         
                        MORE EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE WORL                         
                        BUILDING.                                                   

       12739 A  5       MW     1000-1120                                           Closed   30/  30                J     
                        LECTURE WILL BE HYBRID                                      
                        SYNCHRONOUS. MONDAY LECTURES                                
                        IN-PERSON & ZOOM; WEDNESDAY                                 
                        LECTURES ON ZOOM OR PRE-RECORDED.                           
                        QUIZ SECTIONS WILL BE REMOTE                                
                        VIA ZOOM, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.                           
                        PLEASE EMAIL HDEVANS@UW.EDU                                 
                        TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST.                                

       12740 AA  QZ     TTh    930-1020                                            Closed    7/   7                J     
                        INTRO TO DISABILITY STUDIES QUIZ                            

       12741 AB  QZ     TTh    1030-1120                                           Closed    7/   7                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

       12742 AC  QZ     TTh    1130-1220                                           Closed    8/   8                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        

       12743 AD  QZ     TTh    1230-120                                            Closed    8/   8                J     
                        INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY STUDIES                          
                        QUIZ                                                        
                        QUIZ SECTION AD FOR DIS ST MAJORS &                         
                        MINORS ONLY. CHID STUDENTS SHOULD                           
                        REGISTER FOR AA, AB, AC INSTEAD.                            

       23336 B  5       MW     1230-220                                            Open      9/  10                J     
                        NARCOCULTURE: PROPAGANDA AND PUBLIC                         
                        IN THE WAR ON DRUGS                                         
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                        NO NONMTRCS                                                 

       12749 B  5       TTh    1000-1120                                           Open      8/  10                J     
                        CONTESTING EXTINCTION - IMAGINING                           
                        MULTISPECIES FUTURES                                        
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                        WHILE THE COURSE SEEKS TO GRASP THE                         
                        SCALE OF THE SIXTH EXTINCTION, IT                           
                        WILL ALSO CRITICALLY REFLECT UPON,                          
                        AND PROPOSE ALTERNATIVES TO, THE                            
                        DOMINANT APOCALYPTIC NARRATIVES IN                          
                        WHICH EXTINCTION IS FRAMED IN POP                           
                        CULTURE. COURSE READINGS AND                                
                        CRITICAL TEXTS DRAWN FROM ACROSS                            
                        THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES                          
                        WILL EXPLORE AND CRITIQUE VARIOUS                           
                        FRAMINGS OF THE END IN LITERATURE,                          
                        ART, MUSIC, AND FILM.                                       
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                        JOINT W/- GERMAN 285 B + GLITS 251                          
                        +  ENLG 365 A                                               

       12750 A  5       TTh    1030-1220                                           Open     19/  39                J     
                        THIS SEMINAR EXPLORES THE                                   
                        INTERSECTIONS OF QUEER AND                                  
                        INDIGENOUS STUDIES, ENGAGING WITH                           
                        CRITICAL TEXTS THAT INTERROGATE                             
                        IDENTITY, SOVEREIGNTY, SETTLER                              
                        COLONIALISM, AND DECOLONIZATION. WE                         
                        WILL EXAMINE HOW INDIGENOUS AND                             
                        QUEER THEORISTS CHALLENGE NORMATIVE                         
                        FRAMEWORKS OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, AN                         
                        BELONGING. STUDENTS WILL REFINE                             
                        THEIR ANALYTICAL SKILLS THROUGH                             
                        CLOSE READING, DISCUSSION CO-                               
                        LEADERSHIP, PEER EVALUATION, GROUP                          
                        CONVERSATIONS, AND REFLECTIVE                               
                        WRITING.                                                    

      >12757 A  5       TTh    130-320                                                       3/  10                BJ    

       12762 A  5       MW     1030-1220                                           Closed    5/   5                J     

       12763 A  5       MW     130-320                                             Closed    5/   5                %BJ   
                        UPDATED TEACHING SCHEDULE. THIS                             
                        COURSE WILL BE OFFERED AS A HYBRID                          
                        COURSE.                                                     
                        MONDAY - INPERSON                                           
                        WEDNESDAY - ONLINE                                          

      >12770 A  5       TTh    330-520                                                      13/  19                      
                        BREAKING RACIAL CAPITALISM (A&H, SS                         
                        C)                                                          
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                        WHY DOES RACISM SEEM ENDEMIC TO                             
                        CAPITALISM? IS AN ANTI-RACIST FUTUR                         
                        E                                                           
                        POSSIBLE WITHIN CAPITALISM? IF SO,                          
                        WHAT THEORY OF CHANGE CAN GUIDE THA                         
                        T                                                           
                        PROCESS? IF NOT, DOES ANTI-RACISM                           
                        HAVE A THEORY TO "END" CAPITALISM?                          

       12772 A  5       TTh    230-420                                             Closed    5/   5                J     

       12779 A  5       to be arranged                                             Open     73/  75                WJA   
                        DISTANCE LEARNING                                           

      >12781 A  5       T      930-1220                                                     14/  25                      
                        SENIOR PROJECT                                              
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                        THIS COURSE WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK                         
                                                                                    
                        FOR YOUR CAPSTONE PROJECT IN CHID.                          
                        BY THE END OF THE QUARTER, YOU WILL                         
                                                                                    
                        HAVE CRYSTALIZED YOUR PROJECT                               
                        CONCEPT, COMPLETED A SIGNIFICANT                            
                        AMOUNT OF WORK TOWARD YOUR PROJECT                          
                        GOALS, AND A SOLIDIFIED A PLAN FOR                          
                        THE FOLLOWING QUARTER(S). THIS                              
                        CLASS AIMS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH                              
                        STRUCTURE AND A COMMUNITY OF                                
                        SUPPORT AS YOU PURSUE YOUR UNIQUE                           
                        PROJECT GOALS. WHILE THE                                    
                        ASSIGNMENTS ARE GEARED TOWARD YOUR                          
                        INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, OUR                         
                                                                                    
                        SMALL GROUP WORKSHOPS AND STUDENT-                          
                        FACULTY CONFERENCES WILL REINFORCE                          
                        THE IDEA THAT INTELLECTUAL WORK IS                          
                        NEVER A SOLITARY ENDEAVOR.                                  

 IS   >12783 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

 IS   >12784 A  5       to be arranged                                                       1/  10E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

       12785 A  5       WF     1030-1220                                           Open      1/   5                J     

      >12788 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/   8  CR/NC               
                        PEER FACILITATORS FOR CHID 222                              

      >12789 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10                      
                        PEER FACILITATORS FOR CHID 222                              

 IS   >12792 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       6/  15E                     
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED.                                      

 IS   >12793 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E CR/NC               
                        FACULTY CODE REQUIRED