Winter Quarter 2026 Course Offerings

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(UW TACOMA )

Restr  21018 A  5       MW     800-920                                             Closed   20/  20                B     
                        TITLE: WRITING ABOUT MUSIC AND                              
                        COMMUNITY                                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE,                                
                        STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE VARIOUS                           
                        WAYS IN WHICH MUSIC OF ALL KINDS                            
                        WORKS TO BUILD COMMUNITY. STUDENTS                          
                        WILL WRITE IN A VARIETY OF GENRES,                          
                        FROM DISCUSSION BOARD POSTS TO FULL                         
                        LENGTH ANALYTICAL ESSAYS. PEER                              
                        REVIEW WILL BE A PART OF THE                                
                        PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER AS                           
                        WELL AS INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS                            
                        WITH THE INSTRUCTOR. THE COURSE                             
                        MEETS IN PERSON ON MONDAYS AND                              
                        WEDNESDAYS AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY                               
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS                                           

Restr  21019 B  5       MW     930-1050                                            Closed   20/  20                B     
                        TITLE: WRITING ABOUT MUSIC AND                              
                        COMMUNITY                                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: IN THIS COURSE,                                
                        STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE THE VARIOUS                           
                        WAYS IN WHICH MUSIC OF ALL KINDS                            
                        WORKS TO BUILD COMMUNITY. STUDENTS                          
                        WILL WRITE IN A VARIETY OF GENRES,                          
                        FROM DISCUSSION BOARD POSTS TO FULL                         
                        LENGTH ANALYTICAL ESSAYS. PEER                              
                        REVIEW WILL BE A PART OF THE                                
                        PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER AS                           
                        WELL AS INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS                            
                        WITH THE INSTRUCTOR. THE COURSE                             
                        MEETS IN PERSON ON MONDAYS AND                              
                        WEDNESDAYS AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY                               
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          

Restr  21020 C  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Closed   20/  20                B     
                        TITLE: OUR WORKING WORLD                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE                          
                        THE PAST, PRESENT, AND POTENTIAL                            
                        FUTURES OF WORK, EXPLORING                                  
                        EXPLOITATION AND RESISTANCE ACROSS                          
                        A SPECTRUM OF AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.                         
                        THE COURSE MEETS IN PERSON ON                               
                        MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, AND                                 
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                           

Restr  21021 D  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Closed   20/  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 MONDAYS                           
                        AND WEDNESDAYS AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY                           
                        ONLINE ON FRIDAYS.                                          

Restr  21024 B  5       TTh    130-330                                             Closed   25/  25                      
                        TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO THE                                  
                        QUATERNARY:                                                 
                        DESCRIPTION: INTRODUCES STUDENTS                            
                        TO THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC                               
                        NORTHWEST OVER THE PAST 2.6 MILLION                         
                        YEARS AND EXPLORES MECHANISMS OF                            
                        LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE, GLACIAL                           
                        GEOLOGY, GLACIAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND                            
                        THE PEOPLING OF THE AMERICAS. AN                            
                        EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE                                   
                        APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC                               
                        METHOD AND THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC                            
                        LITERATURE.                                                 

Restr  21025 A  5       MW     1100-1220                                           Closed   25/  25                B     
                        TITLE: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND                                
                        HEALTHCARE                                                  
                        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 EVERYDAY- 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 HAVE HAD CHALLENGES                         
                        ACCESSING HEALTHCARE.                                       
                        THIS CLASS MEETS MONDAYS AND                                
                        WEDNESDYS IN PERSON FROM 11-12:20                           
                        AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON                                
                        FRIDAYS. THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO                             
                        FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS ONLY.                                   

Restr  21028 A  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     14/  25                B     
                        TITLE: GOLDEN AGES OF ATHENS                                
                        DESCRIPTION: STUDENTS WILL LEARN                            
                        ABOUT THE CULTURE, HISTORY,                                 
                        POLITICS AND SOCIETY OF FIFTH                               
                        CENTURY BCE ATHENS, A TIME WHEN THE                         
                        CITY WAS AT ITS MOST POWERFUL. IN                           
                        THE CLASS, STUDENTS EXPLORE WHAT IT                         
                        MEANS TO BE A MEMBER OF A                                   
                        PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY THROUGH                             
                        INTERACTIVE-IN CLASS ASSIGNMENTS                            
                        SUCH AS A POLICY DEBATE, A TRIAL,                           
                        AND A PLAY.                                                 
                        **THE CLASS WILL MEET ONLINE                                
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY DURING THE FIRST                             
                        WEEK OF WINTER QUARTER AND                                  
                        THEN THE CLASS WILL MEET IN                                 
                        PERSON FOR THE REMAINDER OF                                 
                        THE QUARTER.                                                

Restr  21029 B  5       MWF    1100-1220                                           Open     12/  25                      
                        TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES:                          
                        QUESTIONS                                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: QUESTIONS ARE OFTEN                            
                        MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANSWERS, AND                            
                        SOME QUESTIONS ENDURE,EVEN IF THERE                         
                        ARE MANY ANSWERS. IN THIS CLASS, WE                         
                        LOOK AT MOVIES, LITERATURE, AND                             
                        PHILOSOPHY AS THEY POSE (AND OFTEN                          
                        FAIL TO ANSWER) QUESTIONS SUCH AS:                          
                        WHAT DO WE OWE TO EACH OTHER? WHEN                          
                        AM I REALLY IN CONTROL OF MY                                
                        ACTIONS? WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO                         
                        DO? HOW DO CIRCUMSTANCES SHAPE THE                          
                        ANSWERS TO SUCH QUESTIONS? WHO AM                           
                        I? AND OF COURSE, WHAT IS A HUMAN                           
                        BEING? ARE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS TO                            
                        THESE QUESTIONS POSSIBLE?                                   

Restr  21030 C  5       Th     130-330                                             Closed   25/  25                B     
                        TITLE: HOMELANDS AND NEW 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, WHICH 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. THIS COURSE WILL MEET IN                          
                        PERSON ON THURSDAYS AND                                     
                        ASYNCHRONOUSLY ONLINE ON TUESDAYS.                          

Restr  22043 D  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     21/  25                      
                        TITLE: SCIENCE FICTIION(S)                                  
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXLORES                            
                        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 GENRE,                          
                        WHAT KIND OF ARGUMENTS AND                                  
                        CRITIQUES IT MAKES ABOUT SOCIETY,                           
                        AND WHAT MAKES IT APPEALING.