Autumn Quarter 2025 Course Offerings

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  22202 A  5       MWF    800-920                                             Closed   20/  20                      
                        TITLE: WRITING YOUR HISTORIES                               
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS CLASS, WE WILL                         
                        EXAMINE YOUR EDUCATIONAL HISTORIES-                         
                        WHEN YOUR WRITING WAS VALUED AND                            
                        AND WHEN YOUR VOICE WASN'T HEARD.                           
                        WE WILL BUILD ON THESE 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.                                                     

Restr  22203 B  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Closed   20/  20                B     
                        THIS CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                               
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 11:00-                          
                        12:20 AND MEETS ASYNCHRONOUSLY                              
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          
                        TITLE: WRITING FROM THE PLAYLIST                            
                        DESCRIPTION: EXPLORE HOW MUSIC                              
                        CONVERSES WITH YOUR LITERACY                                
                        NARRATIVE AND EXPANDS YOUR                                  
                        UNDERSTANDING OF RHETORIC, RESEARCH                         
                        AND ACADEMIC WRITING.                                       

Restr  22204 C  5       MW     930-1050                                            Open     17/  20                B     
                        THIS CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                               
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 9:30-                           
                        10:50 AND MEETS ASYNCHRONOUSLY                              
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          
                        TITLE: WRITING FROM THE PLAYLIST                            
                        DESCRIPTION: EXPLORE HOW MUSIC                              
                        CONVERSES WITH YOUR LITERACY                                
                        NARRATIVE AND EXPANDS YOUR                                  
                        UNDERSTANDING OF RHETORIC, RESEARCH                         
                        AND ACADEMIC WRITING.                                       

Restr  22205 D  5       MW     800-920                                             Open     19/  20                B     
                        TITLE: INTERSECTIONAL                                       
                        REPRESENTATION IN POPULAR CULTURE                           
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, YOU                            
                        WILL DEVELOP ANALYTICAL WRITING                             
                        THAT BRINGS TOGETHER CRITICAL                               
                        THINKING AND WRITING SKILLS. YOU                            
                        WILL BROADLY LEARN ABOUT POWER AND                          
                        OPPRESSION AS SOCIETAL TOOLS IN                             
                        AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS OF                                 
                        INTERSECTIONAL BIPOC, QUEER, AND                            
                        DISABILITY FEMINISMS AND THE WAY                            
                        THEY SHOW UP IN POPULAR CULTURE. IN                         
                        ADDITION TO LEARNING STEP BY STEP                           
                        CRITICAL THINKING AND RESEARCH, YOU                         
                        WILL CONSIDER AND PRACTICE WHAT IT                          
                        MEANS TO WRITE FOR AN AUDIENCE. THE                         
                        COURSE MEETS IN PERSON ON MONDAY                            
                        AND WEDNESDAY AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY                            
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAY.                                           

Restr  22206 E  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Open     17/  20                B     
                        TITLE: WRITING THIS HISTORICAL                              
                        MOMENT                                                      
                        DESCRIPTION: FROM AUDRE LORDE TO                            
                        SONYA RENEE TAYLOR, AMERICA'S                               
                        GREATEST WRITERS AND THINERS ARE                            
                        REINVENTING HOW TO WRITE ABOUT THE                          
                        MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES OF OUR TIME                           
                        IN EMBODIES WAYS. IN THIS CLASS YOU                         
                        WILL BUILD INQUIRY-BASED ESSAYS                             
                        FROM QUESTION TO REFLECTION. THIS                           
                        COURSE MEETS IN PERSON ON MONDAY                            
                        AND WEDNESDAY FROM 11:00-12:20 AND                          
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON FRIDAY.                            

Restr  22207 F  5       MW     130-330                                             Open     19/  20                      
                        TITLE: PRACTICE, PROCESS, AND POWER                         
                        THIS COURSE DRAWS FROM LINGUISTICS                          
                        TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE                                
                        ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE, ITS DYNAMIC                            
                        NATURE ACROSS TIME AND MEDIA, AND                           
                        THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE                           
                        TO SIGNAL, SHAPE, AND CLAIM POWER                           
                        AND IDENTITIES. THE COURSE WILL                             
                        FURTHER PROMPT STUDENTS TO APPLY                            
                        THESE LESSONS ABOUT LANGUAGE TO                             
                        ACADEMIC WRITING, PROVIDING A                               
                        FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED ACADEMIC                           
                        PRACTICES.                                                  

Restr  22209 A  5       TTh    130-330                                             Open     15/  25                      
                        TITLE: COMPUTER ASSISTED CALCULUS                           
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE, WE                             
                        EXPLORE MAJOR CONCEPTS IN CALCULUS                          
                        WITH THE HELP OF MODERN                                     
                        COMPUTATIONAL LANGUAGE CALLED                               
                        PYTHON. NO PRIOR PROGRAMMING                                
                        EXPERIENCE IS NEEDED.                                       

Restr  22210 B  5       MW     130-330                                             Open     24/  25                      
                        TITLE: HOW POLLUTION IMPACTS YOU                            
                        AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT                                     
                        DESCRIPTION: THE CURRENT FEDERAL                            
                        ADMINISTRATION IS REMOVING                                  
                        REFERENCES TO "POLLUTION" AND                               
                        DECREASING PROTECTIONS FOR                                  
                        VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. IT IS                               
                        IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT                         
                        POLLUTION IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM,                          
                        HOW YOU ARE EXPOSED TO IT, AND HOW                          
                        IT AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND                          
                        YOUR COMMUNITY. IN THIS COURSE WE                           
                        WILL APPLY A COMBINATION OF SCIENCE                         
                        AND SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES TO                            
                        ANALYZE POLLUTION SOURCES, HUMAN                            
                        EXPOSURE, AND WAYS TO ADDRESS THE                           
                        PROBLEM. THIS COURSE WILL BE VERY                           
                        "HANDS ON" AND WILL REQUIRE YOUR                            
                        PARTICIPATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE                          
                        WILL INCORPORATE DATA COLLECTION                            
                        AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED                          
                        LITERATURE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO                             
                        EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS POLLUTION                               
                        ISSUES. ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE                                 
                        "AUTHENTIC" AND PROJECT BASED AND                           
                        WILL REQUIRE WORKING EFFECTIVELY IN                         
                        GROUPS. AUTHENTIC AS I AM USING THE                         
                        THE TERM, MEANS THAT THESE ARE                              
                        ARE ASSIGNMENTS MEANT TO COLLECT                            
                        REAL DATA WITH WHICH TO MAKE                                
                        MEANINGFUL DECISIONS TO DECREASE                            
                        HEALTH RISHS AND EFFECT CHANGE.                             
                        NO BUSY WORK HERE!                                          

Restr  22211 C  5       MW     130-330                                             Open     24/  25                      
                        TITLE: 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 & ANALYZES DIFFERENT TYPES                         
                        OF PARADOXES & THEIR RESOLUTIONS.                           
                        WE WILL STUDY SELF-REFERENTIAL                              
                        PARADOXES, PROBABILISTIC AND                                
                        STATISTICAL PARADOXES, VISUAL                               
                        PARADOXES, PARADOXES OF INFINITY                            
                        AND INFINITESIMAL, AMONG OTHERS.                            

Restr  22214 F  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Closed   25/  25                      
                        COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO                               
                        ENGINEERING                                                 
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE WILL                               
                        INTRODUCE THE BASICS OF ENGINEERING                         
                        THROUGH AN EXPLORATION OF COFFEE.                           
                        WE WILL FOCUS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF                         
                        COFFEE FROM AN ENGINEERING                                  
                        PERSPECTIVE INCLUDING COFFEE                                
                        PRODUCTION, BREWING, COFFEE                                 
                        ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL                                    
                        SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL                                      
                        RESPONSIBILITY, REVERSE ENGINEERING                         
                        OF A COFFEE BREWER, COFFEE                                  
                        CHEMISTRY AND MORE.                                         

Restr  22215 A  5       TTh    130-330                                             Open     23/  25                      
                        TITLE: A PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO TACOMA                           
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE OFFERS A                           
                        REIMAGINED EXPLORATION OF TACOMA'S                          
                        HISTORY THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVES OF                         
                        MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WHOSE                              
                        STORIES HAVE OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED                          
                        OR ERASED. FOCUSING ON THE                                  
                        EXPERIENCES OF BIPOC COMMUNITIES,                           
                        WOMEN, QUEER PEOPLE AND WORKING                             
                        CLASS COMMUNITIES, STUDENTS WILL                            
                        EXAMINE HOW NARRATIVES ABOUT PLACE                          
                        ARE GENERATED, CONSTRUCTED, AND                             
                        CONTESTED. THROUGH AN EXPLORATION                           
                        OF THEMES SUCH AS LABOR STRUGGLES,                          
                        CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM, MIRGRATION                           
                        AND RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WE WILL                           
                        CRITICALLY ENGAGE WITH THE CITY'S                           
                        PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE-INVESTIGATING                            
                        WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE SEEN IN THE                           
                        BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THINKING                              
                        THROUGH HOW WE WOULD WANT THE STORY                         
                        OF THE CITY TO BE TOLD.                                     

Restr  22219 A  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Open     24/  25                B     
                        F      1100-1220                
                        TITLE: FREE SPEECH IN 2025                                  
                        DESCRIPTION: WE WILL STUDY FREE                             
                        SPEECH IN POPULAR CULTURE AND                               
                        CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES-                         
                        AND PUT IT TO PRACTICE IN THIS                              
                        CLASS. THIS CLASS MEETS IN PERSON                           
                        ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM                              
                        11:00-12:20 AND SYNCHRONOUSLY                               
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          

Restr  22220 B  5       T      1010-1210                                           Closed   25/  25                B     
                        TITLE: THEATER 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 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 WITH A MIX OF IN-                           
                        PERSON/ONLINE INSTRUCTION MEETING                           
                        TUESDAYS IN PERSON AND                                      
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON THURSDAYS.                         

Restr  22221 C  5       TTh    130-330                                             Open     24/  25                      
                        TITLE: GRAPHIC NOVELS AND COMICS                            
                        DESCRIPTION: THE ART OF COMICS                              
                        COMBINES IMAGES AND WORDS TO CREATE                         
                        A COMPLEX RANGE OF TEXT THAT CAN                            
                        INCLUDE PERSONAL MEMOIRS, WAR                               
                        NARRATIVES, DYSTOPIAN NOVELS, AND                           
                        SUPERHERO NARRATIVES, ILLUSTRATING                          
                        THE DEPTH AND RANGE OF THIS TYPE OF                         
                        LITERATURE. IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS                         
                        WILL READ A VARIETY OF GRAPHIC                              
                        NOVELS AND CRITICAL STUDIES TO                              
                        EXAMINE HOW AUTHORS USE IMAGE AND                           
                        TEXT TOGETHER AND CONSIDER HOW                              
                        READERS INTERPRET THESE TEXTS.                              
                        WE'LL PRACTICE CLOSE READING,                               
                        CONSIDER HOW POPULAR CULTURE                                
                        CONTRIBUTES TO THE HUMANITIES, AND                          
                        ANALYZE THROUGH DISCUSSION AND                              
                        WRITING THE WAYS LITERATURE                                 
                        REFLECTS HISTORICAL AND                                     
                        CONTEMPORARY VIEWS.                                         

      >22222 D  5       MTTh   900-100                                                      20/  20                      
                        OPEN TO SUMMER BRIDGE STUDENTS ONLY                         
                        FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT                                
                        DEIRDRE RAYNOR AT DRAYNOR@UW.EDU.