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Programs are the team-taught, interdisciplinary classes
that form the core of Evergreen's curriculum. Instead of asking
students to pick from an assortment of classes on isolated
topics, Evergreen faculty members work in teams to create
programs, each drawing on several disciplines to explore a
central idea, theme, problem or question. Programs are usually
8, and sometimes 12 credits per quarter.
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Art of Computing
8 credits
Faculty: Barry Tolnas, ext. 5531, email: Barry Tolnas
TTh, 6-10p, LIB 2205
Prerequisites: Previous experience with the Java programming
language, high school math and faculty signature.
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30174
Students will continue their study of programming in Java
by writing programs to produce computer graphic images. Short
example programs are drawn from a wide range of subjects in
science and math such as seashell patterns, fractals, spirals,
chemical reactions and image processing. Students then create
their own original works of art in the form of Java applets
by experimenting with and extending the examples. For more
information see http://grace.evergreen.edu/artofcomp.
Credit will be awarded in computer science, mathematics and
art.
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Arts and the Child
8 credits
Faculty: Hirsh Diamant, ext. 6736, email: Hirsch Diamant
Sa, 9a-4p, LIB 3500 on Apr 5, 26, May 17 and June 7; other
class meetings will be in LC1007A
Special Expenses: $20 for shows and art supplies
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30222
All children begin their lives singing and dancing, painting
and making things. Later in life this natural ability becomes
suppressed and often lost. This program will nourish the inner
child of the students and reach out to children in the community.
Through experiences in visual and performing arts, the students
will understand the importance of the arts in the development
of a child; students will work in schools and learn how to
integrate arts in academic curriculum. The students will review
the current problems and needs in elementary education and
become familiar with alternative education, i.e., homeschooling,
Waldorf, Montessori, Options schools, etc. Students will have
internships in these, as well as in the mainstream, public
schools. The program will have a strong emphasis on liberal
arts education and will integrate all aspects of the arts
including drawing, painting, puppetry, performance, writing,
storytelling, children's literature, and computer and media
literacy. This interdisciplinary program can support students
who are interested in continuing their study of education
and child development at a graduate level (MIT) or working
in the field.
Three credits will be awarded in child development and education
and three credits in expressive arts. Students will have the
option to earn the other two credits in an area to fulfill
their MIT prerequisites or state endorsement requirements.
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Community Information Systems
8 or 12 credits
Faculty: Doug Schuler, ext. 6704, email: Doug Schuler,
and Randy Groves, ext. 5498, email: Randy Groves
W, 6-10p, LIB 1706 (except for
6/4/03, will meet in LIB 1612), and Sa, 9a-5p, Apr 5, May
3, 17, 31, LIB 1612
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30111 (8 credits); CRN: 30175 (12 credits)
This program will focus on the team development of Web-based
software for a community. Some of these communities are local
and some are in other places in the world. The basic themes
will be the systematic development of software, PHP and Web
programming, databases, community and advocacy networks and
globalism. This program has some similarities to Student Originated
Software, which is offered every other year in the regular
daytime program. Both programs address the systematic development
of software through the development of computer applications
for and with "real" clients. The CIS projects have
already been determined and work is in progress. Students
will be working with PHP and other public domain tools and
systems. There will be a few spaces available in the program
spring quarter and new students will be assigned to the existing
projects according to need. Students who'd like to join the
program are encouraged to speak with the faculty.
Credit will be awarded in computer science, software development
and social science.
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Concepts of Computing
8 credits
Faculty: Rick Brice, ext. 5346, Rick Brice
Sec. A: M, 6-10p, ACC, and W, 5:30-9:30p, LH 4
Faculty: Arlen Speights, ext. 5076, email: Arlen Speights
Sec. B: Tu, 6-10p, GCC, and W, 5:30-9:30p, LH 4
Enrollment: 25 each section
Sec. A CRN: 30231; Sec. B CRN: 30232
Where do computer programs come from? How does the Internet
work? How are computers used in business, government and industry?
This program is designed for students with a minimal background
in computing to explore the field, develop Web-based skills
and learn a computer programming language. Students will explore
a wide variety of topics related to computing and share their
discoveries in seminar discussions.
Credit will be awarded in HTML/JavaScript programming and
social and technical topics in computing.
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Ethics and Difference: Responding to
Disability and Illness
8 credits
Faculty: Stephen Beck, ext. 5488, email: Stephen Beck,
and Joli Sandoz, ext. 6850, email: Joli Sandoz
W, 6-10p, LAB I 1047, and Sa, 9:30a-4:30p, Apr 5, 19, May
3, 17, 31, LAB I 1047
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30190
What's the best way to respond to disability and chronic illness
(and any significant difference) personally, politically,
professionally? We'll study several frameworks of ethics and
political philosophy relevant to the lives of disabled and
chronically ill people, including the ADA and roles of helping
professionals. This program is for anyone who wants to learn
how to do practical philosophy, reflect on chronic illness
and disability in particular, and think about significant
difference. Program content relates to careers in counseling,
social work, health care, social justice activism and public
policy development.
Credit will be awarded in ethics, political philosophy and
chronic illness and disability studies.
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Foundations of Computing III
8 credits
Faculty: Ab Van Etten, ext. 6588, email: Ab Van Etten
Tu, 6-10p, ROOM TBA
Prerequisites: Foundations of Computing II and junior
or senior standing
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30107
In this continuing program, we will keep looking at Web development,
but focus on the Java language. We will also study computer
science topics such as dynamic memory, algorithm analysis,
recursion, threads, sockets, data structures and OOP.
Credit will be awarded in computer science.
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Global Cities
8 or 12 credits
Faculty: Helena Meyer-Knapp, ext. 6549, email: Helena Meyer-Knapp,
and Susan Preciso, ext. 6011, email: Susan Preciso
MW, 6-9:30p, LIB 3500
Special Expenses: $20 for movies and museum admission
Enrollment: 20 (8 credits), 20 (12 credits)
CRN: 30182 (8 credits); CRN: 30183 (12 credits)
Using New York as an exemplar mercantile and financial city,
we will focus on how money is made, who makes it and why a
city has been essential to creating wealth. Merchants, bankers
and brokers shape the city, but the masses are a part of the
story, too. They are infrastructure in its most important
sense, servants in houses, laborers on docks, in factories,
in sweatshops and in every aspect of functioning city life.
We will explore these people through stories, both "factual"-in
newspapers, scholarly discourse and opinion pieces-and "fictional"-largely
in movies, but in novels as well. Our reading/movies will
include the Sunday New York Times, The New Yorker,
Hester Street, Smoke,The Bonfire of the Vanities,
Saskia Sassen's Global Cities and Jack Welch's autobiography.
Students working for a total of 12 credits will also explore
three dramatic episodes of violence ascribed to "terrorists"
in global cities: London, Tokyo and New York. This work will
involve extra reading and meeting time as well as a focused
research project.
This program will continue during the first summer session
and students who want to continue their work are encouraged
to join us for those five weeks as well. It will include a
one-week travel option to New York.
Credit will be awarded in American, international and film
studies.
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Group Dynamics
8 credits
Faculty: Marcella Benson-Quaziena, ext. 6593, email: Marcella Benson-Quaziena
Sa, 9a-5p, Apr 5, CAB 108, and three intensive weekends, 9a-5p,
Apr 26, 27, May 17, 18, 31, June 1, CAB 108
Prerequisite: Junior standing or above
Special expenses: $4 for MBTI Score Sheet
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30235
Groups have become a part of everyday life and practitioners
who are capable of understanding self and environment in relationship
to groups will succeed. This program is designed for students
who want to increase their knowledge and skills in working
with groups. We will focus on the unique characteristics and
common qualities of small groups, and cover group issues such
as leadership, decision making, power and creativity. Students
will gain awareness of their own behavior in groups as participants
and/or leaders. The students' skill focus will be to develop
effectiveness in groups; to improve skills in problem solving
and decision making in groups; and to improve skills in process
observation, use of self, feedback and communication.
Credit will be awarded in management development and organization
psychology.
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In Search of Sustainability
8 or 12 credits
Faculty: Nancy A. Parkes, ext. 6737, email: Nancy A. Parkes,
and Howard Schwartz, ext. 6723, email: Howard Schwartz
MW, 6-9:30p, LAB I 1050, and Sa, May 31, field trip to Portland. Class will not meet Apr
14-18.
Prerequisite: Signature required for 12 credits
Special Expenses: $35 for admission to events and workshops
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30213 (8 credits); 30530 (12 credits)
Is the earth reaching its limits? Sustainability as a theory
and a movement embraces aspects of economics, ecology, biology
and culture with a large dollop of politics to actually implement
it. This quarter, we will focus on ways to shape a more sustainable
culture, beginning with our own Evergreen campus. Students
will participate in group research, data collection, construction
of ecological indicators and development of preliminary policy
recommendations for a more sustainable campus. We will also
focus on model sustainable businesses, as well as connect
our community work to the larger, global themes. Finally,
students will consider their own ecological footprints and
the sustainability of their personal lifestyles. Skills gained
in this program will be useful for employment in environmental
policy and natural resources, nonprofit and advocacy work,
teaching and participatory citizenship.
Credit will be awarded in environmental studies, natural resources
policy and cultural studies.
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Justice at Work
8 credits
Faculty: Sarah Ryan, ext. 6720, email: Sarah Ryan, and Arleen Sandifer Cruz, ext. 5470
Sa, 9a-5p, LAB I 1050
Prerequisite: Students starting the program in spring
must contact faculty and complete a reading and writing assignment
on labor law, due at the first class meeting.
Special Expenses: $15 student registration fee for
the Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference in Seattle
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30169
Basic to our nation's concept of justice in the workplace
are two sets of laws: labor law as set forth in the National
Labor Relations Act and civil rights/anti-discrimination law
as expressed in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. These laws
define workers' rights, but they also shape labor and management
organizations and strategies. Title VII prohibits discrimination
in the workplace on the basis of race, sex and national origin.
Affirmative action arose as a strategy to implement this law.
How does it compare to previous labor legislation and how
does it affect the workplace today? We will examine some of
the controversies surrounding these laws today - issues such
as union organizing, affirmative action and employment discrimination.
Students will learn to do basic legal and historical research
using original legal and governmental documents. This research
will help tie history and the law together to understand historical
contexts and future implications of cases and legislation.
Student projects will discuss and research current workplace
controversies relating to these laws. The program will be
particularly useful for those interested in careers in law,
labor organizing, history, social justice and management.
Credit will be awarded in history, labor studies and political
science.
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Management Strategies for a Global
Society
8 or 12 credits
Faculty: Theresa Aragon, ext. 6840, email: Theresa Aragon,
and Neil Delisanti, ext. 5486, email: Neil Delisanti
Sa, Su, 9a-5p, Apr 5, 6, May 3, 4, 31, June 1, LIB 1706
Prerequisites: Junior standing or above, Internet access
and at least one year of work experience. Preference will
be given to students enrolled in the program for fall 2002
and winter 2003.
Enrollment: 35
CRN: 30261 (8 credits); CRN: 30197 (12 credits)
This program will assess contemporary organizational and systems
theory in the context of current and future advances in computer
and communications technology. We will examine organizations
as interdependent within their economic, political and social
environment. Organizational development and management strategies
will be analyzed in terms of current and future utility. Diversity
in and the impact of technology on the workforce will form
the basis for identifying and developing skills conducive
to managing in a global society. Decision making, strategic
planning, organizational behavior and conflict management
will be incorporated throughout the program. Assignments will
place a heavy emphasis on developing critical thinking, analytical
and communication skills. Emphasis will be on teamwork in
solving managerial problems, strategic management and intensive
case study analysis. Twelve-credit-option students will meet
for additional hours/sessions to be announced. We will utilize
WEBX to facilitate teamwork, post critical commentary and
conduct online seminars and discussions.
Credit will be awarded in organizational behavior and development
and strategic management.
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Mexico: Art and Ceremony
8 credits
Faculty: Ann Storey, ext. 5008, and Marla Elliott,
ext. 6096, email: Marla Elliott
W, 6-9:30p, LH 5, and Sa, 9a-5p, Apr 5, 19, May 3, 17, 31,
LH 5
Special Expenses: $22 for materials and ticket to theater
performance
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30240
This program will explore the exciting creative and ceremonial
traditions of Mexico. Students will design and create their
own masks and use them to practice performance techniques.
This hands-on approach to art and ceremony will prepare us
to appreciate and learn from the vibrant cultural traditions
of Mexico. We will learn about the history and cultural significance
of major themes in Mexican art such as Mesoamerican spirituality,
social protest murals and prints, folk rituals of the Day
of the Dead and Carnival, women painters such as Frida Kahlo,
contemporary Mexican art and the religious folk art of Mexico
and New Mexico.
Credit will be awarded according to each student's individual
focus but could include visual art, art history, cultural
anthropology, communication, drama, multicultural studies
and/or analytical writing.
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Organizations, Entrepreneurship and
Management
8 or 12 credits
Faculty: John Filmer, ext. 6159, email: John Filmer
TuW, 6-9:30p, LC 1007C
Prerequisites: Faculty signature. Students must submit
a short statement describing their management background and
interest in the program
Special Expenses: Field trips require appropriate attire
and lunch money
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30075 (8 credits); CRN: 30076 (12 credits)
This program will be tailored to the needs of continuing students
and others who have previously studied management and are
interested in further study and exploration in management-related
topics. A continuing emphasis of the program will be on the
economic, cultural, political, technological and legal environments
in which entrepreneurial organizations compete and attempt
to sustain and prosper. Applications will cover nonprofit
organizations, government organizations and conventional businesses.
The program will showcase economic and community development.
Provisions will be made for internships. A 12-credit option
is available.
Credit may be awarded in organizational strategy, communications,
marketing, business planning, project management and public
relations.
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Psychoneuroimmunology: Brain, Emotions
and Immunity
8 credits
Faculty: Betty Kutter, ext. 6099, email: Betty Kutter,
and Cindy Beck, ext. 5942, email: Cindy Beck
M, 6-10p, LH 4, and W, 5:30-8p, LH 3
Prerequisites: Junior standing or above and one year
of college-level biology, including some work at the cellular
and molecular level
Special Expenses: $25 for guest speakers
Enrollment: 33
CRN: 30214
This upper-division program will investigate how our emotions
and attitudes affect our physiology and our health. Class
meetings will concentrate on neuroendocrine physiology, immunology,
psychology and microbiology and how they are intertwined.
Readings will include new research and emerging theories of
the mind-body connection, which indicate that the concept
of health encompasses one's physical, mental and emotional
well-being. This class will examine the old adage that "attitude
is everything." The central part of the program for all
students will be Monday evening, 6-10 pm. There will also
be online work and individual research assignments. The two-credit
Wednesday evening "Approaches to Healing" lecture
series will also be part of the program, with an opportunity
for Brain, Emotions and Immunity students to have a special
discussion time with the speakers after the lecture.
Upper-division credit may be awarded in immunology, neuroendrocrinology
and integrative medicine.
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Sayuyay Plant Project: "Medicine
of the Plant People"
8 credits
Faculty: Marja Eloheimo, ext. 6448, email: Marja Eloheimo,
W, 6-9:30p, LIB 2204 and Sa, 9:30a-4:30p, Apr 12, 26, May
10, 31, June 7, LC 1002
Prerequisites: Junior standing or above and faculty
signature. Letter of interest that includes your student I.D.
number and outlines your relevant background and current reasons
for interest in the program. Students should have substantial
background in one or more of the following disciplines: Native
American studies, botany/plant ecology, botanical medicine,
ecological restoration, horticulture, GIS, film/photography,
Web design or business development.
Special Expenses: $25 activity fee
Enrollment: 25
CRN: 30136
Students will continue to participate in a collaborative (tribal-academic)
plant project with members of the Skokomish Indian community
on Hood Canal. Sayuyay means "medicine of the plant people"
in the Twana Indian language. The Sayuyay Plant Project involves
understanding, restoring, growing, gathering, processing,
marketing and using medicinal and other useful plants. The
program will blend academic components (lectures, workshops,
reading, writing and research) with hands-on, reservation-based
field activities. Areas of study will include exploration
of the botany, ecology and medicinal use of native and non-native
plants from traditional and contemporary perspectives as well
as examination of some of the sociocultural, historical, legal,
political, ecological and ethical contexts of the Sayuyay
Plant Project.
Upper-division credit will be awarded in botanical medicine,
ethnoecology/ethnobiology, environmental history and specific
project activities. Approximately six of the eight credits
may be in upper division natural science. This program is
compatible with studies in plant chemistry.
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Weird Science
8 credits
Faculty: Kevin Hogan, ext. 5078, and Allen Mauney,
ext. 5458, email: Allen Mauney
W, 6-10p, LIB 4004, and Sa, 9a-5p, Apr 5, 19, May 3, 17, 31,
LIB 4004
Enrollment: 50
CRN: 30262
In this program we will address concepts and phenomena that
are improbable or counterintuitive. Should we distrust an
idea just because it's unpopular? We will consider a variety
of topics in the physical, biological and social sciences,
and seek to develop the analytical skills for distinguishing
between the probable and the absurd.
Credit will be awarded in science, research methods and statistics.
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