Spring Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  20273 A  5       MW     930-1050                                            Open     14/  20                B     
                        TITLE: TOP 5                                                
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS                                        
                        COURSE STUDENTS WILL COMPOSE                                
                        PERSUASIVE, COMPLEX ARGUMENTATIVE                           
                        WRITING THAT ENGAGED DIFFERENCE,                            
                        FEEDBACK, AND ONE THAT REACHES A                            
                        DIVERSE ARRAY OF AUDIENCES.                                 
                        STUDENTS WILL PRESENT THEIR "TOP 5"                         
                        LIST ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS WHILE                           
                        PRACTICING INFORMATION LITERACY                             
                        SKILLS. THIS COURSE DEVELOPS                                
                        READING, WRITING, AND CRITICAL                              
                        THINKING SKILLS THAT ARE VITAL IN                           
                        AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT.                                        
                        THIS CLASS WILL MEET IN PERSON ON                           
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS,                                     
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON                                    
                        FRIDAYS.                                                    

Restr  20274 B  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     19/  20                      
                        TITLE: FREE F***CKING SPEECH IN THE                         
                        ACADEMY                                                     
                        DESCRIPTION: WE WILL STUDY                                  
                        FREE SPEECH IN THE UNITED STATES,                           
                        WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ITS                               
                        STATUS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN                             
                        UNIVERSITIES, AND PUT IT TO                                 
                        PRACTICE IN CLASS. EMPHASIS ON THE                          
                        BASICS OF ARGUMENT, ANALYSIS OF                             
                        COMPLEX TEXTS, AND PERSUASIVE                               
                        WRITING AND SPEAKING.                                       

Restr  20275 A  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     21/  25                      
                        TITLE:DETECTING ENVIRONMENTAL                               
                        CHANGES FROM SPACE                                          
                        DESCRIPTION: IN                                             
                        THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD,                                
                        SATELLITE IMAGE ANALYSES HAVE BECOM                         
                        CRITICAL PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL                              
                        MONITORING AND DETECTION OF CHANGE.                         
                        IN THIS COURSE, WE WILL SATELLITE                           
                        DATA TO EXPLORE REAL-LIFE CHANGES I                         
                        THE NATURAL AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS                          
                        INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COMPUTER LAB                         
                        ROOM. YOU WILL LEARN PRACTICAL                              
                        SKILLS IN THE DATA COLLECTION,                              
                        MAPPING IMAGE INTERPRETATION AND                            
                        GIS.                                                        

Restr  20276 B  5       MW     130-330                                             Open     22/  25           $35        
                        TITLE: HOW POLLUTION IMPACTS YOU                            
                        AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: THE CURRENT FEDERAL                            
                        ADMINISTRATION IS REMOVING                                  
                        REFERENCES TO "POLLUTION" AND                               
                        DESCREASING PROTECTIONS FOR                                 
                        VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. IT IS                               
                        IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT POLLUTION                            
                        IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM, HOW YOU                            
                        ARE EXPOSED TO IT, AND HOW IT                               
                        AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND                             
                        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 THE CRITCAL ANALYSIS OF                                 
                        PUBLISHED LITERATURE TO UNDERSTAND                          
                        HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS                                  
                        POLLUTION ISSUES.                                           

Restr  20277 A  5       MW     130-250                                             Open     19/  25                B     
                        TITLE: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND                                
                        HEALTHCARE DELIVERY                                         
                        DESCRIPTION:                                                
                        MOST OF US OWN A SMARTPHONE, BUT A                          
                        FEW OF US LOOK AT IT WITH A                                 
                        CRITICAL EYE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT                           
                        CAN BENEFIT OUR HEALTH AND WELL-                            
                        BEING. THIS QUARTER, WE WILL                                
                        JOURNEY TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND HOW                          
                        THE TECHNOLOGY WE USE EVERY DAY-                            
                        SMARTPHONES, WEB CAMS, VIDEO                                
                        RECORDERS, AND TEXTING- CAN HELP                            
                        PEOPLE KEEP TRACK OF HOW THEY ARE                           
                        DOING HEALTH WISE AND STAY HEALTHY.                         
                        WHILE DOING THIS WORK, WE WILL LOOK                         
                        AT MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE-                          
                        IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF                         
                        COLOR, RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND OLDER                         
                        ADULTS- ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD                             
                        CHALLENGES ACCESSING HEALTHCARE.                            
                        THIS CLASS MEETS IN PERSON ON                               
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS AND                                  
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE FRIDAYS.                              

Restr  20278 B  5       Th     1010-1210                                           Open     12/  25                B     
                        TITLE: CONNECTING THROUGH THE                               
                        SOCIAL SCIENCES                                             
                        DESCRIPTION: EVERY DAY WE TEXT                              
                        FRIENDS, SCROLL THROUGH DATING                              
                        APPS, VIDEO CALL FAMILY ACROSS THE                          
                        WORLD,AND FIND OUR PEOPLE ONLINE-                           
                        BUT FEW OF US STOP TO ASK WHAT                              
                        THESE EVERYDAY ACTS OF                                      
                        CONNECTION ACTUALLY REVEAL ABOUT                            
                        HUMAN SOCIETY. THIS QUARTER, WE                             
                        WILL USE THE TOPIC OF HUMAN                                 
                        CONNECTION AS A LENS FOR                                    
                        EXPLORING HOW SOCIAL SCIENTISTS                             
                        ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT                              
                        THE WORLD. EACH WEEK, WE EXAMINE                            
                        OUR THEME THROUGH A DIFFERENT                               
                        DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE-                                   
                        PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY                         
                        COMMUNICATION STUDIES, AND MORE-                            
                        BUILDING THE RESEARCH SKILLS AND                            
                        CRITICAL THINKING TOOLS YOU WILL                            
                        CARRY INTO ANY FIELD YOU CHOOSE.                            
                        THIS IS A HYBRID COURSE. THE CLASS                          
                        WILL MEET ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUSLY                             
                        ONLINE ON TUESDAYS AND IN PERSON                            
                        ON THURSDAYS.                                               

Restr  20279 A  5       MW     130-330                                             Closed   26/  25                      
                        TITLE: ZOMBIES, DEMONS, AND                                 
                        GHOSTS?                                                     
                        DESCRIPTION: HAVE YOU EVER                                  
                        EXPERIENCED SOMETHING AND WONDER IF                         
                        IT WAS REAL? THIS CLASS IS AN                               
                        EXPLORATION OF LATIN AMERICAN                               
                        EXAMPLES OF LITERATURA FANTASTICA                           
                        (LITERATURE OF THE FANTASTIC), A                            
                        GENRE IN WHICH BOTH THE CHARACTERS                          
                        AND THE READERS/WATCHERS ARE LEFT                           
                        QUESTIONING THE NATURE OF REALITY.                          
                        THE CLASS CONSIST OF READING                                
                        SEVERAL WORKS, INVESTIGATING THE                            
                        THEORY BEHIND THEIR CLASSIFICATION                          
                        AND THEIR SIMILITARIES AND                                  
                        DIFFERENCES TO RELATED GENRES, AND                          
                        THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL                                 
                        CONTEXTS IN WHICH THE STORIES WERE                          
                        PRODUCED AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON                            
                        THE WRITING.                                                

Restr  20280 B  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     21/  25                B     
                        TITLE: SCIENCE FICTION(S)                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES                           
                        THE GENRE OF SCIENCE FICTION ACROSS                         
                        MEDIA FORMATS. STUDENTS WILL                                
                        ANALYZE EXAMPLES OF SCIENCE FICTION                         
                        LITERATURE, FILM, TELEVISION, AND                           
                        POPULAR MUSIC. WE WILL SEEK TO                              
                        UNDERSTAND WHAT DEFINES THE GENRES,                         
                        WHAT KINDS OF ARGUMENTS AND                                 
                        CRITIQUES IT MAKES ABOUT SOCIETY,                           
                        AND WHAT MAKES IT APPEALING. THIS I                         
                        A HYBRID COURSE. WEEK 1 WILL MEET                           
                        BOTH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.                                  
                        ALL OTHER WEEKS WILL MEET IN-PERSON                         
                        THURSDAY,WITH TUESDAYS COMPLETED                            
                        ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUSLY.