Labyrinths
Fall quarter
Faculty: Susan Aurand, Joe Feddersen
Enrollment: 46
Prerequisites: None. This is a Core program designed for first-year students.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: $150–$200 for art supplies.
Internship Possibilities: No

The symbol of the labyrinth is a universal form, dating to Neolithic times, and has been a persistent image in myth, literature and art throughout history. The labyrinth can be understood as many things: life’s path into the center of being and outward again; the spiritual journey through confusion to understanding; the search for a hidden treasure at the center of a difficult situation; the twisting narrative structure of a novel; or the complex layering of form and idea in a visual image.
We will study this potent symbol in literature and art history, and through our own work in image making and writing. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in drawing, printmaking, writing and critical reading. Our weekly work will include lectures, seminars and studio workshops. Students in this program might want to consider enrolling in the program, Light, for winter and spring quarters.
Credit awarded in: art history, studio art, literature and writing.
Total: 16 credits.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in literature, humanities, mythology, art and art history.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students

Program Updates:

Leadership for Urban Sustainability
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Willie Parson, Joye Hardiman, Duke Kuehn, Kabby Mitchell, Gilda Sheppard, Tyrus Smith, Artee Young, Carl Waluconis, TBA
Enrollment: 225
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing; formal admission to the Tacoma campus.
Faculty Signature: No. Nonetheless, prospective students must attend an intake interview and produce two short writing samples as part of the interview. For information about admission and the application process call (253) 680-3000.
Special Expenses: Approximately $25–$50 per quarter for videotapes, storage media and related items for multimedia and project work.
Internship Possibilities: Yes, spring quarter with faculty approval.

This program is designed to help students discover new understandings about leadership and the various issues associated with effective action in urban communities. In fall, students will examine historical notions of leadership, leadership theories, leadership styles and contemporary views of leaders and followers. In winter, we will focus on broader urban leadership issues and investigate the experiences and effectiveness of leaders as evidenced in historical writings and biographies. The work of this quarter will serve to enhance students’ knowledge of contemporary leadership theory and praxis. Collaborative research project work and the development of vision statements will provide the context for students to begin to think about how to build and sustain more efficacious urban organizations and institutions. In spring, the curriculum will bridge the gap between theory and practice through completion of urban sustainability projects. Each project will be centered on a critical educational, social, political, cultural or environmental issue that promotes or impedes urban sustainability.
Credit awarded in: urban education, community and environmental studies, law and public policy, public health, science and social science research, research methodology, literature, history, humanities, composition, media literacy, computer studies, multimedia and statistics.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in education, law and public policy, media arts, organizational development, community development, social and human service administration, cultural advocacy, public health and environmental studies.
Planning Unit(s): Tacoma Campus
For more information about the Tacoma Campus, visit their web site or call (253) 680-3000.

Program Updates:

(7/14/03) Carl Waluconis has replaced Eddy Brown in the Tacoma faculty team

Looking Backward: America in the 20th Century
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: David Hitchens, Jerry Lassen
Enrollment: 48
Prerequisites: None. This all-level program will offer appropriate support for sophomores or above ready to do advanced work.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expense: No
Internship Possibility: No

The United States began the 20th century as a second-rate military and naval power, and a debtor nation. The nation ended the century as the last superpower with an economy that sparked responses across the globe. In between, we sent men to the moon and began to explore our place in space. Many observers have characterized the 20th century as "America’s Century" because, in addition to developing into the mightiest military machine on the face of the earth, the United States also spawned the central phenomenon of "the mass." Mass culture, mass media, mass action, massive destruction, massive fortunes—all are significant elements of life in the United States, especially after the national participation in World War I.
Looking Backward will be a retrospective, close study of the origins, development, expansion and elaboration of "the mass" phenomena and will place those aspects of national life against our heritage to determine if the growth of the nation in the last century was a new thing or the logical continuation of long-standing, familiar impulses and forces in American life. While exploring these issues, we will use history, economics, sociology, literature, popular culture and the tools of statistics to help us understand the nation and its place in the century. At the same time, students will be challenged to understand their place in the scope of national affairs; read closely; write effectively; and develop appropriate research projects to refine their skills and contribute to the collective enrichment of the program. There will be program-wide public symposia at the end of fall and winter quarters, and a presentation of creative projects to wrap up the spring quarter.
Credit awarded in: U.S. political and economic history, U.S. social and intellectual history, American economics and global connections, and American literature.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in the humanities and social science areas of inquiry, law, journalism, history, economics, sociology, literature, popular culture, cultural anthropology and teaching.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students; Culture, Text and Language; Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(11/17/03) Students who want to enter in Winter should speak with the faculty. (2/18/04) Will accept new students in spring. Incoming students should read The Fifties by David Halberstam before the first class of spring quarter.

Some observers claim that democratic liberalism and global free trade will spread throughout the 21st century, bringing with them more just social institutions and improved economic equality. Others claim that global free trade empowers few and impoverishes many, and that reasonably just and decent social institutions can exist in well-ordered hierarchical societies, even though such societies are not liberal democracies. This program will attempt to sort out some of these issues. Weekly readings and seminar discussions will explore the principles of a reasonably just society; the nexus between cultural legacy and Western modernity; the claim that liberal trade regimes produce unjust outcomes; and assess the prospects for a reasonably just global society of peoples. Seminar discussions will feature student essays and research papers, as well as case studies and program readings.
This program will require advanced thinking and considerable motivation. Our review of reasonably just liberal democracies and decent hierarchical social institutions will follow the principles for a just society found in John Rawls, The Law of Peoples, Harvard University Press, 1999. In our discussion of globalization, we will seek to avoid the emotional rhetoric common to this issue. Cases will be drawn from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Some of the readings are from the Brookings Institute, the Institute of International Economics and the United Nations.
Credit awarded in: economics, international trade and political science.
Total: 12 or 16 credits.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in political economy or international relations.

Program Updates:

(12/19/03) New, not in printed catalog.

Magic, Self and Other is an exploration into the writing of memoir and autobiography, and how certain authors have used this genre to pose questions about identity, politics, the self and other.
As such, the program will juxtapose magic realism with the ways contemporary writers and artists from silenced communities are utilizing this art form to interrogate inequality and questions of domination. Students will be expected to both produce, read and critique this emergent field of written and audiovisual textual analysis.
Credit awarded in: literature, cultural anthropology and media studies.
Total: 16 credits.
Planning Unit(s): Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(6/3/03) New, not in printed catalog.

Mathematics in the History of Science
New program, not in printed catalog.
Fall quarter
Faculty: Neal Nelson
Enrollment: 24
Prerequisites: High school algebra presumed. This all-level program accepts up to 8 first-year students; up to 8 sophomore students; up to 8 junior or senior students.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

Mathematical Systems
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Don Middendorf
Enrollment: 30
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, transfer students welcome; one year of calculus.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

This program is an intensive study of several fundamental areas of pure mathematics, including a nucleus of advanced calculus, abstract algebra and topology. Students may also have the opportunity to learn other advanced topics in mathematics such as set theory, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry or number theory.
We will develop skills not only in handling mathematical syntax, but also in the crucial area of reading and writing rigorous proofs in axiomatic systems. We will also examine mathematics in a historical and philosophical context—asking questions such as: Are mathematical systems discovered or created? Why does a particular culture allow some systems to flourish while ignoring others? What are some of the ramifications of embracing one model instead of another?
The program is designed for students who intend to pursue studies or teach in mathematics and the sciences, and for those who want to know more about mathematical thinking. Students will have the opportunity to engage in individual projects and present material to the class on topics in mathematics that they study during the year.
Credit awarded in: advanced calculus*, abstract algebra*, topology*, history and philosophy of mathematics, and special topics in mathematics.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
This program now has a 5, 10 and 16 credit option. Enrollment limit has been increased to 30.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2005–06.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in mathematics, physics, mathematic education, history of mathematics and science.
Planning Unit(s): Scientific Inquiry
* Indicates upper-division credits

Program Updates:

(3/7/03) Spring quarter has been cancelled. Don Middendorf is faculty. (5/14/03) Change to Prerequisites: Sophomore or above, transfer students welcome; one year of calculus. (5/19/03) This program now has a 5, 10 and 16 credit option. Enrollment limit has been increased to 30.

Media Rhetoric
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Virginia Hill
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students welcome.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: Spring quarter, with faculty approval.

Media of mass communications are intensely rhetorical. It’s no news that communicators regularly use them to convey persuasive and propagandistic content, but media technologies themselves also can be seen as rhetorical. Both their structure and the conventions developed for using them bias the content they carry. This program will probe both senses of media rhetoric. It will also provide practical instruction in the rhetorical uses of media, giving students an opportunity to design persuasive media campaigns aimed at addressing both public and commercial interests.
In fall, we will focus on media theory and on public campaigns, followed by study of marketing, advertising and public relations in winter. This work will culminate in team-designed, professional caliber, multimedia campaigns. Individual performances will include a research paper and presentation, and essay exam. Since the fall and winter quarters are closely integrated, students are expected to enroll for both quarters. In spring, students will also pursue individual academic interests through independent study or cap their practical efforts with an internship.
Credit awarded in: mass communications and society, media theory, persuasion and propaganda, marketing, advertising, public relations, public speaking and campaign strategy.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in communications, campaign management, public relations, advertising and law.
Planning Unit(s): Culture, Text and Language

Program Updates:

(2/18/04) Not accepting new students in spring.

Mediaworks
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Ruth Hayes, Julia Zay
Enrollment: 44
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing having completed a Core or coordinated studies program; transfer students welcome to apply but are strongly advised to complete at least one quarter of a coordinated studies program first. Students must demonstrate college-level critical reading and writing. College-level work in visual arts, media, audio and/or performance is encouraged but not required. Students who cannot commit to taking all three quarters of the program should not apply.
Faculty Signature: Yes. An application packet will be available from the program secretaries in COM 301 or Academic Advising by mid-April, 2003. Applications received by 5 p.m., May 15, 2003, will be given priority. Students must include copies of faculty and self-evaluations from a previous coordinated studies program. In lieu of narrative evaluations, transfer students should submit a transcript and two letters of recommendation that speak to the quality of their academic work.
Special Expenses: Approximately $150–$300 per quarter for animation, film and video supplies and post-production expenses.
Internship Possibilities: Yes, spring quarter with faculty approval.

Mediaworks is the entry-level moving image program. Its specific disciplinary focus changes from year to year according to the faculty who teach it, but in general, it is designed to provide students with some background in media history and theory as well as basic skills in media production. It emphasizes linkages between theory and practice, focuses on the development of critical perspectives towards image making and explores the social implications of media representation.
We will explore works of animation and live-action, examining mainstream media’s responses to events in the world and how it imposes form and meaning on them. We will also view, read and discuss works by artists and producers who challenge dominant media forms and images through independent and/or experimental strategies and techniques, while paying particular attention to artists who deliberately mix styles, incorporate diverse aesthetic impulses in their work, cross disciplines, critique dominant corporate media, explore autobiographical themes and attempt to broaden the language of media in dialog with their audiences. Students will learn skills in 16mm and digital filmmaking, animation and audio production through intensive hands-on workshops and design problems.
Students should expect to work individually and collaboratively throughout fall and winter as they acquire critical and technical skills, execute design problems and experiments, and screen, discuss, write and read about a wide variety of historical and contemporary works. Spring quarter, students will research and develop a proposal for a short media piece (or an internship if they choose). They will then work on that project through a collaborative critique process. Completed works will be screened publicly at the end of the quarter.
Students must fulfill the requirements of each quarter in order to continue to the next.
To complete the requirements, students will need to carefully balance their outside commitments with the scheduling demands of this rigorous program.
Credit awarded in: animation, film, video, audio and digital media production; media history, theory and criticism; and independent film, video, animation or digital media projects.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2004–05.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in media arts, visual arts and communications.
Planning Unit(s): Expressive Arts

Program Updates:

(4/1/03) Julia Zay, MFA in Video, has been added to the faculty team. (11/17/03) Not accepting new students in Winter. (2/18/04) Not accepting new students in spring.

Modeling Motion
Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: David McAvity, Barry Tolnas
Enrollment: 50
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, transfer students welcome; precalculus required. Students enrolled in Transforming the Globe in fall will gain sufficient mathematical backgound to enroll in this program.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

Careful observation of the physical world reveals an underlying order. The goal of science is to build models that explain the order we see as simply and accurately as possible. Crucial among such models are those that explain the interactions between objects and the changes in motion those interactions bring about. The history of physics is replete with attempts to model motion accurately, and that quest is an ongoing process today. With the development of new models, come also new mathematical methods needed for describing them. Calculus, for example, was born out of the efforts to make predictions from Newton’s models of motion. Nonetheless, even with the power of calculus, a model may yield answers only in approximate circumstances. The advent of computer modeling has allowed more realistic scenarios to be examined.
We will explore the theme of scientific model building through small-group workshops, interactive lectures, hands-on laboratory investigations, computer programming labs and seminar discussions. Through our study of physics we will learn about models of motion and change and the process for constructing them. We will also learn how to use the tools of calculus and computer modeling to understand what those models predict.
Credit awarded in: university physics, calculus and computer modeling.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in engineering, medicine, physics, chemistry, computer science and mathematics.
Planning Unit(s): Scientific Inquiry

Program Updates:

(3/13/03) Barry Tolnas add to faculty team.

Molecule to Organism
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Paula Schofield, Andrew Brabban, Donald Morisato
Enrollment: 75
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students welcome; one year of college chemistry required; and college general biology preferred.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: Yes, spring quarter only.

This program will develop and interrelate concepts in experimental (laboratory) biology, organic chemistry and biochemistry.
It will integrate two themes—one at the "cell" level and the other at the "molecule" level. In the cell theme, we will start with the cell and microbiology and proceed to the whole organism with the examination of structure/function relationships at all levels.
In the molecular theme, we will examine organic chemistry, the nature of organic compounds and reactions and carry this theme into biochemistry and the fundamental chemical reactions of living systems. As the year progresses, the two themes will continually merge through studies of cellular and molecular processes in molecular biology and genetics.
The program will contain a significant laboratory component; each week, students will write papers and maintain laboratory notebooks. All laboratory work, and approximately one half of the non-lecture time will be spent working in collaborative problem-solving groups.
This will be an intensive program. Its subjects are complex and the sophisticated understanding we expect to develop will require devoted attention and many hours of scheduled lab work each week.
Credit awarded in: genetics*, cell biology*, molecular biology*, organic chemistry I, organic chemistry II*, organic chemistry III*, biochemistry* and microbiology*.
Total: 6 or 10 or 16 credits fall and winter quarters; 4 or 8 or 12 or 16 credits spring quarter. During fall quarter, students may register for organic chemistry or biology as an option.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2004–05.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in biology, chemistry, health/medical sciences, environmental studies and education.
Planning Unit(s): Scientific Inquiry
* Indicates upper-division credits

Program Updates:

(3/4/03) Credit revision. (11/04/03) Faculty signature added. (11/07/03) Students who want to enter in Winter should speak with the faculty. (2/18/04) Not accepting new students in spring.

Multicultural Counseling: A New Way to Integrate and Innovate Psychological Theory and Practice
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Heesoon Jun
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Senior standing. A working knowledge of personality theory, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology and statistics. Students should have had at least one quarter of an Evergreen coordinated studies program. Students should be ready to embrace a diversity of opinions and to work independently.
Faculty Signature: Yes. Application materials for the program will be available by March 28, 2003, and can be obtained by calling the faculty at (360) 867-6855 to request the packet. Applications received by May 1, 2003, will be given priority.
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: 15 hours per week required during winter and spring quarters.

This program will allow students to test their commitment to work in counseling a culturally diverse clientele. One of the program goals will be to increase the multicultural counseling competency of the students through a non-heirarchical and non-dichotomous approach to education. The program will allow students to examine the efficacy of existing psychological paradigms and techniques for a diverse population. Students will learn to interpret research articles and to incorporate research findings into their counseling practice. In addition, students will work with ethics, psychological counseling theories, multicultural counseling theories and psychopathology. Students will complete an ethno-autobiography and videotape their counseling practice for their personal and academic development. We will use a range of instructional strategies such as lectures, workshops, films, seminars, role-playing, group discussions, videotaping, field trips, guest lectures and internship case studies.
Credit awarded in: psychological counseling, multicultural counseling theory and skill building, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, personality theories, psychological research interpretation, ethnic studies, studies of oppression and power, ethics in the helping professions, group process and internship.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2004–05.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in psychological counseling, clinical psychology, social work, school counseling, cross-cultural studies, research psychology, class, race, gender and ethnicity studies.
Planning Unit(s): Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(11/17/03) Not accepting new students in Winter. (2/19/04) Not accepting new students in spring.

Music Composition for the 21st Century
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Terry Setter
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students welcome; 12 credits of college study in music (composition, theory, technology or performance).
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: $75 for concert tickets, travel and retreat.
Internship Possibilities: No

This is an upper-division program designed to support the creation of original music compositions for various instruments and contexts. It will focus on recent developments in contemporary "Art Music," such as minimalism, indeterminacy and 12-tone techniques. It is not a course in songwriting, "Electronica," or Hip-Hop related music. Students will study classical composition, musical aesthetics, contemporary music history and some innovative aspects of music technology, to gain the broadest possible perspective on these subjects and the greatest number of related skills. There will be historic, aesthetic and practical materials within the program that will place these compositional techniques within stylistic and cultural contexts. Students will compose pieces of music in response to assignments by the faculty. These pieces will be presented to the other members of the program during weekly "composition forums." Students will also research related topics and present their findings orally to the program. A concert of original pieces will be presented at the end of winter quarter. Students are also expected to take a skill-building course such as Music Theory; Piano; Voice; Music Technology; or Audio Recording.
If you are interested in developing your creative voice in music, this is the program for you.
Credit awarded in: music composition, music history, 20th-century aesthetics, music notation, orchestration and music theory.
Total: 12 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in music and the expressive arts.
Planning Unit(s): Expressive Arts

Program Updates:

(11/04/03) Faculty signature added. (11/07/03) Not accepting new students in Winter.

Narrative Poems of the Golden Age
New, not in printed catalog
Spring quarter
Faculty: Charles McCann
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, transfer students welcome.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

Natural history is the scientific study of plants and animals in their natural environments. It is concerned with levels of organization from the individual organism to the ecosystem, and stresses life history, distribution, abundance and interrelationships. Aesthetic values are an integral component of this discipline.
Shrubsteppe is a term that refers to the shrub/grass desert or near-desert environments in the American West. Our experience will be with sagebrush/grass forms of this ecosystem. Shrubsteppe is one of the richest and most diverse landscapes in North America, and it has been under siege by domestic livestock for more than a century. Grazing is one of the most destructive and least appreciated agents of destruction that affect natural landscapes. In Washington, the Departments of Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources both host huge numbers of privately-owned livestock on our public lands. We will study the remnant pristine sites in Washington and Oregon, and relate the flora and fauna there with the same components on grazed lands. We will also study and analyze the social and economic factors that perpetuate this remarkable alliance of public servants and private businessmen.
This field-oriented program has a long history at Evergreen, and is designed to teach students the history and practice of natural history, including especially identification skills. Working in a variety of landscapes, students will learn how to identify wild native vertebrate animals (with emphasis on birds) and major trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers. The methods that naturalists use to study these organisms (e.g., census techniques, bird netting and banding, small mammal trapping and marking, vegetation survey techniques, the importance of quantification) will also be covered.
The functional nucleus of the program will be the rigorous maintenance of a field journal according to a system established by a pioneer California naturalist, Joseph Grinnell. Lectures and seminars will cover the history of natural history exploration, basic ecological principles, taxonomic considerations and published descriptions of landscape characteristics in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the history and ecology of grazing animals, wild and domestic. Laboratories and museum instruction will stress identification techniques.
Total: 16 credits, upper-division science.
Planning Unit(s): Environmental Studies

Program Updates:

(6/3/03)New, not in printed catalog

Nature, Nurture or Nonsense?
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Stuart Matz (FW), Stephanie Kozick, Steven Niva (FW)
Enrollment: 69 (FW) 23 (S)
Prerequisites: None. This is a Core program designed for first-year students.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

What is our natural human state? What factors drive our behavior? What guides our social interactions? Is the human condition determined by our genes or shaped by our environment? Or, have we been deceived by this nature/nurture debate? In this program, we will examine several controversial issues that have been shaped by this debate such as: How is our gender and sexual orientation determined? What determines a child’s personality? Do poverty and class difference reflect a natural order?
In the course of addressing these issues, we will study great thinkers (and some not so great) who have contributed to these discussions. Our inquiry together will examine how the nature/nurture dichotomy has served as a foundation for discussions in human biology, psychology, family studies, human development, anthropology, sociology and political science. We will be engaged in critical thinking, reading and writing, visual and movement representation of work, and analytical reasoning through problem-based learning. Humor will be used to both defuse tension and inflame our discussions. As with all authentic inquiry, our work together might move in unexpected ways and new topics for investigation will emerge. We will integrate emerging topics as they transpire.
Credit awarded in: biology, human development, quantitative reasoning, political science, psychology and writing.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in education, health sciences, human services, political theory, psychology, public policy, psychology and social services.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students

Program Updates:

(11/17/03) New students must speak with the faculty before Winter break. (11/18/03) Faculty signature added. (2/19/04) Not accepting new students in spring. (2/27/04) Stu Matz has left the program for spring quarter.

Our Place in Nature
New, not in printed catalog: The old title for this program was Nature, Place and Wonder.
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Robert Smurr, Steve Hendricks
Enrollment: 46
Prerequisites: None. This is a Core program designed for first-year students.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: Some field trip expenses.
Internship Possibilities: No

Paris, Dakar, Fort de France: Voices of Revolution and Tradition
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Faculty: Marianne Bailey, Stacey Davis, Susan Fiksdal
Enrollment: 75
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, transfer students welcome.
Faculty Signature: No
Special Expenses: Optional spring quarter travel to France, approximately $4,000.
Internship Possibilities: No
Travel Component: Optional spring quarter travel to France.

The French-speaking world offers a veritable crossroads of cultures and its literature, history, film and visual arts provide the voices our program will explore. We will trace the history of aesthetic, social and political developments in France and the Francophone cultures of North and West Africa and the Caribbean from 1789 to the present. Our work will center on three complementary metaphors: (1) the image of points tournants: moments/places/works where upheavals—great or subtle—in worldview occurred; (2) the image of Outside/Inside or of Chaos/Cosmos and the tenuous but fruitful and necessary dialogue across this threshold; and (3) Reason/Unreason, as defined by M. Foucault’s Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason.
Fall quarter, we will study revolution through the parallel historical examples of the French and Haitian revolutions and through literary and artistic figures whose words caused upheaval in a tradition-bound society including romantic, symbolist, decadent and naturalist aesthetics. Winter quarter, we will consider the Cubist, Dada–Surrealist, Existentialist and Négritude movements, emphasizing the voices of writers from Africa and the Caribbean who use the colonizer’s French as a tool of their liberation. Major concepts will include religious and cultural syncretism, ritual, colonialism, language contact and change with a particular emphasis on the war for liberation in Algeria.
Intensive French language study from beginning to advanced levels will be a major part of the program. Spring quarter, we will travel to France, particularly Rennes, Paris and Lyon. Students remaining on campus will be able to continue their French language study for four credits.
Credit awarded in: French language, French and Francophone literature, history, art history, sociolinguistics and French and Francophone film.
Total: 16 credits fall and winter quarters; 4 or 16 credits spring quarter.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2005–06.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in the humanities, international affairs, French and Francophone studies, history, comparative literature, history and art.
Planning Unit(s): Culture, Text and Language

Program Updates:

(4/14/03) Marianne Bailey will leave the program at the end of winter quarter. Students may refer to her new program: Cabaret: Swansong of Western Humanism as an alternative. (12/3/03) Marianne Bailey will rejoin the program for spring quarter. She will be the faculty who works with students who don't travel abroad during the spring.

Philosophy, Society and Globalization: How We Got Where We Are
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Alan Nasser
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students welcome. Political economy or economics is recommended, but not required.
Faculty Signature: Yes. Students should submit copies of all their faculty evaluations, and samples of their most recent writing to Alan at the Academic Fair, May 14, 2003. Transfer students can send transcripts and writing samples to Alan Nasser, The Evergreen State College, SE 3127, Olympia, WA 98505. Priority will be given to applications received by May 14, 2003. For more information call (360) 867-6759.
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

This program will trace the philosphical and historical background of the currently dominant global ideology of "neoliberalism/globalization." This term refers to the reliance by policymakers, in their attempts to address important social, political and economic problems, on a model of pure, market-driven capitalism dominated exclusively by the interests of corporate business. This model is now being put into practice, for the first time in history, on a global scale.
We will use philosophy, political economy and history to clarify the historical process leading up to neoliberalism/globalization. We will begin with the writings of major modern political philosophers, including, among others, Machiavelli, Locke, Adam Smith, J. S. Mill and Marx. We will trace the development of the notions of the modern individual, natural rights, liberty, the modern State, democracy, the free market and the work ethic. We will relate these notions to the emergence, in the 19th and 20th centuries, of industrial capitalism and representative democracy.
Capitalism and democracy, once established, have evolved oddly since 1900: from pure capitalism with no democratic welfare state (1898–1947), to capitalism modified by democratic welfare-state policies (1947–80), back to pure capitalism and the dismantling of welfare-state democracy (1980–present). We will examine the historical dynamics of these major political, economic, social and philosophical transformations. This will involve an introduction both to the basic principles of political economics and to some of the major political philosophers of the 20th century, e.g., John Rawls and Robert Nozick. We will also study some of the defining political and military events of the period of neoliberal globalization, including the wars in Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, and the "War on Terrorism."
This is a demanding, bookish, analytical program concerned exclusively with the careful analysis of challenging readings.
Credit awarded in: classical liberalism, critiques of classical liberalism, fundamentals of political economy and 20th-century political philosophy and globalization.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in teaching, economics, politics, government, philosophy and history.
Planning Unit(s): Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(11/17/03) Not accepting new students in Winter.

This program aims to educate students to a broad range of contemporary photographic practices. Targeted towards beginning to intermediate levels, we will explore photography history, approaches, theory and a wide range of techniques in order to provide students with the tools for personal expression through this medium.

Photography today exists in many forms and for many purposes. The tools and technologies used introduce problematic values and offer new possibilities for shifts in aesthetics and visual interpretation. Expect to become proficient with cameras of different formats (35mm, 120, digital, and possibly 4x5). Studio photography will be addressed, including how to effectively use professional lighting equipment. On the wet side of photography, we'll work in both black and white and color darkrooms. The digital, or dry end of the medium will be explored fully, including making high quality inkjet prints and crafting your own Web page as an effective means of presentation.

Work by historic and contemporary artists will be reviewed, and students will be asked to make presentations on photographers of their choice. Seminars groups will explore reading material in relation to the class's ongoing photography projects. Guest speakers and field trips are anticipated. Final projects, accompanied by artists' statements, will be presented for public display.
Credit awarded in: basic to advanced photography, history of photography and 2-D design.
Total: 16 credits.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in photography, art and media.

Program Updates:

(2/17/04) New, not in printed catalog

The Physics of Astronomy
New, not in printed catalog
Winter and spring quarters
Faculty: E.J. Zita
Enrollment: 25
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, transfer students welcome. One year of calculus-based physics.
Faculty Signature: Yes. Details at http://academic.evergreen.edu/z/zita/home.htm
Special Expenses: Expensive textbooks, up to $500 total, to be used all year, must be purchased by the second day of class; good binoculars and journal subscriptions.
Internship Possibilities: No

How can we discover the genesis, structure, and evolution of our universe? What does physics tell us about the past, present, and future of our solar system, galaxy, and beyond?
This program will study fundamental concepts in classical and modern physics, with astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology as central areas of inquiry. Key themes will include scientific model making and conservation laws. We will study our current models of the universe, especially the role of electromagnetism and classical and quantum mechanics in understanding stars, galaxies and black holes. We will examine such questions as: How do we know that stars use fusion to produce energy? How do we interpret theory and experiments for objects such as stars and black holes? What are some of the ramifications of embracing one model instead of another? What is energy and how is it related to mass, space and time? Are we learning about pre-existing objective facts (truth) or do our experimental results depend on our theories?
We will examine the ideas of leading thinkers in physics, mathematics and philosophy to explore these questions. Although we will find many strange and provocative answers to our questions, our goal will be to learn to ask even more sophisticated questions about "nature" and "reality." Seminar is a fundamental and required part of this program.
This program is necessarily mathematical. Required mathematical methods (such as differential equations and vector calculus) will be developed as needed in the context of their use in the physical sciences. The central role of mathematics in describing nature is one of the core intellectual issues in this program. Quantitative problem solving will be emphasized.
Students must subscribe to three journals-Sky and Telescope, Science News and Physics Today. These journals will be used in weekly discussions and student presentations about recent developments in astronomy and modern physics. We will use our eyes, binoculars and telescopes to examine the sun and the night sky-so we'll need to meet at night a few times each quarter.

The Physicist's World
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Tom Grissom
Enrollment: 24
Prerequisites: None. This all-level program will offer appropriate support for sophomores or above ready to do advanced work.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

The 20th century has brought about a revolution in our understanding of the physical universe. We have been forced to revise the way we think about even such basic concepts as space and time and causality, and about the properties of matter. An important part of this revolution has been the surprising discovery of fundamental ways in which our knowledge of the material world is ultimately limited. These limitations are not the result of surmountable shortcomings in human understanding but are more deeply rooted in the nature of the universe itself.
In this program, we will examine the mental world created by the physicist to make sense out of our experience of the material world around us, and to try and understand the nature of physical reality. We will ask and explore answers to the twin questions of epistemology: What can we know? and, How can we know it? starting with the Presocratic philosophers and continuing through each of the major developments of 20th-century physics, including the theories of relativity, quantum theory, deterministic chaos and modern cosmology. We will examine the nature and the origins of the limits that each imposes on our ultimate knowledge of the world.
No mathematical prerequisites are assumed. Mathematical thinking will be developed within the context of the other ideas as needed for our purposes. The only prerequisites are curiosity about the natural world and a willingness to read, think and write about challenging texts and ideas. We will read primary texts, such as works by the Presocratics, Plato, Lucretius, Galileo, Newton and Einstein, as well as selected contemporary writings on physics.
Credit awarded in: philosophy of science, history of science, introduction to physical science, introduction to mathematics and quantitative reasoning, and expository writing.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in both the humanities and the sciences.
This program is also listed under First-Year Programs and Scientific Inquiry.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students; Culture, Text and Language; Scientific Inquiry

Program Updates:

(11/04/03) Faculty signature added. (11/07/03) Not accepting new students in Winter.

This introductory program will survey the central traditions, or pillars, of modern political theory such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism and anarchism through an examination of both classical and contemporary thinkers and writings. We will also study theories of liberation that address gender, race and sexuality and examine the theoretical bases of contemporary environmentalism. The program will conclude with a focus on contemporary debates over the concept of "postmodernism" and whether or not this represents a new theoretical tradition or an end to modern political theory.
The goal of this program is to provide first-year students with a strong foundation for understanding the paradigms and debates that are at the center of contemporary political theory. Of particular interest is how major traditions such as liberalism, socialism and anarchism have been redefined, updated and possibly transformed in our current “postmodern” political, economic and cultural context.
The program will center on close readings of texts and articles and will include response papers, a mid-term take home examination and several thesis-driven papers. We will also participate in active learning exercises and view several films to illuminate how political theory informs various social and cultural perspectives.
Credit awarded in: political theory, philosophy and cultural studies.
Total: 16 credits.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in political science, philosophy, cultural studies, government and public policy.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students

Program Updates:

(1/31/03) New, not in printed catalog.

Perception
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Nancy Murray, Thad Curtz, Charles Pailthorp
Enrollment: 69
Prerequisites: None. This is a Core program designed for first-year students.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: Approximately $50 for a program retreat and possible additional money for art supplies.
Internship Possibilities: No

Although in some sense we and the animals that we share the planet with all live in the same world, we don’t experience it in the same way. Even different people can register the same place quite differently. Yet we think that we do hear and see and taste the same things, and that works of art can communicate how someone else experienced the world long ago or far away from us.
We’ll explore the biology and psychology of human and animal perception through experiential exercises, observation and some drawing, as well as regular labs, lectures and readings. We’ll study and talk about how the arts structure or transform our ordinary perceptions (especially vision and hearing). Our readings will explore the range and variation of sensory experience and how artists use it through literature such as To the Lighthouse or Perfume or Basho’s haiku; studies of cultural, historical and individual variation in perception such as A Natural History of the Senses or The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; and some readings on the philosophy of mind and recent attempts to build autonomous robots. We’ll also analyze relevant films such as Blue or City of Lost Children each week.
Credit awarded in: biology, literature, art history, cognitive psychology, expository writing and quantitative reasoning.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in biology or environmental studies, literature or other humanities, psychology, anthropology and work with visual images.
Planning Unit(s): Programs for First-Year Students

Program Updates:

(11/11/03) New students must read the Fall Quarter biology notes and handouts, plus Oliver Sacks "An Anthropologist on Mars" (3 selections from this book). Speak with the faculty for more details.

This program will explore the reciprocal relationship between art and society through the lenses of gender and sexuality. We will examine how gender and sexuality are portrayed in cultures and throughout history in theater, film and television. In addition, we will look at how elements of popular culture, theatrical arts and cinematic arts reinforce and also challenge the socially-constructed notions of masculinity, femininity and sexuality. We may explore thematic questions such as: How have gender and sexuality been portrayed during different periods in history? How many genders are there, and how does the answer to this question vary across cultures? How do contemporary playwrights and filmmakers deconstruct traditional definitions and boundaries of sexuality? How does this inform the construction of our own sexuality?
No previous experience with sociology or performance is required. This program will make social science students comfortable with performance and theater/expressive arts students comfortable with social science. All students will participate in weekly sociology and theater workshops. Students will conduct fieldwork and oral histories on gender and sexuality that will lead to creative projects or performances. In examining the performing arts through sociology, students’ grasp of context and meaning will expand in depth and breadth to better understand the currents traveling under the surface of theater, film and television.
Credit awarded in: theater, sociology, anthropology, dramatic literature, history, cultural studies, media studies and research.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in social science, professional theater, educational theater, humanities and liberal arts.
Planning Units: First-Year Programs; Expressive Arts; and Society, Politics, Behavior and Change.

Program Updates:

(1/31/01) New, not in printed catalog. (11/11/03) We require that new students complete Bornstein's "My Gender Workbook" and that they read “Hands Around.” These books are available at the bookstore. We highly recommend that students also purchase our packet of articles from the bookstore and read the articles before they come to class. Students must also choose a monologue to work on in their theater workshop (students should contact Walter Grodzik, (360)867-6076. New students must email/call Walter to be assigned a workshop before the quarter starts. Our first class is a workshop on Tuesday morning, so they need to know where to show up.

Political Economy and Social Movements
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Peter Bohmer, Jeanne E. Hahn, Michael Vavrus
Enrollment: 75
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or above, transfer students welcome. Some background in history and social science recommended.
Faculty Signature: Yes
Special Expenses: No
Internship Possibilities: No

This program is designed to introduce students to the major concepts, historical developments and theories in political economy, and to provide a foundation for more advanced work in political economy and the social sciences. We will examine the historical construction of the U.S. political economy, the role social movements have played in its development and future possibilities for social justice.
We will begin our study by focusing on the historical development of the United States, and analyzing various ideologies and frameworks such as liberalism, some feminist theories, Marxism and neoclassical economics. Current economic restructuring efforts and the reorganization of the social welfare state will be examined. Issues such as the growing inequality of income and wealth; work and unions; and public education will be studied. A central goal will be to gain a clear understanding of how the U.S. economy has been organized, the nature of racism and sexism and how social movements, particularly those based on race, class and gender, have resisted, and shaped its direction.
We will analyze the interrelationship between the U.S. economy and the changing global system. We will study the causes and consequences of the growing globalization of capital; the role of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization; and the response of social movements. We will pay particular attention to the human consequences of globalization and resistance to it. We will look at alternative ways of organizing society for the United States and beyond. We will study major economic concepts and economic theories, placing them in their historical context. Students will be introduced to key social statistics such as poverty and the unemployment rate.
Credit awarded in: political economy, U.S. history, race, class and gender studies, economics, theory of social movements, international political economy and international relations.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2004–05.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in economics, political economy, organizing, social studies teaching, working for a social justice group and working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for global justice.
Planning Unit(s): Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(11/04/03) Faculty signature added. (11/07/03) Students who want to enter in Winter must meet with one of faculty members to discuss which fall books they must read by week 1 of winter.

Politics, Power and Media
Fall and Winter quarters
Faculty: Larry Mosqueda, Laurie Meeker
Enrollment: 40
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing, transfer students welcome. One quarter of a full-time media program or political economy program or equivalent.
Faculty Signature: Yes. Application forms will be available April 11, 2003, from Academic Advising. Applications received by May 7, 2003, will be given priority. Additional applications will be accepted through a rolling admissions process until the program is full. For application information, contact Larry Mosqueda at (360) 867-6513, or Laurie Meeker at (360) 867-6613.
Special Expenses: $100–$500 over both quarters for media production costs.
Internship Possibilities: No

Politics is the study of who gets what, when and how. The media, both print and visual, have a profound impact on the construction, presentation, creation and invention of political reality. The relationship between the powerful and relatively powerless is a constant political battle. The modern media is much more than a neutral camera eye or an unbiased description of events; it is a field of contention for various political actors. This program will explore the relationships between political events and the media as a tool for both documentation and social change.
While the mainstream media reflects the interests of the dominant ideology, independent documentary filmmakers have long been active in political movements and struggles, documenting events as they unfold. The resulting films often have become important historical documents, providing an alternative perspective that simply does not exist in corporate media archives. In addition, independent political films have often played important roles in movements for social change, bringing alternative perspectives to activists as well as the general public. This program will focus on the political economy of social and political movements and we will study important films that were a part of those movements. Central themes will be war and peace, labor, the civil rights movement and the women’s movement.
Our objective is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration involving research, writing and media production. Students will develop collaborative project proposals for documentary films and videos that will be produced during winter quarter.
Credit awarded in: political economy, political philosophy, cultural studies, documentary film history, film criticism, film theory and film/video production.
Total: 16 credits each quarter.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in political economy, media and communications.
Planning Unit(s): Expressive Arts; Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

Program Updates:

(11/17/03) Not accepting new students in Winter.

This program will provide students with direct experience in the practices of sustainable agriculture. There will be weekly lectures, occasional field trips and an emphasis on practical skill development in intensive food production at the Organic Farm. Students can expect instruction in a variety of farm-related topics which may include: soils, plant propagation, greenhouse management, composting, green manures, the use of animal manures, equipment operation, small farm economics, pest control, livestock management, weed control strategies, irrigation system design and management, basic horticulture, machinery maintenance, vegetable and small fruit culture, marketing and orchard systems. Because spring and summer studies provide the foundation for fall quarter, no new students will be admitted in fall, 2004.
Credit awarded in: horticulture, greenhouse management, livestock management and organic farming practicum.
Total: 4 to 16 credits spring, summer and fall quarters. 16 credits include in-program internship.
A similar program is expected to be offered in 2004-2005.
Program is preparatory for: careers and future studies in agriculture and horticulture.

Program Updates:

(1/30/04) New program description added. (2/17/04) Questionnaire added. (3/2/04) Michael Beug has joined the program. (9/15/04) Frederica Bowcutt has joined this program. She will sponsor the farm internships and offer 5 workshops that focus mainly on herbs.