This class will examine the simple act of telling stories with pictures and words. During the five weeks we will study related graphic novels, comics, films as well as narrative structure, shadow puppets and character and story development. This is a great class for anyone interested in developing ideas for illustrated stories and short films.

The instructor will sponsor individual contracts in the humanities, arts and writing. Students will be encouraged to post their work on the Internet, using Web-Crossing. Conferences can be conducted by way of chat-room sessions, also part of Web-Crossing. Email also will serve as a channel for regular contact. Regular postings and online contact will be required. Students will be able to carry out their work anywhere Internet access is available. Projects should be developed with the faculty, however, while the student is available for on-campus meetings. Students who remain in Olympia and wish to carry out their work face-to-face will be accommodated.

This course will explore the theory and reality of international organizations. Worldwide there is little support for supranational institutions at a time when critical problems, including climate change, are global in scope. The course will explore this dilemma, consider the international system within which these institutions operate, and the problems they must confront, and discuss what it takes to work effectively on the global stage.