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Title	Offering	Standing	Credits	Credits	When	F	W	S	Su	Description	Faculty	Days	Multiple Standings	Start Quarters	Open Quarters
Advanced Research in Environmental Studies Dylan Fischer, Pauline Yu, Carri LeRoy, Abir Biswas, Erik Thuesen and Alison Styring agriculture botany community studies ecology environmental studies geography geology health hydrology law and government policy marine science zoology Signature Required: Fall Winter Spring	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	V	V	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter	S 16Spring		Rigorous quantitative and qualitative research is an important component of academic learning in Environmental Studies. This independent learning opportunity is designed to allow advanced students to delve into real-world research with faculty who are currently engaged in specific projects. The program will help students develop vital skills in research design, data acquisition and interpretation, written and oral communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills—all of which are of particular value for students who are pursuing a graduate degree, as well as for graduates who are already in the job market. studies nutrient and toxic trace metal cycles in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems. Potential projects could include studies of mineral weathering, wildfires, and mercury cycling in ecosystems. Students could pursue these interests at the laboratory scale or through field-scale biogeochemistry studies, taking advantage of the Evergreen Ecological Observation Network (EEON), a long-term ecological study area. Students with backgrounds in a combination of geology, biology, or chemistry could gain skills in soil, vegetation, and water collection and learn methods of sample preparation and analysis for major and trace elements. studies plant ecosystem ecology, carbon dynamics, and nutrient cycling in forests of the Southwest and western Washington. This work includes image analysis of tree roots, molecular genetics, plant physiology, carbon balance, nitrogen cycling, species interactions, community analysis, and restoration ecology. He also manages the EEON project ( ). See more about his lab's work at: . Students participating in this program work closely with ongoing research in the lab, participate in weekly lab meetings, and develop their own research projects. conducts research on linkages between terrestrial and aquatic environments. She is trained as a freshwater ecologist and primarily studies in-stream ecosystem processes and aquatic communities. She and her students study leaf litter decomposition in streams as a major input of organic material to aquatic systems. In addition, she conducts research on aquatic macroinvertebrate community structure, aquatic fungal biomass and standard water quality and hydrology measurements in stream and river environments. studies birds. Current activity in her lab includes avian bioacoustics and avian monitoring and research in Evergreen’s campus forest and other nearby locations. Bioacoustic research includes field monitoring of local birds using audio recordings and microphone arrays, and editing and identifying avian songs and calls from an extensive collection of sounds from the campus forest as well as tropical forest sites in Borneo. Local research projects in the campus forest and nearby locations include Pacific wren mating and life-history strategy, cavity formation and use by cavity-nesting birds (and other cavity-dependent species), and monitoring long-term trends in bird populations and communities using a variety of standard approaches. conducts research on the ecological physiology of marine animals. He and his students are currently investigating the physiological, behavioral, and biochemical adaptations of gelatinous zooplankton to environmental stress and climate change. Other research is focused on the biodiversity of marine zooplankton. Students working in his lab typically have backgrounds in different aspects of marine science, ecology, physiology, and biochemistry. studies the developmental physiology and ecology of marine invertebrates. She is interested in the biochemistry of the seawater-organism interface, developmental nutritional biochemistry and metabolic depression, invasive species, carbonate chemistry (ocean acidification), and cultural relationships with foods from the sea. Students have the opportunity to collaboratively develop lines of inquiry for lab and/or field studies in ecology, developmental biology, physiology, marine carbonate chemistry and mariculture.	Dylan Fischer Pauline Yu Carri LeRoy Abir Biswas Erik Thuesen Alison Styring		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter Spring
China and Japan: Traditional and Contemporary “Silk Roads” Hirsh Diamant and Tomoko Hirai Ulmer classics communication consciousness studies cultural studies education geography history international studies language studies philosophy	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	8	08	Weekend			S 16Spring		This program will introduce the history, culture and philosophy of China and Japan. We will use the theme of Silk Roads in our examination of China as the heart of Asian civilization and Japan as a constant presence at the eastern end of the routes. We will examine Asian philosophies including Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Shintoism. We will learn the ideographic languages and their embedded worldview and sensitivities as expressed in poetry and literature; and we will envision contemporary and future Silk Roads with new trends, aspirations, and beliefs. Our inquiry into Chinese and Japanese history will focus on periods in which foreign influences were most influential, for example the time when Buddhism, along with tea, traveled on Silk Roads. Another transformation occurred in the 20 century, with devastating conflicts of WWII. Most of today’s complex political issues between China and Japan stem from this war. For centuries China has played, and is continuing to play, a central role in Asia. Japan embraced Chinese culture while modifying it to fit Japan’s political and cultural climate and needs. Japanese language, architecture, literature and art are steeped in Chinese influences. Japan is also a repository of both tangible and intangible Chinese culture that has disappeared from China itself. Treasures from the Silk Road and Tang Dynasty dance and music from the 8 century still survive in Japan. Such heritage has, in turn, helped produce a present day cultural renaissance in China. Much scholarship about China has been continually flourishing in Japan and the contemporary pan-Asian culture is developing beyond national borders. Program activities will include field trips to the Chinese and Japanese gardens in Portland, Oregon; calligraphy demonstrations and workshops; and learning about Chinese tea culture and Japanese tea ceremony.	Hirsh Diamant Tomoko Hirai Ulmer	Sat	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring
Conserving Wildlife: Landscapes, Habitat, and the ESA Peter Impara ecology environmental studies field studies geography natural history Signature Required: Winter	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter			How do we conserve endangered animals? These are complex species, often with specific habitat needs. They interact in elaborate ways with members of their species, other species, and with the landscape as a whole. A detailed understanding of what kinds of habitats species need, and how these habitats are distributed across landscapes, is crucial to managing landscapes to ensure future survival of particular species.This upper-division program will focus on examining and analyzing the habitat needs of endangered species. Students will learn, develop and apply an intricate interdisciplinary suite of knowledge and techniques that include spatial analysis; ecological modeling; integration of scientific, legal and political information; and computer tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop habitat conservation plans for threatened and endangered species as listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. Students will apply a rigorous approach to collecting and analyzing biological, ecological, and habitat data, using GIS to develop habitat suitability models and cost surface maps. Students will learn the importance of developing spatial analyses that communicate ecological information for decision making and planning. They will integrate information into species habitat conservation plans (HCPs), learning to effectively communicate goals, objectives, actions and options while following federal guidelines.Habitat analysis will be conducted at the landscape scale, integrating the disciplines of landscape ecology with wildlife habitat analysis, wildlife biology, and habitat conservation planning. As a final project, students will develop and present a formal HCP for a threatened or endangered Pacific Northwest species. Students will be required to understand and apply legal concepts associated with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and develop an understanding of stakeholders’ concerns and related issues surrounding resource users that may or may not come into conflict with the conservation of their selected species. Lectures will cover the areas of landscape ecology, island biogeography and meta-population theory, spatial analysis, GIS, wildlife habitat analysis, and habitat conservation planning. Guest speakers will present recent case studies and approaches to conservation planning. Field trips to locations where wildlife management and conservation are occurring will expose students to methods of habitat assessment, conservation and restoration.	Peter Impara	Tue Tue Wed Thu	Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
The Geography of Polar Regions Martha Henderson environmental studies geography	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall					Martha Henderson		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Introduction to Environmental Studies Ted Whitesell, Krishna Chowdary, Rob Cole and Alison Styring biology ecology environmental studies field studies geography international studies law and public policy natural history sustainability studies zoology Signature Required: Winter	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter			This two-quarter program is designed to introduce the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies. This field employs the tools of natural and social sciences as well as the humanities to understand and effectively address the enormous environmental challenges of this generation. The program will use a variety of teaching styles, including field trips, films, guest speakers, case study and research projects, as well as lectures and seminars on a wide array of critical environmental issues. Readings will include classics of environmental literature that have inspired and informed citizens for generations, notable contemporary books in the field, textbooks, scientific articles, and a novel. A central goal of this program is to advance students' ability to think critically and in-depth about environmental challenges and solutions. The program will expose students to the following range of topics: climate change; pollutants in our air, freshwater, oceans, and soils; the mass extinction of species; sustainability and sustainable development; ecological restoration; environmental justice; protected areas; sustainable energy; human population and the environment; science and advocacy; and threats to Puget Sound, along with efforts to protect it.Focusing on ecosystems and environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest, the fall quarter will emphasize development of the skills and tools necessary to pursue environmental studies at a more advanced level. This means instruction and practice in using the following: systems-thinking; the principles of population, community, ecosystem, and landscape ecology; ornithology; the study of landscapes and soundscapes; urban ecology; social science principles essential for understanding sustainability and conservation; field research methods; introductory quantitative and qualitative analytical methods; and the general nature of biogeochemical cycles. Emphasis will also be placed on developing skill in analytical writing as practiced in the social and natural sciences, based on research using library databases of peer-reviewed journal articles, and demonstrating competency in formatting citations and references.The winter quarter will take a more global perspective on environmental studies. Students will be challenged to apply and more fully develop the skills and knowledge introduced in the fall quarter through in-depth research projects on critical environmental problems and associated solutions. Lectures and seminars will expose students to a more advanced and in-depth examination of critical environmental problems and solutions around the world.	Ted Whitesell Krishna Chowdary Rob Cole Alison Styring	Tue Tue Wed Thu Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Brandon Sackmann computer science environmental studies geography	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4	04	Evening				Su 16 Summer	Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are computer-based systems for management, display, and analysis of geographic data. This is an introductory course designed to provide the student with an overview of the development and basic principles of GIS, practical experience in the use of ArcGIS 10.x (one of the most popular commercial GIS packages), and, finally, an understanding of the development of a GIS project. By the end of the course, students will be able to create GIS maps, explore and analyze the data behind the maps, and apply methods to easily communicate GIS-based information to others.	Brandon Sackmann	Tue Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer	Summer
Mapping for Change John Baldridge geography	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4	04	Evening		W 16Winter			Maps are powerful tools for understanding the relationships between people and place. They have been used to divide and unite, to expose environmental problems, to plan for peace, and to prepare for war. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a map might be worth millions.In this course, students will learn the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the production of digital maps using computer software. We will study the elements of good cartographic design and apply those elements to produce meaningful maps with a purpose. The first half of the quarter will be spent developing fundamental skills with GIS software. The second half of the quarter will culminate in a project to produce a series of maps that illustrate a social or environmental problem, and which could be used to advocate for a change in policy or raise public awareness about an issue.	John Baldridge	Wed	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter	Winter
Mapping for Change John Baldridge geography	Course	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	4	04	Evening	F 15 Fall				Maps are powerful tools for understanding the relationships between people and place. They have been used to divide and unite, to expose environmental problems, to plan for peace, and to prepare for war. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a map might be worth millions.In this course, students will learn the basics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the production of digital maps using computer software. We will study the elements of good cartographic design and apply those elements to produce meaningful maps with a purpose. The first half of the quarter will be spent developing fundamental skills with GIS software. The second half of the quarter will culminate in a project to produce a series of maps that illustrate a social or environmental problem, and which could be used to advocate for a change in policy or raise public awareness about an issue.	John Baldridge	Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall
Moscow & Kazan: A Cultural and Ecological Excursion John Baldridge and Thomas Rainey ecology environmental studies field studies geography international studies language studies natural history study abroad Signature Required: Summer	Program	FR–GRFreshmen–Graduate	8	08	Day, Evening and Weekend				Su 16 Session I Summer	This study-abroad program will explore two great cultural centers of Russia, Moscow and Kazan. Moscow is Russia’s Eternal City, the old and the new capital of all the Russias. In Moscow, the group will take guided tours of major historical sites, including the Moscow Kremlin, the Armory Museum, the Tretyakov Art Gallery, Novodevichi Convent and Monastery, and the Trinity-St. Sergei Monastery outside the city. Then participants will take a night train to Kazan on the Volga River, the very heartland and capital of Tatarstan, a semi-independent republic in the middle of Russia. Kazan was the capital of the last Tatar successor state, re-conquered for Russia by Ivan the Terrible, in 1552. It is where the Asian East meets the Russian West, the population evenly divided between the Volga Tatars and Russians. The Tatars are Sunni Muslims, and the Russians are Eastern Orthodox Christians. In Kazan, student travelers will receive lectures on the culture, geography, and environmental history of Tatarstan from the faculty of Kazan Federal University. They will visit several cultural sites in and around the city, including the Kazan Kremlin, the city art museum, and archeological exhibits. The primary activities of the group in Tatarstan, however, will be several ecological field trips to protected areas, such as the Volga-Kama Nature Preserve ( ). The group will then return to Moscow, where, time permitting before our flights home, we will perhaps stroll along the Arbat, pay our respects at the monument of Russia’s unknown soldier, lay some flowers at the foot of the statue of Russia’s greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin, or spend a few quiet moments in one of the city’s famous churches, listening to a Russian choir singing a sacred mass. And wherever we go, we will enjoy Russian and Tatar food, sights, sounds and hospitality. Application and $200 deposit are due March 1, 2016. You can find more information here: /	John Baldridge Thomas Rainey			Summer	Summer
Place and Displacement Eric Stein and Steven Flusty anthropology geography history Signature Required: Winter	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter			For at least the past two centuries, the world has been remade by the increasingly vast movements of peoples away from homes and homelands and into the dense, heterogeneous publics of world cities. In this program, we will seek to understand the complex reasons for these movements and the racial, class, and identity struggles within the plural spaces, sites and societies they have engendered. Looking at global histories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, we will ask how emerging empires enabled new kinds of identities and borders, both national and ethnic, and consider the ongoing economic, linguistic, demographic, and military processes that have alienated or uprooted millions of people from their native lands. We are especially interested in how, in the face of various kinds of violence—structural, epistemic, genocidal, or everyday—people have responded actively to repair torn communities, find new collaborators in urban spaces, and restore a sense of place and belonging.Our two quarter program will consider a range of historical and contemporary contexts for our inquiry into place and displacement. We will explore various global sites—Indonesia, Vietnam, the Baltics, the Caucasus, the U.S./Mexico border, and North Africa/EU frontiers —to understand the workings of colonial and post-colonial power relations and their effects on human dwelling and movement, looking at labor migrations, exiles, human trafficking, border policing, and other forces. We will study how kinship ties and foodways foster the cohesion of immigrant communities, noting the countervailing forces—such as schooling and inter-generational strife—that have divisive effects. In our studies of the United States, we will explore the Great Migration from the American South to the urban centers of the North in the mid-twentieth century, as well as the ruins and racisms faced by urban people of color in the present. The Pacific Northwest will be central to our inquiry throughout the program, serving as a local site for our historical and ethnographic studies. We will especially consider Native American regional presence and cultural persistence; the arrival of Asian, African, and Latin American immigrants and refugees in the Pacific Northwest arising from the dislocations of the cold-war and transnational circuits of labor; and the various internal displacements of homeless youth in Seattle and Olympia.The program will be reading and writing intensive, providing intermediate to advanced studies in history, anthropology, geography, and urban studies. We will also think about how the complexities of hybrid urban communities can be approached through the work of landscape and urban design, taking into consideration the formation of urban spaces around sites like memorials and marketplaces. Students will learn a range of techniques for close empirical study of place and displacement: ethnographic fieldwork, oral history and audio recording, archival research, material culture studies, and mapping. In fall quarter, we will embark on a three night field trip to Seattle to consider how the city has been shaped by a range of migrations and by intensive, ongoing processes of gentrification. In winter quarter, students will complete a major research project and/or internship work centered in the Pacific Northwest, or in other locations in the U.S. or abroad.	Eric Stein Steven Flusty	Tue Wed Thu Fri	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
Political Ecology of Land: Urban Planning, Property Rights, and Land Stewardship Ralph Murphy and Jon Baumunk community studies environmental studies geography government law and government policy political economy political science sustainability studies	Program	JR–SRJunior–Senior	16	16	Day		W 16Winter	S 16Spring		This program will provide an interdisciplinary, in-depth focus on how land has been viewed and used by humans historically and in contemporary times. We will attempt to understand today’s built environments from a variety of perspectives and determine how they can they accommodate new challenges, including environmental, economic, financial and fiscal constraints. We will give special attention to the political, legal, economic, financial, and social/cultural contexts of land use. We will look at and evaluate efforts to regulate land uses and protect lands that have been defined as valuable by society.To understand the purpose of land use policy and regulation, the following topics and disciplines will be used to evaluate the human relationship to land in the United States: the structure and function of American Government; the history and theory of land use planning; economic and community development; public policy formation and implementation; contemporary land use planning practices; growth management; selected elements of environmental and land use law; regional economics; fiscal analysis; and accounting principles applied to the public sector and non-profit/non-governmental organizations. Selected applications of quantitative research methods will be developed throughout the program. Our goal is to have students leave the program with a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of issues surrounding land use planning, restoration, urban redevelopment, public sector accountability and resource management (eg. budgeting, accounting, annual reports).The program will include lectures, seminars, guest speakers, workshops, field trips, and individual and group research projects and presentations. Students will acquire professional writing skills through instruction and practice in formats such as policy briefing papers. Students will develop an understanding of the political and economic history that brought about the need for land use regulation. This will include understanding the political, legal, economic and financial context of the public sector. Students will apply these themes to contemporary applications and the professional world of land use planning, such as understanding the legislative and public policy processes in Washington State, major policies such as the Washington State Growth Management Act, The Shoreline Master Program, Historic Preservation, and economic development. During spring quarter, we will develop an in-depth understanding of budgeting and financial management in the public and non-profit sectors, as well as the increasing importance of fiscal impact analysis. Students will leave the program with credits for an emphasis in land use planning, public policy, accounting and public sector fiscal and financial management—an excellent preparation for potential professional careers and the prerequisites for many graduate programs in land use/urban planning, public administration, public policy and private sector work in consulting firms and non-governmental organizations.	Ralph Murphy Jon Baumunk	Tue Wed Thu Fri	Junior JR Senior SR	Winter	Winter
Resource Rebels: Environmental Justice Movements Building Hope Karen Gaul and Zoltan Grossman Native American studies anthropology communication environmental studies geography sustainability studies	Program	SO–SRSophomore–Senior	16	16	Day	F 15 Fall	W 16Winter				Karen Gaul Zoltan Grossman	Tue Wed Fri	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall	Fall Winter
Territorial Expansion: America West and Russia East Thomas Rainey and Geoffrey Cunningham geography history natural history	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day		W 16Winter			This program will simultaneously examine the expansion of two empires into remote regions, regions that over time became integral components of the United States and Russia. European Americans expanded into the western territories of North America not long after European Russians expanded into the eastern territories of North Asia. Washington State today is as much a part of the United States as Siberia is a part of Russia. These are recent historical events, however, for indigenous non-European peoples have lived in Siberia and North America at least twenty times longer than have the now dominant Europeans. We will therefore investigate the historical, environmental and geographical conditions that led to the territorial and political expansion by Europeans into these “new” lands. We will explore how European methods of land acquisition redefined territory by using mathematical constructs to create new and clearly defined political spaces, some of which (like Alaska) Russia sold to the United States. Because territorial expansion into what became the western United States and eastern Russia also played a significant role in nation-building and national self-perception, students will also examine differing concepts of nations and nationalism.The program will include lectures, book seminars, field trips, and film analyses. Students will have the opportunity to earn credit in the following fields: history, environmental history, geography, writing, and film analysis.	Thomas Rainey Geoffrey Cunningham	Mon Mon Wed Fri Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter	Winter
Visualizing Climate Change Anne de Marcken (Forbes) and Peter Impara environmental studies field studies geography media arts natural history visual arts writing	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	16	16	Day			S 16Spring		The shapes of coastlines and glaciers, the migratory paths and distribution of species, the length and character of the seasons…climate change is visible in large and subtle shifts, but still it is hard to grasp and hard to communicate. We will spend spring quarter learning to see, interpret and represent our changing world using computer mapping, spatial analysis and presentation, visual storytelling, web development, creative nonfiction, and crowd-sourced narrative. Students will develop critical, creative, scientific and technical skills as they research, analyze and interpret ecological change through readings and seminars, in writing and computer workshops, and by using the landscape itself as a classroom.This program will emphasize creativity and hands-on learning. Students will spend extended time in the field conducting structured observations, practicing site and landscape analysis and collecting the data and images they will use to shape representations of climate change. There will be two all-program, multi-day field trips: one to study the shrinking glaciers of Mt. Rainier and the other to the Olympic Peninsula coast where sea level rise and warming, increased storm action, and acidification are having dramatic effects on the coastal ecosystem. In both places we will consider the geological, ecological, cultural and economic implications of climate change.These two extended all-program field studies will provide opportunities to practice skills and expand ideas gained in workshop and seminar settings and which will inform ongoing independent work leading to a cumulative web-based project employing maps and images to tell the story of climate change.	Anne de Marcken (Forbes) Peter Impara		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring
Where Are You? Introduction to Geography and Geographical Awareness Martha Henderson geography	Program	FR–SRFreshmen–Senior	12, 16	12 16	Day			S 16Spring		Ever wonder why sixth grade geography was so boring? Memorizing place names and locations is NOT geography! Join this program and learn a new way of being in the world. This program will provide an overview of geography as an academic discipline and a knowledge base that defines the uniqueness of places, regions, environmental conditions, and spatial abilities. Using a traditional geography textbook, we will cover the four main areas of geography: physical or Earth sciences; regions of the world; patterns of social organization, and basic methods of data collection and mapping techniques. We will also read a set of texts that inform the creation of landscapes of meaning, environmental awareness, and resource management in the United States. Class meeting times will be used for introductory lecture materials, seminar on texts, and field trips. The online component will include a set of assignments and inquiry based learning.	Martha Henderson		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring	Spring