Autumn Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  21570 A  2       M      1230-120                                            Open      0/  25  CR/NC               
                        TITLE: AI AND YOU                                           
                        DESCRIPTION: INTRODUCES AI AS A                             
                        PERVASIVE REALITY. TOPICS WILL                              
                        COVER WHAT AI IS AND ISN'T, HOW AI                          
                        SHAPES INFORMATION AND INFORMATION                          
                        CONSUMPTION, USING AI TOOLS                                 
                        EFFECTIVELY AND ETHICALLY,                                  
                        UNDERSTANDING AI AND EMPLOYMENT, AI                         
                        AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON BIAS,                               
                        PRIVACY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.                                

Restr  21571 B  2       W      1230-120                                            Open      0/  25  CR/NC               
                        TITLE: AI & YOU                                             
                        DESCRIPTION: INTRODUCES AI AS A                             
                        PERVASIVE REALITY. TOPICS WILL                              
                        COVER WHAT AI IS AND ISN'T, HOW AI                          
                        SHAPES INFORMATION AND INFORMATION                          
                        CONSUMPTION, USING AI TOOLS                                 
                        EFFECTIVELY AND ETHICALLY,                                  
                        UNDERSTANDING AI AND EMPLOYMENT, AI                         
                        AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON BIAS,                               
                        PRIVACY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.                                

Restr  21572 A  5       MWF    1100-1220                                           Open      0/  20                      
                        TITLE: MAPPING THE ACADEMIC                                 
                        DIS(COURSE)                                                 
                        DESCRIPTION: THE COURSE WILL                                
                        DISCUSS HOW ACADEMIC WRITING IS A                           
                        CONVERSATION, OR DISCOURSE, THAT                            
                        STUDENTS CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THEIR                         
                        COLLEGE CAREER.                                             

Restr  21574 C  5       MW     800-920                                             Open      0/  20                B     
                        TITLE: INTERSECTIONAL                                       
                        REPRESENTATION IN POPULAR CULTURE                           
                        DESCRIPTION: YOU WILL DEVELOP                               
                        ANALYTICAL WRITING THAT BRINGS                              
                        TOGETHER CRITICAL THINKING AND                              
                        WRITING SKILLS. YOU WILL BROADLY                            
                        LEARN ABOUT POWER AND OPPRESSION AS                         
                        A SOCIETAL TOOL IN AMERICA THROUGH                          
                        THE LENS OF INTERSECTIONAL-BIPOC,                           
                        QUEER, AND DISABILITY FEMINISTS AND                         
                        THE WAY THEY SHOW UP IN A 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. THIS COURSE MEETS IN                           
                        PERSON ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS                            
                        AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON                                
                        FRIDAYS.                                                    

Restr  21575 D  5       MW     930-1050                                            Open      0/  20                B     
                        TITLE: INTERSECTIONAL                                       
                        REPRESENTATION IN POPULAR CULTURE                           
                        DESCRIPTION: 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 MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS                         
                        AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON                                
                        FRIDAY.                                                     

Restr  21576 E  5       MW     930-1050                                            Open      0/  20                B     
                        THE CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                                
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND                                  
                        ASYNCHROUNOUSLY ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                          

Restr  21577 F  5       MW     800-920                                             Open      0/  20                B     
                        THE CLASS WILL MEET IN PERSON ON                            
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND                                  
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                           

Restr  21578 G  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Open      0/  20                B     
                        THIS CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                               
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 11:00-                          
                        12:20 AND MEETS ASYNCHRONOUSLY                              
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          
                        TITLE: OUR WORKING WORLD                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE                          
                        THE PAST, PRESENT, AND POTENTIAL                            
                        FUTURES OF WORK, EXPLORING PATTERNS                         
                        OF EXPLOITATION AND RESISTANCE                              
                        ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF AMERICAN                               
                        COMMUNITIES.                                                

Restr  21579 A  5       TTh    130-330                                             Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: 50 SHADES OF GREEN:                                  
                        EXPLORING THE DIVERSE EXOSYSTEMS                            
                        AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON                         
                        STATE.                                                      
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS CLASS SERVES AS                           
                        IN 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 THE                             
                        FIELD TO HELP US OBSERVE AND                                
                        EXPLAIN PATTERNS FOUND IN NATURE.                           

Restr  21580 B  5       MW     130-330                                             Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: FOSSILS AND LIFE ON EARCH                            
                        DESCRIPTION: THE FOSSIL RECORD                              
                        PROVIDES THE EVIDENCE FOR HOW LIFE                          
                        HAS TAKEN SHAPE ON OUR PLANET. WHEN                         
                        DID LIFE FIRST EMERGE ON EARTH? HOW                         
                        WAS NATURAL SELECTION SHAPED MAJOR                          
                        GROUPS OF LIFE? HOW DID CLIMATE                             
                        CHANGE IMPACT ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS>                           
                        FROM TRILOBITES TO DINOSAURS TO                             
                        EARLY HUMANS, WE WILL EXPLORE                               
                        QUESTIONS OF THE EARTH'S PAST. AN                           
                        EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE                              
                        APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC                               
                        METHOD AND THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC                            
                        LITURATURE.                                                 

Restr  21581 C  5       TTh    130-330                                             Open      0/  25           $35        
                        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. 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 THE CRITICAL                            
                        ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE TO                         
                        UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADDRESS POLLUTION                         
                        ISSUES.                                                     

Restr  21582 D  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE                                
                        DESCRIPTION: WHAT IS CLIMATE AND                            
                        WHY DO WE CARE? THE MAIN GOAL OF                            
                        THIS COURSE IS TO HELP US                                   
                        UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT                               
                        GOVERN CLIMATE, WHAT CAUSES IT TO                           
                        CHANGE, WHY IT MATTERS. WE WILL                             
                        ENGAGE IN THE CLIMATE DEBATE FROM A                         
                        SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE BY READING                           
                        TEXTS THAT FOCUS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS                         
                        OF CLIMATE CHANGE-PAST, PRESENT,                            
                        AND FUTURE. THIS COURSE WILL USE                            
                        HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, RESEARCH,                              
                        LECTURES, MOVIES, READING, WRITING,                         
                        AND PEER REVIEW TO ADVANCE OUR                              
                        UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL CLIMATE                             
                        CHANGE.                                                     

Restr  21583 A  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: TRAFFICKING, CORRUPTION,                             
                        INFORMALITY AND CRIME:                                      
                        INVESTIGATING THE ILLICIT GLOBAL                            
                        ECONOMY                                                     
                        DESCRIPTION: ILLEGAL FLOWS OF                               
                        GOODS, SERVICES, AND EVEN PEOPLE                            
                        CROSS NATIONAL BORDERS EVERYDAY.                            
                        THIS COURSE EXPLORES THE SOURCES OF                         
                        REGULATION, NETWORKS, AND                                   
                        INCENTIVES THAT DRIVE ILLCIT                                
                        TRANSACTIONS, FROM MUSIC AND CHEESE                         
                        TO CREDIT CARD NUMBERS AND HUMAN                            
                        ORGANS. USING CASE STUDIES,                                 
                        STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE                         
                        THE ROLE OF GLOBALIZATION IN THE                            
                        LIVED EXPERIENCES OF DIVERSE                                
                        COMMUNITIES.                                                

Restr  21584 B  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open      0/  25                B     
                        COURSE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION TBD                            

Restr  21585 A  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Open      0/  25                B     
                        TITLE: AI KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST                            
                        SUMMER: FINDING YOUR WAY (AND YOUR                          
                        CAREER) IN THE PANOPTICON                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: AI CAN'T TASTE                                 
                        PANCAKES, IT CAN'T WALK IN THE SNOW                         
                        AND IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE                          
                        TO BE CUDDLED BY A CAT. BUT IT DOES                         
                        "IMITATE" LIFE.. REAALLY WELL. SO                           
                        WELL THAT IT HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED                         
                        HOW WE WORK, LEARN, MAKE (KEEP) OUR                         
                        CLOSE REALTIONSHIPS, APPLY FOR JOBS                         
                        AND THINK. THIS BROAD COURSE                                
                        INTRODUCES YOU TO THE WAYS THAT                             
                        PHILOSOPHERS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS,                              
                        SOCIOLOGISTS, ECONOMISTS, AND OTHER                         
                        FOLKS ARE GRAPPLING WITH AI'S                               
                        GROWING ROLE IN OUR LIVED                                   
                        EXPERIENCES. THROUGH READINGS,                              
                        DISCUSSIONS, AND EXPLORATION THROUG                         
                        WEEKLY PERSONALIZED "AI LABS", YOU                          
                        ARE INVITED TO DEVELOP THE CRITICAL                         
                        THINKING TOOLS TO NAVIGATE A WORLD                          
                        WHERE MACHINES ARE WATCHING, THE                            
                        ALGORITHMS ARE WORKING, AND OUR                             
                        BIGGEST QUESTIONS (ABOUT OUR FUTURE                         
                        ARE ON THE HORIZON.                                         
                        THE CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                                
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND                                  
                        ASYCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                            

Restr  21586 B  5       TTh    1010-1220                                           Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: LEARNING TO LISTEN                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: LEARNING TO LISTEN                             
                        INVITIES STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THE                            
                        HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ACT OF                               
                        LISTENING. BY EXPLORING A WIDE                              
                        RANGE OF MUSIC, THE COURSE DEVELOPS                         
                        TOOLS FOR ATTENTIVE, REFLECTIVE                             
                        LISTENING AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS                           
                        TO ENGAGE WITH SOUNDS BEYOND THEIR                          
                        MUSICAL COMFORT ZONES. GUIDED                               
                        LISTENING AND VARIED ASSIGNMENTS IN                         
                        AND OUT OF CLASS INVITE STUDENTS TO                         
                        CONSIDER HOW CULTURE, HISTORY, AND                          
                        IDENTITY SHAPE THE WAY WE HEAR. NO                          
                        PRIOR MUSICAL TRAINING IS REQUIRED-                         
                        ONLY CURIOSITY AND OPENNESS.                                

Restr  21587 C  5       MWF    800-920                                             Open      0/  25                      
                        TITLE: ZOMBIES, DEMONS, AND GHOSTS?                         
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE IS AN                              
                        EXPLORATION OF LATIN AMERICAN                               
                        EXAMPLES OF THE LITERARY GENRE                              
                        KNOWN AS LITERATURE FANTASTICA                              
                        (LITERATURE OF THE FANTASTIC). IT                           
                        IS A GENRE IN WHICH BOTH THE                                
                        CHARACTERS AND THE READERS/WATCHERS                         
                        ARE LEFT QUESTIONING THE NATURE OF                          
                        REALITY. WE WILL WORK TO DEVELOP                            
                        SKILLS IN CRITICALLY ANALYZING AND                          
                        WRITING ABOUT LITERARY TEXTS BY                             
                        EXAMINING SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THIS                          
                        MOVEMENT.                                                   

Restr  21588 D  5       T      130-330                                             Open      0/  25                B     
                        TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE FOR                          
                        SOCIAL CHANGE                                               
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE IS BROKEN                          
                        DOWN INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS. THE                            
                        FIRST WILL EXPLORE THE AESTHETIC                            
                        PRINCIPLES OF THEATRE TO PROVIDE A                          
                        FOUNDATION FOR ATTENDING, ENJOYING,                         
                        ANALYZING, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE                         
                        LIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. FOCUS                           
                        IS PLACED ON THE SPECIFIC ROLES OF                          
                        THE PLAYRWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, ACTOR,                           
                        DESIGNER, AND AUDIENCE; AND THE                             
                        CRITICAL SKILLS AND VOCABULARY TO                           
                        BETTER APPRECIATE AND EVALUATE                              
                        THEATRE. THE SECOND HALF OF THE                             
                        COURSE WILL EXPLORE THE ROLE OF                             
                        THEATRE IN SOCIETY WITH A                                   
                        CONCENTRATION IN THEATRE FOR SOCIAL                         
                        CHANGE.                                                     
                        NOTE: THIS COURSE IS PARTICIPATORY.                         
                        STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN                                
                        EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES DURING                             
                        CLASS TIME TO REINFORCE THE COURSE                          
                        CONTENT LEARNED ON CANVAS. THIS                             
                        CLASS WILL MEET IN PERSON ON                                
                        TUESDAYS.