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Autumn 2024
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Jamie Cho Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Edmundo Aguilar Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 401A&B Practicum in Community Service Activity Maria Lee Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 B/D/F/G Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Kristi Straus Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Olivia Horwedel Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. SOC WF 495 Community Service Learning Nicole Guenther Throughout the CSL experience students will engage in critical reflection and dialogue with their peers. Students will also participate in assessment and evaluation, as well as group service projects in the local community. Additionally, students will explore professional identity development within the field of social welfare, articulating skills and attributes they have developed over the course of the year. SPH 496 AA/AB Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Spring 2024
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Chris Arguedas Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Mack Ikeru Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Neda Ghaffarian Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 A/B/C/D Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Kristi Straus Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Eli Wheat Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. PSYCH 403 Motivation Ann Culligan Theory and research on reinforcement, punishment, frustration, preference, instinctual mechanisms, and other factors controlling animal behavior. PSYCH 488 Stress and Coping Lauren Graham In this course, we will explore stress and its influence on the body, mind, and behavior. Course content will be most directly relevant to biological and clinical interests, but topics will span cognitive, developmental, and social perspectives of stress. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Michelle Jaquish, Diana Mena Throughout the CSL experience students will engage in critical reflection and dialogue with their peers. Students will also participate in assessment and evaluation, as well as group service projects in the local community. Additionally, students will explore professional identity development within the field of social welfare, articulating skills and attributes they have developed over the course of the year. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major. SPH 491 AA/AB/AC/AD Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Winter 2024
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Mack Ikeru Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Chris Arguedas Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Neda Ghaffarian Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 A/B/C/D Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Eli Wheat Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 239 Sustainable Choices Kristi Straus Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. BIO A 471 Biocultural Perspectives of Childcare and Development Melanie Martin Applies evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives to examine variation in human childcare and development from birth through pre-adolescence, in prehistoric and contemporary global populations. Contextualizes dominant U.S. childcare practices and institutional policies in a broadly comparative and theoretical perspective. PSYCH 400 Learning Ann Culligan The aims of this class are: • To develop a knowledge base about the theories and research on animal and human learning. • To develop a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to learning, through integration of new concepts presented in the readings and independent research; and to apply this understanding to learning and teaching in various contexts. • To develop and demonstrate critical thinking skills in both discussion and written formats. • To improve written and oral presentation skills focused on clear communication of your own understanding and ideas. GWSS/PSYCH 257 Psychology of Gender Ann Culligan Major psychological theories of gender-role development; biological and environmental influences that determine and maintain gender differences in behavior; roles in children and adults; topics include aggression, cognitive abilities, achievement motivation, affiliation. JSIS B 441 and 451 Forced Migrations Kathie Friedman This course will provide a critical understanding of displacement processes (the complex causes, characteristics, and consequences of forced migration experiences across the "refugee cycle"). It will explore how international policy-makers, humanitarian workers, and social scientists have constructed forced migration as a problem for analysis and action -- and some of the positive and negative consequences of this construction. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Nesley Bravo, Diana Mena Throughout the CSL experience students will engage in critical reflection and dialogue with their peers. Students will also participate in assessment and evaluation, as well as group service projects in the local community. Additionally, students will explore professional identity development within the field of social welfare, articulating skills and attributes they have developed over the course of the year. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major. SPH 491 AA/AB/AC/AD Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Autumn 2023
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives COM 364 Media Responsibility in a Diverse Society Andrea Otáñez Examines important cultural roles of journalists and media makers in a society rooted in systems of privilege. Students examine their own values and identities, interrogate media conventions, and develop a deeper understanding of how organizational decisions and social systems affect media representations. ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Mack Ikeru Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Chris Arguedas Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Neda Ghaffarian Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 A/B/C/D Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Yen-Chu Weng Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Eli Wheat Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. PSYCH 403 Motivation Ann Culligan Theory and research on reinforcement, punishment, frustration, preference, instinctual mechanisms, and other factors controlling animal behavior. SOC WF 495 Community Service Learning Nicole Guenther Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. Majors only. Offered: WSp. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Spring 2023
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. GWSS/PSYCH 357 Psychobiology of Women Nancy Kenney Physiological and psychological aspects of women's lives; determinants of biological sex; physiological and psychological events of puberty; menopause; sexuality; contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation; role of culture in determining psychological response to physiological events. PSYCH 488 Stress & Coping Lauren Graham Reviews theories and research concerning stress and its roles in behavior, personality, development, health, and interpersonal relationships. Coping analyzed as a factor in the way people respond to stressful circumstances. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Kate Thies Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Chris Arguedas Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Neda Ghaffarian Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 A/B/C/D Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Kristi Straus Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Eli Wheat Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. Majors only. Offered: WSp. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major. SPH 491 AA/AB/AD Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Winter 2023
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. BIO A 471 Biocultural Perspectives of Childcare and Development Melanie Martin Applies evolutionary and cross-cultural perspectives to examine variation in human childcare and development from birth through pre-adolescence, in prehistoric and contemporary global populations. Contextualizes dominant U.S. childcare practices and institutional policies in a broadly comparative and theoretical perspective. ECFS 454 Senior Project (I) Jamie Cho Aut 2022 First of a three-quarter sequence leading to the completion and presentation of the senior project during spring quarter. Provides advanced opportunities to integrate theory and practice in community-based early childhood or family support programs and research settings. Includes a weekly seminar to reflect on and expand on applied experiences. ECFS 303 Exploring the Landscape of the Early Learning Profession Melissa O'Keefe Provides an overview of foundational research findings, aspects of family and community contexts, and professional pathways working with and on behalf of children and families. Exploration of various topics, issues, and inequities in the lives of children and families and the multiple professions in this interdisciplinary field of study. Prerequisite: ECFS 200. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education Kate Thies Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. Offered: AWSpS. EDUC 240 Introduction to Education Chris Arguedas Uses a socioecological developmental perspective to examine the complexities of the field of education and understand the distinctions between schooling and learning. Includes both teaching and learning in traditional school spaces and beyond. Special attention is paid to issues of educational justice and the systematic oppression found in many educational structures. Offered: AWSp. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Neda Ghaffarian Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121 A/B/C/D Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Eli Wheat Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 239 Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts Bryan Pelach Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. Majors only. Offered: WSp. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major. SPH 491 AA/AB/AD Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Autumn 2022
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jamie Cho Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. ECFS 303A & 304A Service Learning & Research I and Service Learning & Research II Melissa O’Keefe (I) and Lynn Dietrich (II) Provides students with opportunities in community-based early childhood or family support settings. Includes a field experience and a once-a-week seminar. The seminar ties together research and practice demonstrating how research informs evidence-based decision-making in programs and services for young children and families. ECFS 454 Senior Project (I) Jamie Cho Aut 2022 First of a three-quarter sequence leading to the completion and presentation of the senior project during spring quarter. Provides advanced opportunities to integrate theory and practice in community-based early childhood or family support programs and research settings. Includes a weekly seminar to reflect on and expand on applied experiences. EDUC 225 Intro to Language, Education and Society Renee Shank Introduces core issues involved in language usage in education and how it plays an important role in not only education but our lives in general. Provides a broad view of language in education. Discussions and topics explore the role of language, usage and structure, variations, how children learn and influences from policy. Examines myths about languages and language in education. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities and Organization: Re-Envisioning Education TBA Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. EDUC 401B Practicum in Community Service Activity Jermaine Rocacorba Tutoring and teaching experiences in a school or community service organization. Placement made according to participant interests and needs. Participation on a predetermined schedule plus scheduled orientation and debriefing sessions are required. Maximum of 20 credits from EDUC 401, EDUC 411, and EDUC 421 may apply towards graduation. ENGL 121B/D/E/G Composition: Social Issues Multiple Instructors Focuses on the study and practice of good writing: topics derived from a variety of personal, academic, and public subjects. Includes a service-learning component allowing students to engage with and write about social issues in applied ways. ENVIR 100 Intro to Environmental Studies Tim Billo and Yen-Chu Weng Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 239 Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts Kristi Straus Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. Honors 394 Honors Interdisciplinary Study (IV): Are Do-Gooders Doing Good? Kathryn Pursch Cornforth Develops ideas, concepts, or institutions that cut across the arts, humanities, and social sciences. For University Honors Program students only. PSYCH 403 Motivation Ann Culligan Theory and research on reinforcement, punishment, frustration, preference, instinctual mechanisms, and other factors controlling animal behavior. PSYCH 488 Stress and Coping Lauren Graham Reviews theories and research concerning stress and its roles in behavior, personality, development, health, and interpersonal relationships. Coping analyzed as a factor in the way people respond to stressful circumstances. SOC WF 495 Special Topics in Generalist Social Welfare TBA Readings, lectures, and discussions pertaining to significant topics of special and current interest to social workers. SPH 496 AA/AB/AC/AD Public Health Capstone Various Instructors An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Spring 2022
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives COM 364 Media Responsibility in a Diverse Society Jovelle Tamayo TBA Examines important cultural roles of journalists and media makers in a society rooted in systems of privilege. Students examine their own values and identities, interrogate media conventions, and develop a deeper understanding of how organizational decisions and social systems affect media representations. ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Mary Clevenger-Bright Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. ECFS 456 Senior Project III Lisa Ellen Henderson Third of a three-quarter sequence leading to the completion and presentation of the senior project during the final quarter in the major. Provides advanced opportunities to integrate theory and practice in community-based learning and research experience continues during the quarter. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities, and Organizations: Re-envisioning Education Kate Thies Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. ENGL 121A Composition: Social Issues (Radical Care & Mutual Aid) Kait Kretsinger-Dunham Students will consider the ways in which practices of mutual aid and community engagement apply hope as a discipline and an intervention to structures of oppression. This course aims to help students develop their capacity as learners, partners, and advocates in their local communities. ENGL 121B Composition: Social Issues (Radical Care & Mutual Aid) Kait Kretsinger-Dunham Students will consider the ways in which practices of mutual aid and community engagement apply hope as a discipline and an intervention to structures of oppression. This course aims to help students develop their capacity as learners, partners, and advocates in their local communities. ENGL 121D Composition: Social Issues (Homelessness) TBA TBA ENGL 121F Composition: Social Issues (Literacy) Megan Butler N/A The focus will revolve around the many Englishes spoken and why so many of them require complex negotiations. We’ll explore ideas about language and identity, how education works as a social determinant of health, and what greater competencies with literacy affords. ENGL 298 Intermediate Interdisciplinary Writing - Social Sciences James Rushing Daniel Expository writing based on materials presented in a specified social science course. Assignments include drafts of papers to be submitted in the specified course, and other pieces of analytical prose. ENVIR 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies Kristi Straus Examines the ethical, political, social, and scientific dimensions of environmental issues. Integrates knowledge from different disciplines while evaluating environmental problems at various scales. Uses an environmental justice lens to examine the ways problems are concentrated in some communities while providing opportunities to practice environmental communication and collaboration across disciplines. ENVIR 239 Sustainable Choices Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Eli Wheat Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. ENVIR/POL S 384 Global Environmental Politics Karen Litfin Examines the globalization of environmental problems, including climate change, ozone depletion, and loss of biodiversity, as well as the globalization of political responses to these problems within the framework of globalization as set of interlinked economic, technological, cultural, and political processes. GWSS/PSYCH 357 Psychobiology of Women Nancy Kenney Physiological and psychological aspects of women's lives; determinants of biological sex; physiological and psychological events of puberty; menopause; sexuality; contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation; role of culture in determining psychological response to physiological events. JSIS 478 A/B Diaspora Communities in Seattle and Beyond Taso Lagos PSYCH 400 Learning Ann Culligan Experimental research and basic theories primarily in animal learning. PSYCH 488 Stress and Coping Lauren Graham Reviews theories and research concerning stress and its roles in behavior, personality, development, health, and interpersonal relationships. Coping analyzed as a factor in the way people respond to stressful circumstances. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu N/A Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. SPH 492 Public Health Capstone II Anjulie Ganti N/A Part two of integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the public health major. SPH 496 Public Health Capstone Anjulie Ganti, Rabi Yunusa An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Winter 2022
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Jordan Sherry-Wagner Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. ECFS 303 Service Learning and Research Melissa O'Keefe Provides students with opportunities in community-based early childhood or family support settings. Includes a field experience and a once-a-week seminar. The seminar ties together research and practice demonstrating how research informs evidence-based decision-making in programs and services for young children and families. ECFS 455 Senior Project Lisa Ellen Henderson First of a three-quarter sequence leading to the completion and presentation of the senior project during spring quarter. Provides advanced opportunities to integrate theory and practice in community-based early childhood or family support programs and research settings. Includes a weekly seminar to reflect on and expand on applied experiences. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities, and Organizations: Re-envisioning Education TBA Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. ENGL 121B Composition: Social Issues (Radical Care & Mutual Aid) Kait Kretsinger-Dunham Students will consider the ways in which practices of mutual aid and community engagement apply hope as a discipline and an intervention to structures of oppression. This course aims to help students develop their capacity as learners, partners, and advocates in their local communities. ENGL 121D Composition: Social Issues (Homelessness) TBA TBA ENGL 121E Composition: Social Issues (Questioning Sustainability) Rasheena Fountain TBA Students in this course will question sustainability, both in an environmental sense, and in terms of personal sustainability through journal entries, multimodal projects, and other writing across media assignments. ENGL 121F Composition: Social Issues (Literacy) Megan Butler N/A The focus will revolve around the many Englishes spoken and why so many of them require complex negotiations. We’ll explore ideas about language and identity, how education works as a social determinant of health, and what greater competencies with literacy affords. ENGL 297 D&E Intermediate Interdisciplinary Writing - Humanities James Rushing Daniel Expository writing based on materials presented in a specified humanities course. Assignments include drafts of papers to be submitted in the specified course, and other pieces of analytical prose. ENGL 471 Theory and Practice of Teaching Writing Stephanie Kerschbaum Reviews the research, core debates, and politics that have shaped the practice, teaching and study of writing. Introduces theoretical and methodological approaches that inform the teaching and learning of writing. ENVIR 239 Sustainable Choices Kristi Straus Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. GEN ST 344 Are Do Gooders Doing Good? Kathryn Pursch Cornforth GWSS/PSYCH 257 Psychology of Gender Ann Culligan TBA Major psychological theories of gender-role development; biological and environmental influences that determine and maintain gender differences in behavior; roles in children and adults; topics include aggression, cognitive abilities, achievement motivation, affiliation. JSIS B 441 Forced Migrations Kathie Friedman Provides an interdisciplinary understanding of the causes, characteristics, and consequences of forced migration experiences across the global system. Explores how international policy makers, humanitarian workers, and scholars have constructed forced migration as a problem for analysis and action, including some of the ethical dilemmas involved. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu N/A Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. SPH 491 Public Health Capstone Anjulie Ganti, Kate McGlone West N/A Part one of integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the public health major. SPH 496 Public Health Capstone Anjulie Ganti, Rabi Yunusa An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Autumn 2021
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives ECFS 200 Introduction to Early Childhood and Family Studies Cinthia Palomino Explores current practices, programs, and research in the field of early childhood and family studies. Topics include: child development, early childhood education, parenting and family support, mental health, poverty, and other risk factors. ECFS 303 Service Learning and Research Mary Clevenger-Bright Provides students with opportunities in community-based early childhood or family support settings. Includes a field experience and a once-a-week seminar. The seminar ties together research and practice demonstrating how research informs evidence-based decision-making in programs and services for young children and families. ECFS 454 Senior Project Lisa Ellen Henderson First of a three-quarter sequence leading to the completion and presentation of the senior project during spring quarter. Provides advanced opportunities to integrate theory and practice in community-based early childhood or family support programs and research settings. Includes a weekly seminar to reflect on and expand on applied experiences. EDUC 225 Introduction to Language, Education, and Society Phillip Markley Introduces core issues involved in language usage in education and how it plays an important role in not only education but our lives in general. Provides a broad view of language in education. Discussions and topics explore the role of language, usage and structure, variations, how children learn and influences from policy. Examines myths about languages and language in education. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities, and Organizations: Re-envisioning Education Christian K. Love TBA Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. ENGL 121A Composition: Social Issues (Questioning Sustainability) Rasheena Fountain TBA Students in this course will question sustainability, both in an environmental sense, and in terms of personal sustainability through journal entries, multimodal projects, and other writing across media assignments. ENGL 121D Composition: Social Issues (Homelessness) Alexandra Meany TBA This composition course will ask students to engage with the city from a critical perspective in order to ask questions about how policy shapes public space and the built environment for people who are currently experiencing homelessness. ENGL 121F Composition: Social Issues (Literacy) Megan Butler N/A The focus will revolve around the many Englishes spoken and why so many of them require complex negotiations. We’ll explore ideas about language and identity, how education works as a social determinant of health, and what greater competencies with literacy affords. ENGL 121G Composition: Social Issues (Radical Care & Mutual Aid) Kait Kretsinger-Dunham Students will consider the ways in which practices of mutual aid and community engagement apply hope as a discipline and an intervention to structures of oppression. This course aims to help students develop their capacity as learners, partners, and advocates in their local communities. ENGL 197D Interdisciplinary Writing Humanities James Rushing Daniel Expository writing based on material presented in a specified humanities lecture course. Assignments include drafts of papers to be submitted in the specified course, and other pieces of analytical prose. ENGL 297A Intermediate Interdisciplinary Writing - Humanities James Rushing Daniel Expository writing based on materials presented in a specified humanities course. Assignments include drafts of papers to be submitted in the specified course, and other pieces of analytical prose. ENVIR 239 Sustainable Choices Kristi Straus Introduces implications of and approaches to sustainability through models of sustainability, history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Explores how our personal choices can affect broader change towards sustainability. Examines personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as food, energy, waste, water, population, consumption, design, and well-being. LSJ 320 / POL S 368 International Human Rights Jamie Mayerfield Studies the international human rights movement in its legal and political context. Focuses on institutions which influence, enable, and constrain the international promotion of human rights. PSYCH 403 Motivation Ann Culligan Theory and research on reinforcement, punishment, frustration, preference, instinctual mechanisms, and other factors controlling animal behavior. PSYCH 488 Stress and Coping Lauren Graham Reviews theories and research concerning stress and its roles in behavior, personality, development, health, and interpersonal relationships. Coping analyzed as a factor in the way people respond to stressful circumstances. SOC WF 495 Special Topics in Generalist Social Welfare Nicole Guenther Readings, lectures, and discussions pertaining to significant topics of special and current interest to social workers. SPH 496 Public Health Capstone Anjulie Ganti, Kate McGlone West, Rabi Yunusa An integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the Public Health-Global Health Major.
Spring 2021
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives COM 364 Media Responsibility in a Diverse Society Andrea Otanez TBA Examines important cultural roles of journalists and media makers in a society rooted in systems of privilege. Students examine their own values and identities, interrogate media conventions, and develop a deeper understanding of how organizational decisions and social systems affect media representations. EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities, and Organizations: Re-envisioning Education Gregory Diggs-Yang TBA Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. ENGL 121A Composition: Social Issues (Homelessness) Alexandra Meany TBA This composition course will ask students to engage with the city from a critical perspective in order to ask questions about how policy shapes public space and the built environment for people who are currently experiencing homelessness. ENGL 121D Composition: Social Issues (Homelessness) Alexandra Meany TBA This composition course will ask students to engage with the city from a critical perspective in order to ask questions about how policy shapes public space and the built environment for people who are currently experiencing homelessness. ENGL 121B Compositions: Social Issues (Language, Literacy, and Identity) Yan Wang TBA Through course readings and community-engagement, students will explore the topics of language diversity and issues of importance to multilingual populations especially in the current political climate in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. ENGL 121C Composition: Social Issues TBD TBA ENGL 121F Composition: Social Issues TBD TBA ENVIR 240 The Urban Farm Eli Wheat TBA Develops students' understanding the ecological connections between food production, human health, and planetary sustainability. Teaches basic skills needed for food production in urban areas and the ethics behind sustainable urban agriculture, including a hands-on component on the farm at the biology greenhouse. ENVIR/POL S 385 Political Ecology of the World Food System Karen Litfin TBA Investigates the intersection of globalization and food politics, the pivotal role of petroleum in the world food system, and the commodity chains for some foods. Includes an optional service learning component. GWSS/PSYCH 357 Psychobiology of Women Nancy Kenney TBA Physiological and psychological aspects of women's lives; determinants of biological sex; physiological and psychological events of puberty; menopause; sexuality; contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation; role of culture in determining psychological response to physiological events. HONORS 345 Reading and Writing the City Naomi Sokoloff TBA Investigates emerging topics of interest in the arts and sciences and frames the investigation of subject matter through writing and dialogic inquiry within a particular field. Students discuss, revise, and reflect upon their work through peer review, in-class writing activities, and editorial feedback. For University Honors Program students only. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu N/A Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. SPH 492 Public Health Capstone II Anjulie Ganti N/A Part two of integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the public health major.
Winter 2021
Course Course title Instructor Community-engaged learning registration period Course objectives EDUC 280 Introduction to Education, Communities, and Organizations: Re-envisioning Education Gregory Diggs-Yang TBA Introduction to the disciplinary fields that constitute the Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) major: Human development, learning theory, equity studies, organizational studies, and community engagement. Provides an overview of the ECO major, including core courses, learning objectives, faculty, and community partners. ENGL 121A Compositions: Social Issues (Language, Literacy, and Identity) Yan Wang TBA Through course readings and community-engagement, students will explore the topics of language diversity and issues of importance to multilingual populations especially in the current political climate in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. ENGL 121D Composition: Social Issues Brianna Martinez TBA ENGL 121E Composition: Social Issues (Environmental Justice Narratives) Matthew Hitchman TBA ENGL 121F Composition: Social Issues (Food) Sarah Faulkner TBA This class seeks to question our concepts of food and the environment on each of these levels: personally, locally, and globally. Through community engagement, rhetorical analysis of eco-writing, and exposure to the larger concepts of food and sustainability, students will connect the social issues that surround our connection to our food. ENVIR 239 Sustainable Choices Kristi Straus TBA Presents frameworks of sustainability via exploration of key pillars of sustainability, the history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Students examine personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as smart growth, environmental and natural building, green business and energy, ecotourism, and international policy. GWSS/PSYCH 257 Psychology of Gender Ann Culligan TBA Major psychological theories of gender-role development; biological and environmental influences that determine and maintain gender differences in behavior; roles in children and adults; topics include aggression, cognitive abilities, achievement motivation, affiliation. PSYCH 488 Stress and Coping Lauren Graham TBA Reviews theories and research concerning stress and its roles in behavior, personality, development, health, and interpersonal relationships. Coping analyzed as a factor in the way people respond to stressful circumstances. SOC WF 315 Community Service Learning Ariana Cantu N/A Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. Students learn by connecting classroom theory and community-based experience through the completion of community-based projects in social work-type agencies. SPAN 392 Experiential Learning in Spanish Maria Gilman N/A Experiential learning project in the local Spanish-speaking community. Engages students in ways that supplement/enhance formal in-class language training. SPH 491 Public Health Capstone Anjulie Ganti N/A Part one of integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the public health major. SPH 492 Public Health Capstone II Anjulie Ganti N/A Part two of integrative experience bringing together students' knowledge and skills acquired in the public health major.
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