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Inland waters are some of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Yet they provide critical ecosystem services: providing food and freshwater, regulating climate, and detoxifying pollutants.  In this course, we will examine inland waters (focusing on rivers and streams) as ecological systems that interact with their drainage basin and the atmosphere.  We will also explore how physical, chemical, and biological processes operate and impact the organisms found within each ecosystem. Finally, we will study the way inland waters, as hotspots of biogeochemical activity, contribute to fluxes of greenhouse gasses.  Case studies of real-world problems will be used to assess the effect of anthropogenic changes on inland waters and watersheds.  This program will include lectures, laboratories, and field trips to gain experience with sampling techniques in aquatic ecology.

Faculty Biography
Erin Martin, Ph.D. , is an aquatic biogeochemist whose research focuses on examining the role of rivers in the global carbon cycle. Rivers are large sources of carbon to both the atmosphere and the ocean and are consequently critical to our understanding of the global carbon cycle.  While working in the Amazon Basin, her research demonstrated that bacteria living in the river produce high levels of carbon dioxide through respiration, and this carbon dioxide is subsequently lost to the atmosphere.  Her current research in the Mekong Basin (i.e. Cambodia) focuses on characterizing the type of organic carbon that is exported by large rivers to the ocean.  Specifically, she uses molecular tracers to determine where in the watershed the carbon originates from, and uses radiocarbon analyses to determine the age of this material.  Such information is necessary in order to understand the preservation of terrestrial carbon in the ocean, which can affect atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over long time scales.  Through her training (master’s and doctoral degrees from the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington), Erin has research experience working in streams, rivers, lakes, and the ocean.  Additional interests include ocean acidification, estuarine ecology, evaluating the impacts of dams on downstream processes, and microbial ecology.  Her past and present research has been conducted through collaborations with colleagues in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Pacific Northwest.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Mondays 6-10 pm

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Course Description

Developmental pathways and technological changes, especially those taking place beyond Europe and the United States, are transforming societies and energy systems. Indigenous innovations in renewable energy are more often appropriate and practical than pathways and technologies imported from more "developed" countries. Moreover, they might also serve as models for making all energy systems more sustainable. This elective will explore the current social, economic, and energy status of several countries around the globe and will try to better understand their unique contributions to a less fossil fuel intensive, more renewable energy focused future.

Faculty Biography
Kathleen M. Saul, M.A., M.E.S., received her BA in French and BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and MA in Management from the Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania) before turning her attention to environmental issues and eventually joining the MES program at Evergreen.  After completing her degree in 2009, she taught Statistics in the Evening and Weekend studies program and Qualitative Methods, an Energy elective and gCORE in the Graduate Program on the Environment. Kathleen then moved to the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Delaware to pursue her PhD. Her dissertation research focuses on the displacement of people that results from large scale technology projects, with a focus those involving nuclear technology.  While at Delaware, she participated in research projects looking into the energy policy implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster as well as alternative administrative forms for organizations devoted to energy conservation, efficiency, and sustainable energy options. She also taught in the undergraduate Introduction to Energy Policy and Sustainable Energy Policy and Planning courses.  Her engineering acumen, business sense, and environmental awareness all come together in understanding modern energy systems and the green energy economy.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Monday 6-10

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This course provides an introduction to the field of disease ecology, an area of study that has developed rapidly over the past three decades, and addresses some of the most significant challenges to human health and biological conservation. Students will obtain an appreciation for the incredible diversity of parasitic organisms, arguably the most abundant life forms on the planet, and examine how parasites invade and spread through host populations. Ecological interactions between hosts and parasites will be examined from an individual and population-level perspective. Students will gain a basic understanding of the population biology of micro- and macro- parasites, mechanisms of transmission and causes and consequences of ecological and genetic heterogeneity. Laboratory exercises will introduce students to medical microbiology techniques and ecological research using an experimental approach. Specific topics include types of pathogens and their ecological properties, epidemiology and impacts on host populations, strategies used by parasites to exploit hosts, strategies used by hosts to evade parasites, role of ecology and evolution in the emergence of new diseases, and the role of parasites in biodiversity and conservation. The main objectives of this course are to increase student awareness and understanding of (i) the role parasites play in the ecology and evolution of animal populations, including humans; and (ii) the relevance of ecological and evolutionary considerations in managing infectious diseases in individual human or animal hosts and populations.

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• ecology

Online learning:

• Hybrid Online Learning - This offering delivers < 25% of its instruction online, rather than via face-to-face contact between you and your instructors.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Additional details:

Wednesdays 6-10 pm

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Elevation is an important dimension of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for mapping and analyzing many types of spatial phenomena.  Studies of watershed dynamics, habitat suitability and forest health, ocean bathymetry, and many other themes can be improved through better understanding the elevation properties of the landscape.   Elevation data – the “Z” dimension” - brings unique insights - and challenges - to the discipline of GIS.  The ability to visualize and analyze and integrate the third dimension opens up a variety of engaging terrain visualizations and lines of spatial analysis.

This class is a hands-on learning workshop to allow students to learn how to create elevation-oriented maps.  Practical exercises will lead students through the analysis of slope and aspect, creation of profiles and contours, computation of viewsheds, imagery "drapes", and 3D flythrough visualizations. Students will use ArcGIS software at the Evergreen CAL, and a wide variety of public domain elevation data sources ranging from continental scale to highly detailed Lidar data.  All learning will take place in the classroom, over a long weekend (there will be no homework or final project requirement). 

To be eligible to take this course, students must have completed Introduction to GIS or have equivalent experience in the use of ArcGIS for Desktop software (ArcMap and Arc Catalog), version 10.2 or later.   The class will begin on Friday evening and take place all day Saturday and Sunday, concluding at 5:00 on Sunday afternoon.

This course is open to MES students who have taken Introduction to GIS. If you have already taken Introduction to GIS and you are interested in this course, please contact Mike at ruthm@evergreen.edu . Please contact the faculty to discuss whether your prior experience is sufficient to ensure your ability to execute the course exercises successfully. 

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• environmental studies
• geography

Prerequisites:

NEW: Course is now open to Jr/Sr students with signature. Students need to contact the faculty to discuss their interest in GIS, their awareness of elevation particularly (since "the third dimension" is the focus of my summer syllabus), and any previous skills or exposure to GIS of any kind.

To be eligible to take this course, students must have completed Introduction to GIS or have equivalent experience in the use of ArcGIS for Desktop software (ArcMap and Arc Catalog), version 10.2 or later.  This course is open to MES students who have taken Introduction to GIS. If you have already taken Introduction to GIS and you are interested in this course, please contact Mike at ruthm@evergreen.edu . Please contact the faculty to discuss whether your prior experience is sufficient to ensure your ability to execute the course exercises successfully. 

Online learning:

• Hybrid Online Learning - This offering delivers < 25% of its instruction online, rather than via face-to-face contact between you and your instructors.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Weekend intensive course: Friday, July 28 to Sunday, July 30

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

It is widely agreed that an environmentally literate and concerned citizenry is crucial to environmental quality and long-term sustainability--but how and where is environmental and sustainability literacy fostered? And where "environmental education" occurs, is it effective?  This class explores the history, philosophical underpinnings, and current trends in environmental education for both youth and adults, in both formal sectors (schools and colleges) and non-formal ones. This class provides a theoretical and practical introduction to the field of environmental education and interpretation. It will be useful to students interested in environmental teaching or communications as a career, or to those whose environmental work might involve education or outreach components. Note: A one-day Saturday field trip will be taken to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, Washington; students should expect to pay a nominal entrance fee.

Course Outcomes:

• A theoretical grounding in environmental education (EE): its precursor fields and their various rationales, and the working principles to which EE professionals aspire. 
• An introductory understanding of learning theory and of the types of educational settings that foster meaningful, lasting learning.
• A working knowledge of several arenas in which environmental education is practiced, with attention to both the opportunities and challenges for volunteer and professional environmental educators.
• A framework for evaluation of environmental education programs.
• An understanding of the increasingly politically charged nature of environmental education and implications for professional practice.
• The student's own construction of the promise of environmental education as well as some of its shortcomings and tensions----and a more complex "concept map" of the field.
• An introductory understanding of social marketing approaches to fostering environmentally responsible behaviors.
• A heightened awareness of environmental literacy as a global imperative.  

Faculty Biography:

Jean MacGregor, M.S., is a Senior Scholar at the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education at The Evergreen State College. She directs the Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative, a faculty and curriculum development initiative, whose mission is to prepare undergraduates to live in a world where the complex issues of environmental quality, community health and wellbeing, environmental justice, and sustainability are paramount.  The Curriculum for the Bioregion initiative involves hundreds of faculty members at colleges and universities throughout Washington State. Prior to work at Evergreen, she helped develop the environmental studies program at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina.  Earlier in her career, she developed and/or evaluated environmental education programs for both youth and adults at nature centers and science museums, and in various outdoor and wilderness learning settings.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Website:

• WordPress

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Wed

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Accelerated environmental change is the new normal. This dynamic course will begin with a review of the current status of global and local impacts of such change. We will identify opportunities and methods that will help students develop the necessary leadership skills to address this emerging crisis. The class will first explore past environmental successes and examine a variety of approaches and collaborations used in Washington state, looking closely at what has worked and what hasn’t, and what techniques will be most useful for successful environmental stewardship in the future. The following is a list of past successes for review and analysis:

• The Early Winters project in the Methow Valley, ca 1980’s

• The proposed gravel mine on Maury Island, ca 2008

• The Pit to Pier project in eastern Jefferson Co., ca 2014

• The creation of the Teanaway community forest in Kittitas Co., ca 2013

• The SSA Marine proposed coal terminal at Cherry Point, Whatcom Co., ca 2016

By clearly understanding the process and manner of resolving these past challenges, in the second phase of this class, students will apply this knowledge to propose innovative solutions to the following current environmental challenges:

• The Dept. of Natural Resources trust land plan for conservation of the marbled murrelet in Western Washington

• The Dept. of Ecology’s efforts to create a no-discharge zone in the Puget Sound

• Ongoing efforts to curtail carbon emissions in Washington.

These case studies will be student led, working in small teams, with the goal of understanding the essential role of leadership in shaping solutions across diverse interest and political groups. Student teams will examine and evaluate the role and leadership qualities of members of the public and responsible officials in crafting success. Team presentations will demonstrate thorough research, critical thinking and professional presentation skills of the issues under study. Peer evaluations will be part of each presentation. Two planned field trips, one in the Hood Canal area and one on the Columbia river, will provide the class with an opportunity to talk with environmental leaders, view the project area, and discuss the realities of both past and current mega projects and their potential impacts. The ultimate goal of this class is to inspire and equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to become effective environmental leaders.

Students can enroll for 2 credits first session, 2 credits second session, or 4 credits full session. If you registering for the second session only, please contact the faculty for required preparatory readings.

Peter Goldmark has a lifelong involvement with agriculture, conservation, science, education, and public service. In January 2017, Peter completed his second elected term as Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands. He obtained his B.S. from Haverford College in 1967 and went on to complete a PhD in Molecular Biology at UC Berkeley. He has published research papers in national and international journals and instructed class at Heritage college and UC Berkeley. 

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

state/federal environmentally related agencies, NGO's, educational institutions, land management businesses, elected and appointed office

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• environmental studies
• political economy
• political science

Online learning:

• No Required Online Learning - No access to web tools required. Any web tools provided are optional.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 20

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Wed 6-10p plus optional Saturday field trips (specific dates to be determined)

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This program provides a framework for understanding current environmental issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will begin to develop the skills to become producers of new knowledge, rather than being strictly learners of information already available. Multiple methods of data acquisition and analysis will be introduced through examples drawn from many fields of study. The philosophy of science and the problematic relationship between science and policy are also introduced.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Fees:

$100 field trip fee to Pack Forest, October 6-7, 2016.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 50

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Tue/Thu

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This class will explore provocative, intersectional topics including restorative, social, and environmental justice, ecotherapy, mass incarceration, ecological restoration, Just Sustainability, institutional operations, institutional racism, prison abolition, transformative and punitive rehabilitation, and returning citizens’ experiences of reintegration. The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) will serve as the case study. The SPP partnership supports more than 100 science, sustainability, and education programs statewide. Referencing SPP, we will consider limitations and opportunities for social, economic, and environmental sustainability in prisons. Diverse guest speakers will contribute critiques and potential innovations. Students will be challenged to think holistically and propose realistic solutions which would benefit incarcerated individuals, returning citizens, and communities.

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• community studies
• environmental studies

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Wed

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Communities and organizations have substantial environmental and social impacts at both local and global scales. How do we evaluate the positive and negative values of those impacts? How do we define and assess organizational practices and associated impacts? What should we be measuring and tracking? And how do we use assessments to stimulate and guide positive organizational change?

To understand the theoretical and practical dimensions of these questions, this class will explore a variety of assessment tools designed for corporations and other organizations, communities, and colleges/universities. Students will develop a broad understanding of organizational sustainability and assessment tools, and a deeper understanding of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) developed by AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Higher Education. (Evergreen faculty and staff, along with MES students, helped develop the pilot version of STARS.) Class work will include planning for and beginning the data collection for Evergreen’s first AASHE STARS assessment of organizational sustainability since 2011. Students will have the opportunity to continue this work in subsequent quarters through internships.

Faculty Biographies

Scott Morgan, M.P.A., is the Director of Sustainability at The Evergreen State College. He has a B.S. in Chemistry from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, with an emphasis upon organic chemistry and biochemistry, and a Master of Public Administration from The Evergreen State College. Evergreen’s Office of Sustainability coordinates and guides on campus sustainability efforts as well as institutional collaborations with community-based groups. Scott has worked in agriculture and private industry, founded and managed a small non-profit, taught GED and pre-college classes, and has spent the past few years immersed in the public sector. This diverse set of perspectives informs his recognition that long-term sustainability will require a dynamic harmony between environmental, social, and economic health. He is also actively engaged with the Thurston Climate Action Team, a public/private partnership dedicated to creating a healthy and sustainable future for Thurston County, WA by encouraging, coordinating, and leading action on climate change.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Mon

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Fees:

$200 for overnight field trips, food, vans, and lodging.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 28

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Wednesday 6-10. Field trip to Elwha River--date TBD

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This class provides an introduction to 21st-century forest ecosystem management, the design of forest restoration treatments, and the role of fire in dry forests. A three-day field trip will emphasize the unique issues facing restoration management of fire prone landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. The course materials will explore the underlying science and practice of sustainable forestry, and the interface with societal and economic forces including adapting policies to address 100 years of fire suppression, and climate change. The overall course objective is to increase student literacy and effectiveness in addressing natural resources management issues.

Faculty Biography
Richard Bigley, Ph.D., is a forest ecologist who teaches sustainable forestry and on occasion a forest ecology class. His current work focuses on the restoration of riparian forests to older forest conditions in western Washington, and the ecology and management of headwater streams and wetlands. He works for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Over the last 21 years with DNR, he has served as the team leader for the Forest Ecology, Wildlife Science and the Habitat Conservation Plan Monitoring and Adaptive Management Teams. He also advises other organizations on the development of conservation plans. Before DNR, he worked as an ecologist for the Forest Service PNW Experiment Station and private industry. Richard earned a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology and Silviculture and a M.Sc. in Botany from the University of British Columbia. He has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, College of the Environment, School of Forestry since 1994. As member of the Northern Spotted owl “5-year review” panel in 2004, Richard was a contributor to the first comprehensive evaluation of the scientific information on the Northern Spotted owl since the time of its listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. After his family, his passions are the science of natural resources management and conservation, and boating.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Fees:

$120 for 3-day field trip.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Mon

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

More than two decades ago, educator Marilyn Cochrane-Smith asked, "Can prospective teachers learn to be both educators and activists, to regard themselves as agents for change, and to regard reform as an integral part of the social, intellectual, ethical and political activity of teaching?”  In the MiT 2015-17 program, we take up this challenge as we prepare teachers who recognize teaching as a political activity and knowingly take on the role of activist based on a commitment to eliminate the inequities that exist in classrooms and the broader community.

 If we are to be effective advocates for our students and to empower our students to transform their own lives, we must deepen, and perhaps challenge, our current beliefs about teaching and learning.  As teachers we must develop within ourselves the emotional and intellectual attributes needed to understand, support, and teach our future students, and to meet their diverse needs.

 Future teachers can expect to see a more diverse population of students. The MiT program prepares teachers who can draw on the strengths of students from a wide range of ethnic origins, languages, abilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. Further, these students will live in a society requiring people to engage diverse cultures through effective collaboration and creative problem-solving grounded in integrated technological skills and active use of a wide range of information resources. Thus, the MiT program will support candidates to develop as critical, reflective educators who not only care deeply about issues of race, class, poverty, and justice but are prepared to act on these issues to support student achievement.

Experiences in classrooms serve as vital parts of the MiT program. Field experiences in urban, rural, and suburban communities enable teacher candidates to mediate their understanding of theoretical ideas and concepts presentedin program coursework. Likewise, our academic investigations inform teacher candidates’ experiences in the field. These two sites for learning are bridged through meaningful activities that require teacher candidates to integrate what they learn across classrooms and coursework.

 Among the questions that will engage our study and practice are:

• What effective teaching practices encourage students' curiosity and lead them to shape their own questions and pursue their own answers using critical and reflective thinking?
• How does teachers’ knowledge of learning theory, research-based pedagogy and neurobiology contribute to children's and adolescents' learning and development?
• How are questions of democracy, equity and excellence related to success or failure in our public schools and civic engagement in a democratic society?
• How are the more traditional literacies of reading, writing, and quantitative reasoning related to personal, economic, and political oppression and power?
• How can teachers respond to and work with family and cultural belief systems that shape children's lives? How can teachers draw on community resources to connect content knowledge to students' lived experiences?

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

Teaching or further graduate work

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• education

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Special expenses:

Candidates must pay a required fee of $41.75 plus processing fees to an Education Service District (ESD) for finger-printing and background check before fall quarter begins. Candidates also pay for gas or for public transportation to public schools for field experiences during fall, winter, and spring quarters.  These placements may be anywhere within a 40 mile radius of the Olympia campus and are determined by the MiT Field Placement Officer.  

Fees:

$25 in fall for a reader.

Website:

• WordPress

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 45

Scheduled for: Day

Additional details:

to be announced in July

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Advanced Research Methods (ARM) is a required course for the MPA's Public Policy Concentration, and is open as an elective for other MPA students. In order to take this course, students must have completed the MPA first year Core program and either be enrolled in, or completed, the MPA second year Core program. Advanced undergraduate students can apply for instructor permission to enroll on a space available basis.

Advanced Research Methods examines advanced and multivariate statistical methods from a practical viewpoint using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Our aim is to introduce students to a variety of statistical research techniques as well as enhance their ability to read and interpret research findings.  

Though this course takes place over of two intensive weekends, the learning will not be hurried. Our focus will be on becoming better users and readers of research and workplace data. Our task – and it is an important task – is to learn how to analyze data sensibly and in context to enhance decision-making and organizational performance.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Oct 14-16, Oct 28-30 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This course will explore two beliefs that are strongly held by many Americans: that we have little to learn from other countries, and that we are better off going it alone rather than working through alliances or supranational organizations such as the United Nations. But the US has much to gain by learning from the administrative and policy experiences of other countries.  And problems such as climate change, strengthening the global financial system, and unequal development require global solutions and working through both international and supranational organizations.We will explore the theory and reality of such organizations: why they are needed but also why they are very difficult to manage and lead.  We will also compare the US with political and administrative systems elsewhere and examine how they have crafted policy solutions that provide useful examples for the US.  We will also study the challenges to performing comparative research, the role of nongovernmental organizations,  and the cultural knowledge/skills needed to work effectively at the global level.  We will use lectures, seminars, films and workshops to explore these issues.  

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Oct 8-9, Nov 13, Dec 3-4, 9a-5p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

In this course, we apply a design thinking perspective to contemporary administrative, social, and physical problems and challenges. Design thinking brings together people from different disciplines to effectively explore, in collaboration, human-centered approaches to contemporary challenges. While we'll study the theory of design thinking, the main focus of this course is on the application of design thinking in communities and administration. We will examine both design as a physical element to create/make/sustain communities as well as design as a method for social innovation, service delivery, and management. We'll study design thinking, cases of social and communal innovation using design thinking, and work together to apply design thinking to real-world situations. Our learning laboratory is the City of Tenino. This course is applicable for students interested in social and administrative innovation, city planning, and community building.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 10

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

 Tues-Oct 4, 18, Nov 1, 15, 29, 6-10p, Sat-Oct 22 & Dec 3, 9a-5p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This course covers ways to design research and create a plan to carry out research that develops appropriate source material with an emphasis on indigenous communities, underserved populations and environmental policy issues, especially those relating to environmental and social justice.  We will work beyond official sources to develop strategies for gathering and using references and information original research relevant to in-depth research papers like capstones, thesis and other formats as well as examine research strategies in some large grants

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 20

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

This class begins prior to the first official day of Summer quarter. If you receive financial aid, it will not be dispersed until Summer quarter officially begins on June 26th.

Jun 17, 6-10p, Jun 18, 9a-5:30p, Jun 19, 7-9p & July 21-23, Fri 5-9p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 55

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Thurs 6-10p, Sat Jan 28, 9a-5p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Is community and economic development different or are the objectives similar? This course will provide a foundation of development while comparing and contrasting community and economic development approaches. Additionally, local and global development perspectives will be explored analyzing different economic and community development decisions. The intersection of community and economic development will be framed as well as the desired outcomes of each approach. This course will be split into lecture and discussion for part of the class as well as in class projects and group assignments for the remainder. Attendance is critical to the success of this class and will provide the best learning environment for this conversational exchange of ideas. A final group project will be a culmination of concepts and ideas throughout the semester and this paper and presentation will be completed by analyzing case studies of communities where there is an intersection of economic and community development.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Wed

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Jan 20-22, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

“Public Policy” is the sexy alter ego of public administration. The study of policymaking tantalizes us. It suggests that if we can unlock the secrets to how and when big policy decisions are made, and have an impact on those decisions, we can also benefit groups and causes we care about. The reality is more nuanced. The models describing the policy process don’t provide any magic buttons to push, but they do provide a variety of helpful frames for making sense of a complex reality. And despite the advent of “fact-free” campaigning, the study of policy analysis and mastery of policy analysis skills remain critical to effective governance.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Tues 6-10p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This course explores the historical evolution of federal, state and local housing policy. Students will learn about how analytical and political frameworks are used to create, evaluate and shape housing programs, projects and services. We will examine the continuum of subsidies and programs that are provided to everyone from high income earners and investors to people who are chronically homeless. We will compare and contrast how different housing policies are used to provide shelter, stimulate the economy, protect the environment and support sustainable growth.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Feb 10-12, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

In an era of recession, corporate malfeasance and political upheaval, how does a public organization maintain a responsible course and achieve the purpose for which it was created?

We’ll answer this question by first examining the function of audit in a democratic society—the function of oversight as a collective expectation and a political mandate, as well as a means for safeguarding and optimizing the use of communal resources and infrastructure.  With this historical and social background as our context, we will then explore the internal audit function as a crucial activity in the organizational life of a public entity, with special emphasis on the practical methods by which students can reasonably assure the success of the organizations they lead. 

We’ll study the purposes, standards, and best practices of internal audit as it is (or should be) practiced in public organizations, with special emphasis on the concepts of risk, control, assurance and governance.  As civic leaders, we’ll also explore how to promote and engage with the internal audit function to achieve desired outcomes for our organizations and the public we serve.  The course will provide practical insight into organizational architecture and processes, and offer opportunities to reflect on professional commitments, public expectations, and the strategies available for achieving organizational success through internal audit and oversight.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Jan 27-29, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Karen Alman

“Can we sell brotherhood like soap?”  Yes, we can!  In Marketing for the Public Service students will learn how to apply the basic principles of marketing for bringing about positive social change in knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors—and how to do so in the most effective and resourceful ways.  The course is specifically designed for those interested in public outreach, community-based initiatives, non-profit organizations, and NGOs.  The highlight of this intensive weekend offering is the opportunity to work on selected cases to create strategic plans that address key marketing challenges.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

May 5-7, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Compared to most “developed” countries, US law and civic practice encourages people to band together to try to solve public problems.  As a result, our society relies heavily on nonprofit entities to deliver social and health services, support the arts, and assist with many other important tasks.  But although interest in nonprofits has exploded, the reality that nonprofits can’t be run either like businesses or government agencies is poorly appreciated.  It is critical for students of public administration to better understand the sector, and how to run nonprofit organizations with skill.   This course will focus on the unique characteristics and topics of the nonprofit sector.  It aims to provide an introduction to the sector, its close linkages with the philanthropy and government sectors, and will explore how to manage a nonprofit effectively.  This course is applicable to students aiming for a career in nonprofit management, who have an interest in the sector, or who might one day want to be a member of a nonprofit board and want to understand how nonprofits function in the US and elsewhere.  

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Weekend

Advertised schedule:

April 29-30, May 27-28, June10, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Like never before, the world we face today is increasingly complex, fragmented and uncertain. The political climate is polarizing, and in many places trust in government and our other institutions is eroding. This two-credit course is for both emerging and mature leaders who understand that more and more of our modern challenges are ones that call for a new kind of collective action. Such action requires that we move beyond adversarial agendas and into new kinds of consultative process and engagement strategies that bring out the best in our organizations and communities and foster true collaboration. The intent of this course is to help you to create resilient teams, organizations and communities and to support the development of people around you. Foundational elements of this course will include a look at different leadership styles and approaches, systems dynamics and complexity theory, and a host of participative process methodologies and principles.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Oct 21-23, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 55

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Thurs & one Sat TBD

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

The issue of public ethics is particularly important when government works with private contractors. The term “public ethics” is often used to suggest acting with compassion and empathy while ensuring thorough analysis and competence as we serve the public interest while seeking justice under the law. When public agencies rely on vendors to carry out their work a focus on ethical behavior is essential. In this course we will examine how contracts between government and various vendors can fail. In addition, we will examine the possibilities for government and their vendors to achieve contracting’s true win-win potential. In other words, we will use ethics as a lens to study how public managers materialize the promises while avoiding the pitfalls of multisector contracting in the twenty first century.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 20

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Jun 30-Jul 2, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Public health protects the health of people and communities by promoting healthy lifestyles, preventing injuries, and identifying solutions to detect and prevent disease. During this weekend intensive seminar we will examine public health policy development, implementation, and evaluation.  This course will provide an overview of the public health system and essential services. We will explore diverse public health topics and current public health initiatives and efforts. We will discuss economic feasibility, legal and ethical considerations, the role of the science and public opinion, efforts to address health disparities, and other issues that impact policy decisions.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

May 19-21, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 55

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

6-10p Thurs

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

An important contemporary administrative issue is the delivery of public goods and services to citizens. This course will review how governments deliver services, primarily focusing on contracting and the resulting delivery networks. As Laurence O’Toole proclaims “Those tasked with public management must often seek to operate on structurally uncertain terrain, firmament that can include ties with patterns of not-for-profits and profit-seeking entities as well as multiple formally governed institutions”. Public sector organizations – at the federal, state, and local levels – form working relationships with communities, other governments, nonprofit, and for-profit firms through contracts. The course will discuss the tools managers need to form, operate, terminate, or transform these contracts. Students will examine contracting environments of their own interests and understand the dynamics, technical, and political aspects of contracting with different types of vendors in public service delivery networks. 

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Mon 6-10p

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Imagine sitting at “the table,” negotiating science policy with international leaders. Or, researching and drafting a new invasive species law at the governor’s request. This course provides an introduction to science policy, with the goal of translating concepts into implementable action. We will study the actors in the science policy arena; analyze how the United States and international political institutions and processes govern science policy; and experience the roles of scientists and policymakers in creating and implementing policies through case studies covering a wide range of policy areas (e.g., water, health, climate, energy, environment). We also will explore how agencies, legislatures, and courts resolve resource-use conflicts, and the role of scientific information and uncertainty in this process. Background readings and in-class case studies focused on reaching a policy objective will prepare students for authoring a policy memo, and applying these skills to professional experiences. Science policy will come alive!

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Nov 4-6, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 35

Scheduled for: Day and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Sept 30-Oct 2, Oct 14-16, Oct 28-30, 1-5p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Tribal MPA

Taught by

Whether you are a program manager at a non-profit, a policy analyst in a government agency, or simply a citizen trying to get to work your life is affected by the challenges of transportation. During this weekend intensive seminar we will analyze and discuss the wide range of transportation choices. This introductory course will focus on understanding how transportation policy is formed at the various levels of government by examining statutory and regulatory frameworks, institutions involved in transportation policy, and the stakeholders who shape transportation programs and procedures. The class will look at modes of surface transportation including motor vehicles, public transportation, bicycling and walking. We will examine the relationship between transportation policy and other critical regional policy issues including economic development, public health, land use, and climate change.

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Graduate
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

April 28-30, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Using conflict as a generative tool: How skillfully harnessing contrasting points of view can be a catalyst for learning and growth

In most collaborative environments, conflicts are feared and avoided. Yet the longer we go without addressing rising conflict, the farther away we move from each other and the most stuck we become in our positions. Skillful leaders must learn how to get the conflict out into the open and use it as a source of creativity and as a catalyst for learning and growth. The theories you will learn and the skills that you will practice in this course will increase you capacity to succeed in turbulent times by showing you how to work with differences in a group and turning destructive conflict into creative tension.

Much of the content of this course will be drawn from the Lewis method of Deep Democracy developed in post-apartheid South Africa and practiced in over 20 countries around the world. Deep Democracy is a psychologically based facilitation methodology particularly useful for working with relationship and group dynamics that are emotionally charged or marked by difference. 

Credits per quarter

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Junior–Graduate
Class Size: 20

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

Aug 4-6, 5-9p Fri, 9a-5p Sat/Sun

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Important note: This program is taught by Steve Davis. A bug is displaying Stacey Davis instead of Steve Davis.

This class is an introduction to photographic expression using contemporary photographic techniques, and will explore the usage of photography through social media, archival inkjet printing, and multimedia (video.) 

Students will learn to use prosumer and professional grade full-frame and medium format cameras. You will learn to edit and manage collections with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, and work in Photoland’s photography studios. You will have full access to the Digital Imaging Studio and to our darkroom facilities. Digital cameras are available through Media Loan. Class requirements include scheduled assignments, research, and a final project consisting of new, photographically-derived, digital work.

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

photography, art, picture editing, teaching photography and media, photojournalism

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• media arts
• visual arts

Online learning:

• Hybrid Online Learning - This offering delivers < 25% of its instruction online, rather than via face-to-face contact between you and your instructors.

Fees:

$50 for printing materials

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 15

Scheduled for: Day

Advertised schedule:

Mon/Tue/Wed, 9am - 3pm

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Fiction! Essays! Non-fiction! Creative non-fiction! Academic writing! Journalism! Poetry! Dive into any of these genres in  Writer’s Paradise . This craft-intensive program offers weekly peer-critique groups, copious feedback from faculty, seminars on fiction and creative non-fiction, workshops to sharpen skills and generate ideas, and one-on-one and online critique. Deepen your engagement with your own writing, build critical reading skills, and refine your editorial eyes and ears. We’ll work with stories, essays, a novel, and poems that allow us to study writing strategies. Students will be introduced to close, critical reading practices, and, in short, learn to read like writers.

In addition to intensive writing and study of the craft, you’ll engage in writing-related activities that explore the creative process and the written word, including weekend day-only retreats to delve deep into your writing process in the peace and tranquility of Evergreen's Organic Farm. 

Writer’s Paradise is designed to help beginning and accomplished writers to develop skills that they can use artistically, academically, and professionally. Regular weeknight sessions will include lectures, workshops, seminar, and guided critique group opportunities. Classroom work emphasizes the critique process, fine tuning, generating work, close reading, and practices of literary study.

Some students will choose to engage in a series of local or regional hikes along with sensory exercises to expand the creative process. These techniques will enable you to engage in and maintain a creative space regardless of what your future holds.

Other students will develop varied writing-related group activities to fortify their writing experiences with support from the faculty.

*This program may help future Master in Teaching Students to fulfill the 12-credits in expository and other writing.  The program may also help current MIT students to meet English Language Arts endorsements. Please contact faculty, parkesn@evergreen.edu , to further discuss this, or see me at academic fair for summer.

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

Writing, Communications, Media and Social Media

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• literature
• writing

Online learning:

• Hybrid Online Learning - This offering delivers < 25% of its instruction online, rather than via face-to-face contact between you and your instructors.

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 10

Scheduled for: Evening and Weekend

Advertised schedule:

 

Mon/Wed 5-9:30pm and 10am-4pm 2 weekends (first session: July8/9 and July 22/23, second session: Aug 12/13, Aug 26/27). See the Schedule details description for more information.

Additional details:

This schedule is designed for students who can attend evenings and some weekends.  We will meet from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays; the 5 to 6 p.m. hour will be for on-site critique groups.  We will meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on two weekends each session in "retreat style" without an overnight.  First session weekend dates are Sat. July 8 and Sun. July 9; Sat. July 22 and Sun. July 23.  Second session weekend dates will be Sat. Aug. 12 and Sun. Aug. 13; Sat. Aug. 26 and Sun. Aug. 27. 

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This writing intensive course has two purposes. The first is to help students develop as academic writers, to engage in writing as intellectual work. We will work on developing "rhetorical reading" skills--noticing not only what something is about, but also how it is put together. Building on common readings, students will write and revise several academic essays. Students with more academic experience will have the option of writing essays in areas related to their academic concentrations. A key element for all students will be engaging in productive revision processes. We will also explore academic writing at Evergreen--in particular, the purpose and practice of Evergreen's Academic Statement. This course can serve as an introduction to academic writing; for more advanced students, it offers the opportunity to develop a stronger practice of revision.

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• writing

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 25

Scheduled for: Evening

Advertised schedule:

Mondays, 6-10 pm. First meeting Monday, September 26, 6pm, Sem II A2105.

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

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.

Abir Biswas 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.

Lalita Calabria focuses on biodiversity and conservation of bryophytes and lichens in temperate North America. As a broadly trained plant biologist, Lalita uses a multidisciplinary approach to investigating these topics including floristic surveys, ecological studies, herbarium-based research and phytochemical studies of plants. Current activities in her lab focus on assessing the impacts of fire on lichen and bryophyte communities of oak woodlands and prairies, estimating biomass and functional group diversity of bryophyte and lichen ground layers in Puget Sound prairies and quantifying biological nitrogen fixation rates of moss-cyanobacteria symbiosis. Students with backgrounds in botany, ecology, or chemistry could gain skills in bryophyte and lichen identification, as well as, field monitoring methods and studying symbiosis of bryophytes and lichens. Students participating in this program would engage with ongoing research in Lalita’s lab and may have opportunities to develop their own research projects.

Gerardo Chin-Leo studies marine phytoplankton and bacteria. His research interests include understanding the factors that control seasonal changes in the biomass and species composition of Puget Sound phytoplankton. In addition, he is investigating the role of marine bacteria in the geochemistry of estuaries and hypoxic fjords.

Dylan Fischer 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 ( blogs.evergreen.edu/eeon/ ). See more about his lab's work at: blogs.evergreen.edu/ecology . Students participating in this program work closely with ongoing research in the lab, participate in weekly lab meetings, and develop their own research projects.

Carri LeRoy 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.

Paul Przybylowicz conducts research on soil fungi, mushroom cultivation and potential uses for fungi. He is particularly interested in bioremediation and biocontrol applications of fungi, along with practical mushroom cultivation methods for small-scale vegetable farmers. Current efforts are focused on isolating and screening fungi for bioremediation properties. 

Alison Styring 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.

Erik Thuesen 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.

Pauline Yu 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.

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

botany, ecology, education, entomology, environmental studies, environmental health, freshwater science, geology, land use planning, marine science, urban agriculture, taxonomy, and zoology.

Variable credit.
See below for more info.

Fields of study: 

• agriculture
• botany
• community studies
• ecology
• environmental studies
• geography
• geology
• health
• hydrology
• law and government policy
• marine science
• zoology

Class Standing: Junior–Senior
Class Size: 0

Scheduled for: Day

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

ornithology.

Variable credit.
See below for more info.

Fields of study: 

• ecology
• environmental studies
• field studies

Online learning:

• Enhanced Online Learning - This offering requires access to web-based tools, but use of these tools does not displace any face-to-face instruction.

Class Standing: Junior–Senior
Class Size: 0

Scheduled for: Day

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Variable credit.
See below for more info.

Fields of study: 

• ecology
• environmental studies
• field studies

Online learning:

• No Required Online Learning - No access to web tools required. Any web tools provided are optional.

Class Standing: Junior–Senior
Class Size: 0

Scheduled for: Day

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

marine studies and oceanography.

Variable credit.
See below for more info.

Fields of study: 

• environmental studies
• marine science

Class Standing: Junior–Senior
Class Size: 0

Scheduled for: Day

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

mycology and ecology

Variable credit.
See below for more info.

Fields of study: 

• ecology
• environmental studies
• field studies

Online learning:

• No Required Online Learning - No access to web tools required. Any web tools provided are optional.

Class Standing: Junior–Senior
Class Size: 0

Scheduled for: Day

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

This program will introduce students to the science, methods, and theories of archaeology, both globally and locally. For the global component, we will examine the material remains of past civilizations, including architecture, artifacts, mortuary remains, and written sources. Our investigation takes us, virtually, to every corner of the globe and to many different periods in history, from the Mediterranean to Easter Island, and from the Neolithic Middle East to Colonial America. Primarily, we explore how the remains of past civilizations provide archaeologists and historians with clues that unlock the secrets of ancient societies. Students will gain a broad understanding of global prehistory and history, the rise and fall of civilizations, and human impact on the environment throughout history. We will examine how humans lived (the development of urbanism), how they organized their societies (experiments in politics), what they ate (hunter-gatherer to agriculture), how they worshiped (religion and myth), how they treated others (warfare and sacrifice), and how they explained the inexplicables of human existence (such as the afterlife). This course will also consider the history of the discipline and the ethics of archaeological inquiry.

The local component of this offering includes work with local archaeologists, archaeological sites, and museums: multiple field trips, including a behind-the-scenes trip to the Burke Museum and the Squaxin Museum, will explore the region's archaeological treasures. We will also visit archaeological sites such as the Mud Bay site, and students may (pending a permit) be able to engage in archaeological survey and/ or excavation themselves. Students will meet archaeologists who work for universities, museums, state agencies, and independently, and will be introduced to the variety of careers archaeologists occupy. Students may also work in the Evergreen archaeology lab, conserving, studying, and researching many of the artifacts found at a local historical site. A research presentation tailored to students' specific interests will be the capstone of this program. This program assumes no prior knowledge of archaeology, and will be of interest to any student wishing to learn more about the ancient world, history, or who is interested in pursuing archaeological fieldwork in the future. Students should note that this program is taught on a condensed schedule from August 14th to September 1st. Variable credit options for this offering are possible, and should be discussed with the instructor.

Students interested in taking this program for 4 credits can contact the faculty for more information and permission to register.

This offering will prepare you for careers and advanced study in:

Anthropology, archaeology, history, teaching.

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• american studies
• anthropology
• field studies
• history

Online learning:

• Hybrid Online Learning - This offering delivers < 25% of its instruction online, rather than via face-to-face contact between you and your instructors.

Fees:

$66 fee for entrance fees and field supplies

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 20

Scheduled for: Day

Advertised schedule:

Condensed schedule: August 14th-September 1st

Mon-Thu, 9 am - 3 pm

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• dance

Online learning:

• No Required Online Learning - No access to web tools required. Any web tools provided are optional.

Class Standing: Freshman–Senior
Class Size: 24

Scheduled for: Weekend

Advertised schedule:

9:30-11:30a Sat. First meeting Sat October 1, 9:30a, COM 209.

Located in: Olympia

Taught by

Credits per quarter

Fields of study: 

• dance

Online learning:

• No Required Online Learning - No access to web tools required. Any web tools provided are optional.