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Winter Quarter 2027 Course Offerings

COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )
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A COMPLETE LIST OF CHID CORE COURSES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CHID OFFICE, PDL B102 OR CALL 543-7333. 

Enrl        Sect                                                                                             Crs
Restr   SLN  ID Cred    Meeting Times                                              Status Enrl/Lim   Grades  Fee Other
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CHID   100  HUMANITIES IN ACTION(A&H,DIV)
       12423 A  5       MW     100-220                                             Open      0/  50                      
                        THIS COURSE INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO                          
                        SOME OF THE GENRES AND MODES OF                             
                        THINKING IN THE HUMANITIES AND                              
                        MAKES A CASE FOR THEIR RELEVANCE IN                         
                                                                                    
                        REPAIRING A WOUNDED WORLD. HOW CAN                          
                        LITERARY, PHILOSOPHICAL, ARTISTIC,                          
                        AND HISTORICAL WAYS OF THINKING                             
                        HELP US RESPOND TO URGENT ISSUES                            
                        LIKE WAR, CLIMATE CHANGE, GENOCIDE,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE, BOTH                               
                        LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY? THIS COURSE                           
                        EXPLORES KEYWORDS OF THE HUMANITIES                         
                                                                                    
                        AS SITES OF CONTENTION,                                     
                        DELIBERATION, AND INSPIRATION, AS                           
                        THEY HAVE THE POWER TO HARM AND                             
                        HEAL.                                                       
       12424 AA  QZ     F      100-150                                             Open      0/  25                      

       12425 AB  QZ     F      100-150                                             Open      0/  25

CHID   101  INTRO TO CHID
      >12426 A  2       T      1230-220                                                      0/  18  CR/NC               
                        CHID MAJORS & MINORS ONLY                                   
                        CONTACT CHID(AT)UW.EDU FOR ADD CODE

CHID   211  APOCALYPSE POP CLTR (A&H,DIV)
       12427 A  5       TTh    1030-1220                                           Open      0/  40                      
                        APOCALYPSE AND POPULAR CULTURE(AH,                          
                        DIV)                                                        
                        ___                                                         
                        HOW OFTEN, AND FOR WHOM, DOES THE                           
                        WORLD END? POPULAR CULTURE SHOWS A                          
                        PERSISTENT FASCINATION WITH                                 
                        APOCALYPTIC SCENARIOS. THIS COURSE                          
                        USES CRITICAL INQUIRY AND                                   
                        SPECULATIVE THINKING TO EXAMINE A                           
                        WIDE RANGE OF MEDIA, INCLUDING                              
                        FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO GAMES,                              
                        LITERATURE, VISUAL AND THEATER ART,                         
                                                                                    
                        AND DIGITAL MEDIA. IT FOCUSES ON                            
                        QUESTIONS OF POWER AND DIFFERENCE,                          
                        SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, IDEAS OF                            
                        THE FUTURE, AND THE POLITICS OF                             
                        REPRESENTATION.

CHID   230  INTRO DISABILITY ST (SSc,DIV)
       12428 A  5       TTh    230-420                                             Open      0/  13

CHID   250  SPECIAL TOPICS(SSc)
      >12429 A  5       MW     930-1050                                                      0/   5                      
                        TO BE WITHERED WITH GERMAN 385 A

CHID   270  SPECIAL TOPICS(SSc)
       12430 A  5       MW     1130-1250                                           Open      0/  10                J

CHID   275  MUSIC & SOCIAL MVMTS(A&H,DIV)
       12431 A  5       to be arranged                                             Open      0/  40                #A    
                        MUSIC AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS (AH, DIV                         
                        )                                                           
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS CLASS EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND                         
                        INFLUENCE OF THE BLACK POWER                                
                        MOVEMENT ON HIP HOP CULTURE. WE WIL                         
                        L                                                           
                        ALSO CONSIDER THE COMMERCIALIZATION                         
                        AND GLOBALIZATION OF HIP HOP, WITH                          
                        A                                                           
                        FOCUS ON RAP.

CHID   329  INTRO TO CAPITALISM (SSc)
      >12432 A  5       MW     400-550                                                       0/  16                      
                        WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT                          
                        CAPITAL AND CAPITALISM? WHAT ARE                            
                        THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY                             
                        INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN CAPITALISM                         
                        AND OTHER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL                              
                        PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES LIKE RACE,                         
                        GENDER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND                                 
                        INEQUALITY?

CHID   332  DISABILITY & SOCIETY(SSc)
       12433 B  5       MW     1030-1220                                           Open      0/  10                J

CHID   335  SEX & DISABILITY(SSc,DIV)
      >12434 A  5       TTh    1230-220                                                      0/  10                      
                        TO BE WITHDRAWN - CHID ADMIN

CHID   380  THEORIES STDY RELIG (SSc)
      >12435 A  5       TTh    1230-220                                                      0/  25                J     
                        TO BE WITHDRAWN - CHID ADMIN

CHID   390  COLLOQ HIST IDEAS(SSc)Prerequisites
      >12436 A  5       TTh    130-320                                                       0/  18                      
                        COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF IDEAS                          
                        - THE ECOLOGICAL THOUGHT (AH)                               
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        THINK AND RETHINK THE ECOLOGICAL                            
                        THOUGHT, USING PHILOSOPHER TIMOTHY                          
                        MORTONS PHRASE. IT ASKS WHAT IT                             
                        MEANS TO UNDERSTAND ALL BEINGS AS                           
                        FUNDAMENTALLY INTERCONNECTED, TO                            
                        RECOGNIZE OUR PLACE WITHIN A VAST,                          
                        INESCAPABLE MESH, AND TO LIVE IN                            
                        WAYS THAT HONOR THIS DEEP                                   
                        ENTANGLEMENT. AS THE JUNIOR                                 
                        COLLOQUIUM, THE COURSE EMPHASIZES                           
                        ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POLITICS OF                             
                        KNOWLEDGE, ASKING HOW WE COME TO                            
                        KNOW WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT COUNTS AS                           
                        KNOWLEDGE, AND WHOSE KNOWLEDGE                              
                        MATTERS.

CHID   430  TOPIC DISABILITY ST (SSc)Prerequisites
       12437 A  5       TTh    130-320                                             Open      0/   5                J

CHID   488  ENCOUNTERNG ANIMALS (SSc,DIV)
       12442 A  5       W      930-1220                                            Open      0/  20                      
                        ENCOUNTERING ANIMALS - MORE-THAN-                           
                        HUMAN WORLDS IN RELATION (SSC, AH)                          
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS SEMINAR INVITES STUDENTS TO                            
                        ENGAGE ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND THE                             
                        BROADER MORE-THAN-HUMAN WORLD AS                            
                        AGENTIVE, ANIMATE, AND ENTANGLED                            
                        WITH HUMAN LIFEWORLDS. DRAWING ON                           
                        FRAMEWORKS AND METHODS FROM                                 
                        INDIGENOUS EPISTEMOLOGIES, CRITICAL                         
                                                                                    
                        ANIMAL STUDIES, MULTISPECIES                                
                        ETHNOGRAPHY, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL                          
                        HUMANITIES, AND ENGAGING A RANGE OF                         
                                                                                    
                        LITERARY, VISUAL, AND ORAL TEXTS,                           
                        THE COURSE EXPLORES BOTH HUMAN AND                          
                        MORE-THAN-HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF                               
                        RACIAL FORMATIONS, SETTLER                                  
                        COLONIALISM, EXTRACTIVE CAPITALISM,                         
                                                                                    
                        CAPTIVITY, WAR, AND OTHER FORMS OF                          
                        VIOLENCE.

CHID   491  SENIOR THESIS(SSc)Prerequisites
      >12443 A  5       TTh    230-420                                                       0/  25                      
                        "CHID SENIOR PROJECT" (SSC) (CHID                           
                        MAJORS ONLY) CONTACT CHID[AT]UW.EDU                         
                        FOR ADD CODE.

CHID   492  SENIOR THESIS(SSc)
 IS   >12444 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E

CHID   493  SENIOR THESIS(SSc)
 IS   >12445 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10E

CHID   495  CLOSE READINGS(SSc)
       12446 A  1-5     TTh    1130-220                                            Closed    0/   0                      
                        VIOLENT INTIMACIES - CARE,                                  
                        CONSUMPTION, BODIES (AH, SSC)                               
                        ___                                                         
                        THIS CLOSE READING SEMINAR INVITES                          
                        STUDENTS TO CONSIDER THE POLITICS                           
                        OF CARE, CONSUMPTION AND BODIES.                            
                        HOW DO DISABLED ARTISTS, INDIGENOUS                         
                        THINKERS, AND BLACK WRITERS EXPAND                          
                        OUR THINKING ABOUT THESE THEMES? BY                         
                        CRITICALLY EXPLORING A VARIETY OF                           
                        LITERARY GENRES, INCLUDING                                  
                        SCHOLARLY TEXTS, NOVELS, POEMS, AND                         
                        SHORT STORIES, THIS COURSE ASKS:                            
                        WHAT DO ZOMBIES, GHOSTS, AND                                
                        SHAPESHIFTERS TEACH US ABOUT THE                            
                        COMPLICATED CONTOURS OF LOVE?

CHID   496  FOCUS GROUPS
      >12447 A  2       W      330-520                                                       0/  12  CR/NC               
                        TBA                                                         
      >12448 B  2       M      930-1120                                                      0/  12  CR/NC               
                        TBA                                                         
       12449 C  2       Th     230-420                                             Open      0/  15  CR/NC               
                        REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA - A QTBIPOC                         
                        PERSPECTIVE                                                 
                        RECKONING WITH THE LONGTIME                                 
                        STRUGGLE FOR REPRESENTATION IN                              
                        MEDIA(TV, MOVIES, MUSIC, AND GAMING                         
                        FOR QTBIPOC PEOPLE.                                         
      >12450 D  1-2     F      930-1120                                                      0/  12  CR/NC               
                        TBA

CHID   497  PEER FACILITATORS
 IS   >12451 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10                      

 IS   >12452 B  5       to be arranged                                                       0/  10  CR/NC

CHID   499  UNDERGRAD IND STDY
 IS   >12453 A  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E                     
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY                                      
 IS   >12454 B  1-5     to be arranged                                                       0/  15E CR/NC               
                        CHID INDEPENDENT STUDY