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Title	Offering	Standing	Credits	Credits	When	F	W	S	Su	Description	Preparatory	Faculty	Days of Week	Multiple Standings	Start Quarters
500 Years of Globalization Jeanne Hahn geography history international studies political science sociology Signature Required: Fall	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			The world is undergoing unprecedented flux and transformation. Some argue we are in the midst of a passage to a qualitatively different world. How do we understand this, historically and in the present? What is the future of the nation-state in the face of the hypermobility of capital, the re-emergence of nationalism, the increasing disparity and similarity between the "first" and "third" worlds, and the attempt of the U.S. to assert global military dominance? Is the public sphere disappearing in the face of privatization and neoliberal policy? Or is neoliberalism dissolving under the impact of the current global economic crisis? What might take its place? These are big questions; every person on earth has a stake in the answers. In the fall, we will focus on a study of the evolution of historical capitalism and the international political economy to understand the process by which over the past 500 years Europeans (and later Euro-Americans) created capitalism and the nation-state, redrew the world map through colonialism and imperialism, established the rules of the international system, and initiated the process by which the rest of the world generally became poor and powerless. In the winter, we will focus on the post-World War II period to the present and assess the rapidly changing global political economy and recent geostrategic developments. We will explore the relationship between transnational corporations and multilateral institutions, investigate the neoliberal agenda as expressed through public policies in the first world and structural adjustment programs in the third world, and examine changing structures of power under the current crisis in global capitalism and apparent crumbling of its neoliberal policy apparatus. We will look directly at the rise of revolutionary nationalism and the nature of global social movements and change. Students will write frequently, engage in a major research project, and analyze world developments through the daily and one foreign newspaper.	the social sciences, history, law, globalization, political economy, geography, education, historical sociology, and informed citizenship.	Jeanne Hahn		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Action for a Sustainable Future cancelled Ted Whitesell communications community studies environmental studies geography history political science sociology sustainability studies writing Signature Required: Fall Winter Spring	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Students will work as part of a network of college students sharing in-depth, local case studies to generate understanding of strategic and tactical options for effective intervention in complex social-ecological issues to foster sustainability and justice. This program will train students for advocacy in government, private and non-profit organizations; support them in living fulfilled lives in difficult circumstances; and build communities of mutual support. Students will research and write a book for their peers on the topic of effective political action, for print and web publication. In addition they will create a web site housing a database of case studies in the policy, strategy and tactics of sustainability and justice. This web site will also serve as a communications center for activists and for those studying activism. Attention will focus on ethical, personal and social consequences of choices about how to think and act in situations of uncertainty, complexity, conflict and stress, and how to live effectively in potentially despair-inducing times. Students will examine local, contentious, ongoing issues with complex ecological, social and political aspects. They will attend meetings of organizations and legislative committees, interview participants, research issue history, and study interactions of biophysical, social and political components. Analysis will be informed by interdisciplinary readings on political theory, practical and ethical aspects of individual and collective action, complex systems, and environmental analysis. During fall quarter, we will gain the needed factual and theoretical foundation, outline the book and web site, and establish communications with peers elsewhere. Winter quarter will center on field work, researching and drafting. Spring quarter will involve extensive editing, rewriting and assembly of the final products. Students will gain skills in writing, including editing; oral, written and web-based presentation; qualitative social science research; complex social-ecological systems science; oral history; understanding political organizing, negotiation, mediation, lobbying and decision making; and collaborative work on a large-scale project. There will be the opportunity to explore conflict, engagement and reconciliation.	environmental studies, sustainability studies, policy studies, and environmental and social advocacy.	Ted Whitesell		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Age of Irony: 20th Century America Susan Preciso, John Baldridge and Sarah Ryan American studies cultural studies geography history literature writing	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	8, 12	08 12	Evening	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		What is history for? This year-long investigation of 20th Century American history and culture will be organized around the pivotal roles of wars and social movements as shapers of American life and thought, especially the development of our sense of irony as reflected in politics and culture. Fall quarter's work will focus on World Wars I and II and the Vietnam War. During winter quarter, we will study three key movements for social change: the Progressive movements of the early 20th century, the African American Civil Rights Movement of the mid-century, and the second wave of feminism of the 1960s and 1970s. Students will write articles based on their own historical research and will publish them in a program web-zine. During spring quarter's study of culture as history, we will see how these turning points were and are reflected in our cultural lives.This is an all-level program, ideal for returning and transfer students, especially those pursuing the "Upside Down" BA degree. It is a broad liberal arts program designed for students who want to improve their historical knowledge, research skills and (multi)cultural literacy. We especially encourage those who would like a supportive atmosphere for senior-level project work to attend.	education, library science, geography, history, and literature.	Susan Preciso John Baldridge Sarah Ryan	Mon Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
The American Civil War and Modern Memory Thomas Rainey and Geoffrey Cunningham history	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	8	08	Evening				SuSummer	This program will explore, in detail, the causes, course, legacy for modern times, and world historical consequences of the American Civil War, "the defining moment" in the history of the United States. Many highly respected historians of this great civil conflict and its aftermath argue that it must be regarded as a Second American Revolution. Participants in the program will study the war as it is described, portrayed, interpreted, mythologized, and remembered in a variety of historical texts, personal accounts, and films. The program will also examine the promises and failures of post-civil-war Reconstruction and its subsequent impact on race relations in America.	humanities, history, social science, teaching	Thomas Rainey Geoffrey Cunningham	Mon Tue Wed Thu	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Basque Language and Culture cancelled Amaia Martiartu cultural studies history language studies	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day				SuSummer	This course will introduce the basics of the Basque language, history, politics, and culture. The course will include readings, film, food, and discussion with a focus on the Basque conflict. The instructor is a native Basque and Basque language teacher from Mondragon (the center of the world's largest system of worker-owned cooperatives).		Amaia Martiartu	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Bodies: Medical and Literary Sara Huntington and Bill Arney health history philosophy of science sociology writing	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			Jean-Jacques Rousseau, , 1762 Sapphire, Push We ground our studies in representations of the body, medical and literary. Our aim is the recovery of common sense. Fall quarter will be devoted to the medicalized body, which is represented through statistics, specialized imaging technologies, and myriad tests. We will study the effects of people being taught to think of living in terms of "risk factors," and the effects of mapping ourselves onto grids of probabilities instead of, for example, paying attention to one's body. As a group, we will pursue the medicalized body through case studies: the recent revision of recommendations on screening for breast cancer; and Huntington's Chorea, a neurodegenerative disease that can be diagnosed with a definitive genetic test and that, as such, presents a human dilemma, extending beyond medical ways of knowing and being. We will read critiques of "gene talk," the way "genes" have "reshaped not only political, social, or medical concepts, but the very perception of the self," as the German historians of medicine, Barbara Duden and Silja Samerski, put it. Throughout the quarter, we will pursue Rob Crawford's argument that "health" has become the modern locus for one's understanding of the moral self. (Just think about the commonplace, "I've been pretty good. I'm eating better, exercising; I've kept my cholesterol down..."). This quarter will introduce students to library research, compositional rhetoric, scientific logic, basic topics in the philosophy of science, the history of medicine, and socio-historical critiques of modern scientific medicine. Each student will complete an independent project on a medical/biological topic of personal concern, resisting the urge to write a fair and balanced research paper and, instead, producing a legitimate piece of writing. Winter quarter will be devoted to satire as a literary form that focuses relentlessly on the messy reality and moral presence of the body. While students are immersed in the rhetorical strategies employed by canonical masters such as Jonathan Swift, we will investigate the methods of more contemporary works- and Sacha Baron Cohen's -asking: how is the satiric attack embodied? As we examine the ways in which satire interrupts human folly, we share the possibility of making room for common sense. By producing satires of our own, we will locate the body-our own more or less lively lumps of flesh-not in a professional scientific or pedagogic discourse but in a common lot. Authors like Ivan Illich, Martin Buber, Martha Nussbaum, Michel Foucault, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Wendell Berry will complement our explorations in satire and will assist in our search for the story that binds us in a moral order that makes us human. Again, students will pursue a significant independent project, a satire, and should be prepared to push the boundaries of their own depravity, all for the sake of becoming more moral and more whole, more human. The program will involve contemplative practices- , walking meditations-and students may decide to enroll in an extracurricular weekly yoga class offered only to members of this program. The yoga class is not required, but if you choose to enroll a fee will be payable to the instructor.	compositional rhetoric, philosophy of science, history of medicine, independent research, satire, humanities and social sciences, writing, education, and medicine.	Sara Huntington Bill Arney		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Bodies of Knowledge Rita Pougiales, Joseph Tougas and Donald Morisato anthropology biology consciousness studies history literature philosophy Signature Required: Winter Spring	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		The human body has long been a natural locus of study, interpretation, and storytelling. Corporeal existence has been conceptualized and experienced in radically different ways across time and across cultures, conceived as an irreducible whole by some, and as an amalgam of separate systems or individual elements by others. How has our philosophical and biological conception of the body changed over time? How is the body used to find or express meaning? What is the relationship of the body to the mind and the soul? In this program, we will explore the nature and essence of the body, and reflect on the experience of being human. Knowledge about the body and our lived experiences within our bodies have been created from the culturally distinct perspectives of biologists, social scientists, artists, philosophers and storytellers. We will read philosophical and historical texts, and closely analyze some of the ideas that have helped shape our conception of the body. We will study the genetic development and biological function of the body, carrying out experiments in the laboratory to get a direct sense of the process of scientific investigation. Finally, we will read novels and look at and create art as other ways of engaging with the body, particularly the physical manifestation and representation of emotion. Throughout our inquiry, we will attentively ask how we have come to know what we claim to know. Our investigations will follow a particular progression. In fall quarter, we will consider the body: the history of the conception of the body, images of the body and notions of beauty, the body as the site of meaning-making, medical imaging and genetic approaches to deciphering the development of the human organism. In winter quarter, we will examine aspects of the mind: the Cartesian dualism, the functional organization of the brain, processes of cognition, measuring intelligence, use of language and the importance of emotions. In spring quarter, we will explore the notion of the soul: death and burial rituals in different cultures, philosophical and literary investigations of the soul, ethics and religion. Over the year, we anticipate reading such authors as Michel Foucault, Rene Descartes, Martha Nussbaum, Barbara Duden, Anne Fadiman, Oliver Sacks, Antonio Damasio, Stephen Jay Gould, Henry James and Marcel Proust.	epistemology, cultural anthropology, genetics, neurobiology, history of medicine, and the liberal arts and natural sciences.	Rita Pougiales Joseph Tougas Donald Morisato		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Caribbean Cultural Crossings Tom Womeldorff cultural studies economics history	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall					cultural studies, political economy, international relations, and economic development.	Tom Womeldorff	Tue Tue Wed Fri Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Cities: Real and Imagined Steven Hendricks and Stephanie Kozick American studies cultural studies history literature sociology visual arts Signature Required: Winter	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightening rods, the poles of the flags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls. -Italo Calvino Students who select this program must have a passion for a variety of literature and writing about the topic of cities. This program takes on stories that form a literary map of urban centers. Works such as Tulli’s engage city imagery as metaphor, while Auster’s places us squarely in the streets of New York City. Learning activities will also include responding to narratives with visual representation work in the field of book arts. Students will consider the city through literature rich in historical and cultural contexts, practice creative and non-fiction city writing, create urban visual representations, and become familiar with important urban studies. What does it mean to know a city? Urban studies writers such as William Whyte and Jane Jacobs tell us that cities have distinctive landscapes, movements and sounds. Sociologists and literary writers give form to the abstract patterns of city work, consumption, growth and collapse and seek to link these patterns to the unique lives of individual city dwellers. Cities abound with layered stories that, through the imaginative lens of literature, make up a modern mythology and allow us to locate, within the urban tumult, quarters of quietude, woven communities, and patterns of migration and change. Cities have provoked fantasies of heavens and of hells—utopias and dystopias—and provided a modern image of the monolithic impenetrability of history and civilization against which or within which the individual must carve out a meaningful life. Through an aesthetic exploration of the order and chaos of cities, we’ll ask how narratives in literature, film and art construct our sense of place and sense of self. During fall quarter, we’ll study the concept of sense of place, employing works such as (Harmon) to guide us in determining how a sense of place emerges in city writing. Fall will illuminate USA and European cities, deepening our inquiry through partnered fiction and nonfiction readings, such as (Toole) coupled with (Codrescu). In winter quarter we’ll move on to narratives that come out of Africa, Japan, and beyond. Naguib Mahfouz’s , part of his Cairo Trilogy, coupled with Golia’s offer a look at the largest city in Africa, one preserved with a medieval cityscape. Students who wish to continue their study of cities during spring quarter are invited to enroll in the field-based program, .	literature, writing and social studies.	Steven Hendricks Stephanie Kozick		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
The Cold War Robert Smurr cultural studies history international studies	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day			SSpring		This workshop investigates the Cold War. The Cold War, or more properly "the Long Peace," is characterized by a worldwide ideological conflict dominated by the USSR and the USA. We will analyze the causes, the peak(s), the demise, and the consequences of this half-century global struggle. (Students from the Russia and Eurasia program will meet jointly with students in this course.)		Robert Smurr	Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Constructing the Individual/Deconstructing Education Laura Citrin and Leslie Flemmer American studies education history psychology sociology	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			How do kids learn about our social world? How are individuals constructed to be members of society? In an interdisciplinary exploration of social constructionism and socialization, with a primary focus on the interconnections between developmental psychology, social psychology, education, and learning theory, we will examine how children develop as individuals in their social-cultural context. We will explore a range of changes that shape early learning-advancement in motor skills, cognitive development, language acquisition, moral stages, and emotional growth-with an interest in how these are historically and culturally interpreted and patterned. We will consider education as a complex field of knowledge and practice intertwined with psychological theories about the self and society. The contradictions of creating critically minded individuals in the context of assessment-based educational institutions will offer a productive realm of inquiry into the philosophy, purpose, and structure of educational systems. Specifically, we will look at the institutional mechanisms and psychological processes for teaching kids how to be "good" members of society-individualistic, competitive, and "civilized"-via parenting and formal education. We will also explore radical pedagogical approaches and social psychological theories that understand individuals as enmeshed within dominant relations of power. We will have weekly films, lectures, workshops, and seminars, as well as opportunities to observe educational contexts in the community. Some of the theorists we will read and study include Albert Bandura, Jean Piaget, Carol Gilligan, Sandra Bem, Lev Vygotsky, Paulo Freire, Peter McLaren, Barbara Rogoff, and Henry Giroux.	psychology, education, social work, and social justice.	Laura Citrin Leslie Flemmer		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Creating Dance cancelled Jehrin Alexandria and Kabby Mitchell dance history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	2, 4	02 04	Evening				SuSummer	This class is designed to allow students to explore the roots of dance and its progression into structure. We will look at what dance was originally used for and how we utilize it in our present culture. There is a componant of classical ballet and contemporary dance within the program that may be taken separately for 2 credits.	performance production, directing, dance, choreography, teaching	Jehrin Alexandria Kabby Mitchell	Tue Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
CSI: Re/Defining Crime Anthony Zaragoza economics education history media studies sociology	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day				SuSummer	We'll examine how crime is defined, who defines it, who's labeled a criminal, and who receives what punishment. We'll discuss meanings of “justice,” social justice, and criminal justice. We'll address questions about how justice is carried out and could be served: Why is there a disparity in investigation and incarceration between white-collar and blue-collar criminals? Is economic inequality a crime against democracy? Are environmental catastrophes crimes? Who are the criminals? Finally, we'll explore the tools need to indict such “criminals.”	social work, education, political economy, criminal justice, journalism, media, community organizing, political science, environemental studies, public administration, law and public policy, sociology	Anthony Zaragoza	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Dangerous Ladies: A History of Significant Women of Color in the 20th Century Barbara Laners cultural studies gender and women's studies history sociology	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	8	08	Day				SuSummer	This class will examine the role of women of color in the development of America's social, economic, legal, and political history. It will focus on issues ranging from suffrage to the civil rights movement and beyond; all aspects of the gender/racial gap in those spheres will be explored.	history, law, teaching, sociology, political science, social services	Barbara Laners	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Discovering the Unknown Russia Elena Smith cultural studies history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Evening				SuSummer	The objective of this course is to inspire a better understanding of today's Russia and its people through a study of their history, art, technology, and culture. Anyone who has an interest in exploring Russia beyond the stereotypes of mainstream headlines or history textbooks are welcome. The students will be introduced to certain dramatic events of Russian history through film, literature, and personal experiences of the Russian people. Besides the traditional academic activities, the students will have hands-on experience of Russian cuisine, song, and dance. Armed with an open mind and lead by a passionate native Russian professor, you should find Russia irresistibly attractive and learn to appreciate the similarities of American and Russian cultures.		Elena Smith	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Effective Action for Sustainability and Justice cancelled Ted Whitesell communications community studies environmental studies geography history political science sociology sustainability studies writing Signature Required: Fall Winter Spring	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Students will work as part of a network of college students sharing in-depth, local case studies to generate understanding of strategic and tactical options for effective intervention in complex social-ecological issues to foster sustainability and justice. This program will train students for advocacy in government, private and non-profit organizations; support them in living fulfilled lives in difficult circumstances; and build communities of mutual support. Students will research and write a book for their peers on the topic of effective political action, for print and web publication. In addition they will create a web site housing a database of case studies in the policy, strategy and tactics of sustainability and justice. This web site will also serve as a communications center for activists and for those studying activism. Attention will focus on ethical, personal and social consequences of choices about how to think and act in situations of uncertainty, complexity, conflict and stress, and how to live effectively in potentially despair-inducing times. Students will examine local, contentious, ongoing issues with complex ecological, social and political aspects. They will attend meetings of organizations and legislative committees, interview participants, research issue history, and study interactions of biophysical, social and political components. Analysis will be informed by interdisciplinary readings on political theory, practical and ethical aspects of individual and collective action, complex systems, and environmental analysis. During fall quarter, we will gain the needed factual and theoretical foundation, outline the book and web site, and establish communications with peers elsewhere. Winter quarter will center on field work, researching and drafting. Spring quarter will involve extensive editing, rewriting and assembly of the final products. Students will gain skills in writing, including editing; oral, written and web-based presentation; qualitative social science research; complex social-ecological systems science; oral history; understanding political organizing, negotiation, mediation, lobbying and decision making; and collaborative work on a large-scale project. There will be the opportunity to explore conflict, engagement and reconciliation.	environmental studies, sustainability studies, policy studies, and environmental and social advocacy.	Ted Whitesell		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Europe Since 1500 Stacey Davis cultural studies history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4, 6, 8	04 06 08	Day				SuSummer	This class surveys the social, cultural, political, intellectual, and religious history of Europe since 1500, including the Reformation, the Dutch Republic, 18th-century Enlightenment and absolutism, the French Revolution, 19th-century imperialism and industrialization, the Russian Revolution, the two World Wars, and decolonization. Social, gender, and intellectual topics will be stressed. Credit is possible in European history or world cultures/geography. Students enrolled for 6 credits will complete a library research project. This is a companion class to "Art Since 1500."	history, teacher endorsements and teaching	Stacey Davis	Mon Wed	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Foundations of Economics Tom Womeldorff business and management economics history	Program	FR - SOFreshmen - Sophomore	16	16	Day			SSpring		Neoclassical economic theory provides powerful tools for understanding most issues we face today as communities and nations as well as globally. This does not mean there is agreement among economists about what the theory tells us or what policies are appropriate. At the center of debates among economists, and in society as a whole, is the appropriate balance between relying on the marketplace and the government to solve economic problems. This question will be at the center of our inquiry. This program is designed to provide a broad and in-depth introduction to economic theory in the context of current economic issues. We will study introduction to micro- and macroeconomics with close attention to how these theories have evolved over time, and how they are applied across a broad spectrum of issues. We will critically assess both the usefulness and limitations of economic theories. We will study economics in the context of the major issues at the time the program is offered. Examples of previous foci include the environment and the global financial crisis.	economics, political economy, environmental studies, public policy and social science.	Tom Womeldorff		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO	Spring
Foundations of Health Science Kevin Francis, Michael Paros and Paula Schofield biochemistry biology chemistry health history philosophy of science Signature Required: Winter Spring	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		This program takes an integrated and thematic approach to the health sciences, exploring introductory concepts in biology and chemistry with a focus on health, medicine and disease. It is designed for students contemplating work in a healthcare field who want to learn about how the body functions on a macroscopic, microscopic and molecular level, as well as students interested in public health or public policy who want a solid foundation in biology and chemistry. It is also suitable for students who seek an opportunity to study rigorous science as part of a liberal arts education. Our organizational framework is a systematic examination of diseases that have a large impact on global health, based on the World Health Organization's list of the top ten causes of death. We will study cancer, maternal health and perinatal conditions in fall quarter; infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and influenza in winter quarter; and cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes and depression in spring quarter. Within this framework, students will explore basic chemical and biological concepts, as well as the role of the pharmaceutical industry in society and the role of the FDA in clinical drug testing. Students will also explore ethical, historical and public policy questions raised by each disease. Class activities will include significant laboratory and instrumentation work, lectures, workshops, seminars, group projects, textbook assignments and case studies. This program will develop critical scientific reasoning and quantitative skills. Communication skills, both written and oral, will also be emphasized. Students will work on their techniques of argumentative and scientific writing through essays, lab notebooks and reports, and participation in a writing workshop. Students will gain the hands-on skills that are essential for working in the health sciences. There will also be opportunities to carry out lab-based projects in spring quarter. This program will link students with clinics, hospitals, government public health departments or other health-related organizations for volunteer service. During fall quarter, students will select and research the work of a local agency. They will then design a part-time internship that allows them to contribute to the work of this organization throughout winter quarter. Completion of this program will give students many of the prerequisites they need for careers in the allied health fields and public health, as well as preparation for further upper division study in biology and chemistry.	biology, bioethics, chemistry, education, epidemiology, genetics, health sciences, history of medicine, immunology, medicine, nutrition, physiology and anatomy, and public health.	Kevin Francis Michael Paros Paula Schofield		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Hispanic Ascension in the U.S. Theresa Aragon cultural studies government history law and public policy	Course	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	4	04	Weekend				SuSummer	Hispanics are currently the largest ethnic minority population in the United States, projected to number 47.8 million in 2010 and to more than double by 2050. The U.S. now has the second largest Hispanic population of all countries and Hispanics will play a major role in the future of the United States. This program will draw on the history of Hispanics in the US and will focus on social, economic, and educational policy as a framework for best serving the needs of this population.	public administration, social services, education	Theresa Aragon	Sat	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
History of Ancient Greece and Rome Andrew Reece history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day				SuSummer	We study the history of classical Greece and Rome from the founding of the first Olympic games and the city of Rome in the 8th century BCE through the Christianization of the Roman empire in the 4th century CE. Major themes include the development of the city state, Athenian democracy, class struggle, slavery, warfare, religion and the state, and the rise of empires. We read secondary and primary texts, including Herodotus, Thucydides, and Tacitus.	education, history, classics, political philosophy	Andrew Reece	Mon Tue Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
The Human Element Charles Pailthorp, Trevor Speller and Nancy Koppelman American studies history literature philosophy physiology writing Signature Required: Winter	Program	FR - SOFreshmen - Sophomore	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			In the early seventeenth century, the philosopher René Descartes chronicled his reflections on how little he actually knew, when he looked closely. He found he even had to ask, “How do I know I myself exist?” His answer, “I think, therefore I am,” became a keystone of Western philosophy. When he asked further, “What then am I?”, he answered, “A thing that thinks,” not just a body, but an . To be human, he concluded, is to be a compound of two elements: mind and body. His contemporary, Thomas Hobbes, argued this was wrong, that we humans, however mind-ful, are entirely material. The debate continues to this day. In concluding that the human element is our immaterial mind, Descartes reasoned that non-human animals differ from us by being only material, that they are completely mindless. Are animals then, only machines, without thought, even without feeling? (This was Descartes’ conclusion!). What about machines that mimic rational conversation (surely a very strong indicator of thought)? Couldn’t they be as mind-ful, and therefore as human, as we? Or from Hobbes’s materialist point of view, if we humans are only machines, how can we justify, for example, punishing a human who has caused some harm? Would we punish a car that has broken down and gone out of control? These questions remain with us today: consider the force of arguments concerning animal rights by organizations such as PETA, or the tangle of human-machine interactions evident in programs such as Second Life. What makes us different from other animals? What makes people different from the machines we create, or envision? To ask the question more broadly: what are the qualities that make humans different and unique – if there are any at all? Is there a “human element,” or are we just made up of those found on the periodic table? Questions about the ‘unique’ nature of humanity will be this program’s driving force. We will consider what makes us different from our animal, vegetable, mineral, mechanical and spiritual peers on planet earth, and how we might or might not live in symbiosis with them. We will consider shifts in our understanding of human nature, shifts that have been shaped by developments in science, from mechanics to evolution, and by developments in how we lead our daily lives, from hunting and gathering to browsing the internet. Fields of study may include the history of technology, epistemology, and the traveler’s tales of the Romantic period. Texts may include Descartes: Hobbes: Shakespeare: John Milton: Mary Shelley: Jonathan Swift: ; and works by Kant and by historians of science and technology. The program will include significant attention to writing and reading well.	American studies, humanities, literature, philosophy, social sciences, and the sciences.	Charles Pailthorp Trevor Speller Nancy Koppelman		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO	Fall
In Times of Crisis: History and Film Mark Harrison and Thomas Rainey history media arts	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	8	08	Evening		WWinter			Historical films exert a powerful influence on the way we visualize the past. To determine how feature and documentary films contribute to the discourse of history, we will read relevant historical texts and screen and critically analyze several films for their aesthetic characteristics and historical authenticity. Our study will focus on the two major crises in American history—the Civil War and its Aftermath, and the Great Depression. While these crises provoked severe hardship and lasting consequences for American society, they also have inspired a high level of creativity in American filmmakers. Examples range from films dealing with important historic figures (Col. Robert Shaw in ) to events (the California migration in ) to a wide range of genres (the screwball comedy, for example, flowered during the Great Depression when the new censorship code in 1934 necessitated sex comedies without sex!). We will also explore the impact of diverse topics on historical representation—such as genre, screenwriting and filmmaking techniques, Hollywood codes of representation, and the business of film production. Students will need access to a comprehensive source for DVD rentals (such as Netflix) for out-of-class screening.		Mark Harrison Thomas Rainey	Mon Wed	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
Individual Study: History, European Cultural Studies Stacey Davis cultural studies history Signature Required: Spring	Contract	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring		Students can complete individual study contracts in history, especially European, North African and/or American history; European cultural or art historical studies; gender studies as long as there is some historical component to the work; or issues in politics, society, religion, culture and/or immigration in contemporary Europe. History contracts can include work in historiography (theories of history) and historical methodology. Senior thesis work welcome.	history and cultural studies.	Stacey Davis		Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Individual Study: Political Economy, Globalization, Contemporary India Jeanne Hahn geography government history international studies law and government policy political science study abroad Signature Required: Spring	Contract	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring		Individual Studies offers opportunities for advanced students to create their own course of study and research. Prior to the beginning of spring quarter, interested individual students must consult with Jeanne about their proposed projects. The project is then described in an Independent Learning Contract. She will sponsor student research and reading in political economy, U.S. history (especially the "Founding Period"), various topics in globalization, historical capitalism and contemporary India.	political economy, U.S. history (esp. the "Founding Period"), topics on globalization, historical capitalism and contemporary India.	Jeanne Hahn		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
"Liberty and Justice For All" Stephen Beck history philosophy	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	12	12	Evening			SSpring		The United States was founded on a set of political ideals, yet the words we use to express them hide deep and lasting political disagreements. Our history is infused with recurring conflicts over the nature of and of , and most prominently over whom the phrase includes. In this 12-credit, writing-intensive program, we will study several theories of political philosophy through historical and contemporary writings and in the context of different periods of U.S. history. The goal of the program is to come to a better understanding of different political philosophies and their lasting appeal in U.S. society. Credit will be awarded in political philosophy and U.S. history.		Stephen Beck	Tue Wed Sat	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Looking Backward: America in the Twentieth Century David Hitchens, Julianne Unsel, Thomas Rainey and Tom Maddox American studies economics government history international studies law and government policy literature sociology	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		The United States began the 20th century as a minor world power and a debtor country. The nation ended the century as the last superpower with an economy and military that sparked responses across the globe. In between, Americans invented flying, created atomic weapons, sent men to the moon and began exploration of the physical underpinnings of our place in the universe. Many have characterized the the 20th century as "America's Century" because in addition to developing the mightiest military machine on earth, the United States also spawned the cultural phenomenon of "the mass:" mass culture, mass media, mass action, massive destruction, massive fortunes—all significant elements of life in the United States. This program 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 political, social, and economic growth of the nation in the last century was a new thing or a 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 other tools to help us understand the nation and its place in the century. Simultaneously, students will be challenged to understand their place in the scope of national affairs, read closely, write with effective insight, and develop appropriate research projects to refine their skills and contribute to the collective enrichment of the program. There will be workshops on economic thought, weekly student panel discussions of assigned topics and program-wide discussion periods. Each weekly panel will provide a means of rounding out the term's work and provide students with valuable experience in public speaking and presentation.	American history, American literature, the humanities and social sciences, law, journalism, history, economics, sociology, literature, popular culture, cultural anthropology and education.	David Hitchens Julianne Unsel Thomas Rainey Tom Maddox		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Making American History Nancy Koppelman American studies history writing	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4, 8	04 08	Day				SuSummer	Students will learn about key people in US history and central themes in the development of American society and culture. They will also learn how history is written—“made”—by historians. Well-known figures will be studied alongside accounts of obscure people who made American history. Themes will include reform, radicalism, rights, privileges, freedom, individualism, identity, entrepreneurship, and dissent. Students will learn to appreciate the craft and challenge of historical understanding. All students will write responses to the texts; those who enroll for 8 credits will also produce a substantive research prospectus. Credit will be awarded in American history.	Education, social work, government, law.	Nancy Koppelman	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Marxist Theory cancelled Lawrence Mosqueda history philosophy political science Signature Required: Spring	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring		"I am not a Marxist" -Karl Marx "Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts" -Mary Harris (Mother) Jones If one believes the current mass media, one would believe that Marxism is dead, and that the "end of history" is upon us. As Mark Twain is reported to have said upon news accounts of his demise, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same, of course, is true for Marxist Theory. Few Americans have read more than , if that. Very few "educated" people have a clear understanding of Marx's concept of alienation, dialectics, historical materialism, or his analysis of labor or revolutionary change. In this program, we will examine the development of Marx's thought and Marxist Theory. We will read and discuss some of Marx's early and later writings as well as writings of later Marxists. We will also explore concrete examples of how "dialectics" and "materialism" can be applied to race and gender issues. At the end of the program, students should have a solid foundation for further study of Marxist analysis.	philosophy, political theory and economy, history, race and gender studies, and the social sciences.	Lawrence Mosqueda		Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Medieval Art History and Sacred Geometry Ann Storey art history cultural studies gender and women's studies history religious studies visual arts	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	8	08	Evening	FFall				This program will examine the art and sacred geometry of the Medieval era, a singular period of creativity, spirituality, and change. We will study the motivating ideas and issues of the age: the dynamic influence of migrating tribal cultures on inherited classical traditions, the problem of iconoclasm, the arcane goals of the alchemists, and Neoplatonic philosophy expressed through the visions of the mystics. The idea that both mystic and artist were "seers"—seeing beyond the physical into the transcendent and metaphysical—impelled them into visionary realms. We will learn about the mysticism of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, and other charismatic figures, as we see their visions expressed in superb mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, sculpture and architecture. Sacred music of the era will be experienced through recordings and a possible field trip. We will also learn about the outstanding art, architecture and geometry of medieval Islamic Spain. Islamic dictates forced artists of the period to use ingenious geometrical techniques (rather than figurative ones) to create sacred and secular architectural adornments. Art, design and simple geometry workshops will enable students to move from theory to practice. Students will use geometry skills to create Islamic tilings and to design, draw, and paint a Gothic rose window.	art history, education, history of mathematics, geometry, fine art, humanities, and museum studies.	Ann Storey	Mon Wed	Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Nine Russian and Soviet Wars Robert Smurr cultural studies history international studies	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day		WWinter			This history workshop will analyze nine distinct wars of the past two centuries that significantly changed the course of Russian and Soviet history. In addition to reading accounts of the wars, students will also present additional findings to the workshop group on a particular war of their choice. Wars to be analyzed are The Napoleonic Invasion, Crimean War, The Murid Wars (Caucasus), WWI, Russo-Finnish War, WWII, Afghanistan, Chechnya (Wars 1 and 2), and the Russo-Georgian War. Short essays and at least one workshop presentation will be required. (Students from the Russia and Eurasia program will meet jointly with students in this course.)		Robert Smurr	Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
Pacific Northwest History: Multicultural Perspectives Michael Vavrus geography history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4, 6	04 06	Day				SuSummer	Pacific Northwest History introduces multicultural aspects to the historical developments of this region. How European imperialism affected non-European ethnic groups – such as American Indians, Chinese, African, Mexican, Japanese – is studied. Attention to the experiences of women is included. The local historical development of Tacoma is used to highlight the role of capitalism in creating governing bodies and class differences among white European Americans who collectively discriminated against the aspirations of people of color. Historical patterns are linked to contemporary practices and conditions. Because the subject matter is history, this is a reading/text intensive course. Students registering for 6 credits will continue to work independently into the early weeks of the second summer session in a study of human geography. Course credits contribute to minimum coursework expectations for various teaching endorsements.	history, teaching	Michael Vavrus	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
The Past and Future of American Youth Zoe Van Schyndel, Candace Vogler and Stephanie Coontz economics gender and women's studies history law and public policy psychology sociology	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			This program covers the history and contemporary sociology of American youth, with an additional emphasis on ethnography. First we examine the changing history of family life, child rearing, and the transition to adulthood from colonial times through the 1970s, paying particular attention to the socioeconomic communities as well as the family settings in which these take place. We also explore changes in courting and sexuality for young people during the same span of time. Again, we examine variations in these experiences by race, class and gender. Indeed, the final four weeks of the program focus specifically on the contrast between the hopes raised by youthful participation in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s and the obstacles facing impoverished inner-city youth during the 1980s. Winter quarter we turn to recent developments, including the changing opportunities and constraints of the work world, new trends in forging intimate relationships, changes in expectations and patterns of courtship and marriage, and the establishment of a new stage of life that one author calls "emergent adulthood." We will read several different points of view about how families, schools and other institutions reproduce or ameliorate economic, racial, class, ethnic and gender differences. We will also discuss the relative weight of factors that contribute to success, including cultural heritage, timing and persistence, and consider what changes might offer more youth the opportunity to fulfill their potential. In both seminar discussions and frequent papers, students will be expected to demonstrate a firm command of the program material and to critically analyze conflicting historical and sociological theories about the causes and consequences of the phenomena we studied. Reading and writing demands are heavy, and faculty will give detailed feedback on students' written work, with the expectation that students will then revise their papers. In addition to the historical and sociological content of the program, students will do 7-8 hours service-learning work per week in a local elementary school or a low-income after-school program. They will work as classroom aides, but after receiving some training in taking ethnographic field notes, they will also write daily summaries of their observations and type a paper on their experience at the end of each quarter.	sociology, history, psychology, family law, public policy and personal finance.	Zoe Van Schyndel Candace Vogler Stephanie Coontz		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
The Peoples, Nations, and Nationalities of the former USSR Robert Smurr cultural studies history international studies	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day	FFall				Enrollment of 24 includes students from the Russia and Eurasia program. This workshop investigates the ethnic, cultural, religious, and political diversity of the former Russian and later Soviet empires. We will examine the histories of the fifteen "republics" that emerged as internationally recognized nation states upon the collapse of the USSR in 1991 as well as the dozens of smaller ethnic identities that continue to exist within these newly legitimized borders. Books, articles, films (recommended), and student research will provide us with a strong overview of the complexity of this enormous geographic region that covered twelve time zones. Individual students will be responsible for investigating one particular nationality (or ethnicity) in greater depth than will the class as a whole, and they will then share their findings with the entire workshop.		Robert Smurr	Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Power in American Society (fall) Lawrence Mosqueda government history political science	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall				This program will investigate the nature of economic, political, social, military, ideological and interpersonal power. The interrelationship of these dimensions will be a primary area of study. We will explore these themes through lectures, films, seminars, a journal and writing short papers. The analysis will be guided by the following questions, as well as others that may emerge from our discussions: What is meant by the term “power”? Are there different kinds of power and how are they interrelated? Who has power in American society? Who is relatively powerless? Why? How is power accumulated? What resources are involved? How is power utilized and with what impact on various sectors of the population? What characterizes the struggle for power? How does domestic power relate to international power? How is international power used? How are people affected by the current power structure? What responsibilities do citizens have to alter the structure of power? What alternative structures are possible, probable, necessary or desirable? In this period of war and economic, social and political crisis, a good deal of our study will focus on international relations in a systematic and intellectual manner. This is a serious class for serious people. There will be a good deal of reading and some weeks will be more complex than others. Please be prepared to work hard and to challenge your and others’ thinking.	foreign policy, government, history, advanced political economy, and public policy.	Lawrence Mosqueda		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Power in American Society (winter) Lawrence Mosqueda government history political science	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day		WWinter			This program will investigate the nature of economic, political, social, military, ideological and interpersonal power. The interrelationship of these dimensions will be a primary area of study. We will explore these themes through lectures, films, seminars, a journal and writing short papers. The analysis will be guided by the following questions, as well as others that may emerge from our discussions: What is meant by the term “power”? Are there different kinds of power and how are they interrelated? Who has power in American society? Who is relatively powerless? Why? How is power accumulated? What resources are involved? How is power utilized and with what impact on various sectors of the population? What characterizes the struggle for power? How does domestic power relate to international power? How is international power used? How are people affected by the current power structure? What responsibilities do citizens have to alter the structure of power? What alternative structures are possible, probable, necessary or desirable? In this period of war and economic, social and political crisis, a good deal of our study will focus on international relations in a systematic and intellectual manner. This is a serious class for serious people. There will be a good deal of reading and some weeks will be more complex than others. Please be prepared to work hard and to challenge your and others’ thinking.	foreign policy, government, history, advanced political economy, and public policy.	Lawrence Mosqueda		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
Puget Sound: Gateway to the World John Filmer business and management economics history maritime studies Signature Required: Winter	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day		WWinter			Waterborne trade continues to be a primary driver of our economy. The Puget Sound, often termed "The Water Link", provides a critical portal between Pacific Rim nations and America's heartland. Using principles of critical reasoning combined with classical economics, this program will explore the cultural and economic history of our region in the context of its primary role as a transportation hub for international shipping. Students should be prepared to engage a healthy list of seminar books which will drive our discussions and provide essential focus for our essays. Daylong field trips will feature opportunities for discussion with CEOs and managers in relevant organizations and firms	agency administration, business, critical reasoning, economics, maritime and seaport industries, U.S. and N.W. history, economic development, and ocean and intermodal transportation.	John Filmer		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
Reading Between the Lines: Women of Color in the 20th Century Frances V. Rains American studies gender and women's studies history	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring		The 20th century has not been the exclusive domain of Euro-American men and women in the U.S. Yet it often requires reading between the lines to realize that women of color have also existed at the same time. Repeatedly, women of color [e.g., African American, Native American, Asian American, Latina/Chicana] have been stereotyped and have endured multiple oppressions, leaving them seemingly voiceless and invisible. Such circumstances have hidden from view how these same women were active agents in the context of their times, who worked to protect their cultures, languages and families. These women of color often resisted the passive victimization associated with them. Gaining an introduction to such women of color can broaden and enrich our understanding of what it has meant to be a woman and a citizen in 20th century North America. Drawing upon autobiographies, poetry, short stories, essays and films, we will explore the ways in which women of color defied the stereotypes and contributed to the economic, social, political and cultural life of the contemporary United States. We will critique how feminist theory has both served and ignored these women. We will analyze how 20th century U.S. women of color survived, struggled, challenged barriers, and forged their own paths to make life a little easier and better for the next generation of women and men. Students will develop skills as writers and researchers by studying scholarly and imaginative works and conducting research. Through extensive reading and writing, dialogue, films and guest speakers, we will investigate important aspects of the life and times of women of color in the 20th century.	women's studies, 20th century U.S. history, literature and cultural studies.	Frances V. Rains	Mon Wed Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Reality Check: Indian Images and [Mis]Representations Frances V. Rains Native American studies cultural studies history media studies political science	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day		WWinter			This program will address historic and contemporary images and misrepresentations of Indians in a variety of media. Indian images from films, photographs, language, mascots, popular culture and commercial interests will be deconstructed and analyzed for meaning, significance, power, representation and issues of authenticity. Colonialism, U.S./Indian history, geo-politics, and economics will be decolonized through the lenses of Native resistance, Native sovereignty and Native political and economic issues. Essential to this exploration will be an investigation of the dynamics of “self” and “other.” Learning will take place through readings, seminars, lectures, films and workshops. Students will improve their research skills through document review, observations, and critical analysis. Students will also have opportunities to improve their writing skills through weekly written assignments. Oral speaking skills will be improved through small group and whole class seminar discussions, and through individual final project presentations. Options for the final project will be discussed in the syllabus and in class.	art, cultural studies, education, geography, history, media studies, Native studies and political science.	Frances V. Rains		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
The Remembrance of Things Past Eric Stein, Stacey Davis and Leonard Schwartz anthropology history literature political science	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Situated somewhere between fact and dream, memory shapes our individual lives in countless ways. When we recall the past, what, exactly, are we remembering? To what extent are our individual memories shaped by collective stories about the past, and how do collective memories, whether real or fabricated, help create and sustain a people's self-image, values and goals? For whom does historical memory of the past matter, and under what political circumstances? What does it mean to forget history? Can groups use the lack of memory, or shared forgetting, to further their sense of identity? This program will explore the links between memory and both individual and group identity. We will investigate historical memory as a product of individual psychological experience, as a politically invested realm of public knowledge, and as a focus of disciplinary-based scholarly inquiry. Students will learn to critically engage historical texts (primary and secondary), public memorial rituals and spaces, oral histories, ethnographies, films and literature with new tools drawn from the study of memory, myth and national identity. They will also deepen their sensitivity to "collective memory" and "collective forgetting" and how each strengthens and structures power dynamics on a social level, considering how the "politics of collective memory" holds consequences for both dominant and minority groups in a culture or nation-state. Turning to museums as a key site of memory making, we will explore how the popular representation of objects contributes to our interpretation of and nostalgia for the past. Finally, we will study the creation and meaning of contemporary memorials and monuments, like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Fall quarter we will look at specific moments and memories of the 20 century, exploring the shaping and reshaping of national memory in post-WW II Germany and France; the silencing of memories of state violence in late twentieth century Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam; French and Algerian recollections of the colonization of North Africa and the Algerian war of independence in the 1950s; and myths of memory in the contemporary United States. Also in the fall, there will be attention to relevent literary texts, to the ways in which poets shape memory through their art, and to the interdisciplinary exchange between history and poetics. Winter quarter we will consider the theoretical and methodological tools drawn from the study of memory, myth and national identity to prepare students for their own independent research inquiries. From mid-winter to mid-spring quarters, students will embark on original historical fieldwork, conducting archival research, oral history or museum studies locally, nationally or abroad. During the second half of spring quarter, students will revise and present a substantial research paper on their findings. In addition, each student will design and construct a three-dimensional model of a memorial that shows something significant about memory from their research studies. We will develop our understanding of memory through lectures, workshops, films, and a series of guest speakers. Students should expect to engage in weekly critical book seminars, regular writing assignments, independent and collaborative work, and regular program discussion. During the course of the program, students will also take field trips to museums, memorial sites, monuments and archives, touching memory through a wide range of experiences.	social sciences and humanities, including history, anthropology, urban planning, politics, writing and museum studies.	Eric Stein Stacey Davis Leonard Schwartz		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Reservation-Based Community-Determined: Contemporary Indian Communities in Global Society Michelle Aguilar-Wells, Francine Swift, Dorothy Flaherty, Mark Ferguson, Cynthia Marchand-Cecil and Renee Swan-Waite Native American studies community studies cultural studies government history law and government policy leadership studies political science sustainability studies	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	12	12	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		The Reservation-Based Community-Determined (RBCD) program is an upper-division program designed specifically for students residing on or connected to reservations. Students meet two evenings a week at a tribal site to build and sustain a learning community at the reservation. In addition, students from all sites meet four Saturdays per quarter for classes at the Longhouse. Tribes help to design the curriculum by addressing the question, "What does an educated tribal member need to know in order to contribute to their community?" The RBCD interdisciplinary approach allows students to participate in seminar, participatory research, and study their individual areas of interest while meeting the challenges and topics identified by the tribes. The 2010-11 academic year theme is Contemporary Indians in a Global Society. In fall, students will engage in work that allows them to understand the historical, cultural, legal and intergovernmental relationship between the tribes as Sovereign Governments and the United States. In winter, they will examine leadership qualities through history, literature and within tribal settings, as they begin to look for applications to the global society. In spring, they will study economic, cultural and environmental sustainability and management within a global context. Students will also have opportunities for independent work and study as well as 1-2 credit strands on a broad range of topics including, art, theater, literature, writing and management. Muckleshoot - Fall: 10255 (12), 10258 (v); Winter: 20178 (12); 20179 (v); Spring: 30186 (12), 30187 (v) Nisqually - Fall: 10253 (12), 10254 (v); Winter: 20176 (12); 20177 (v); Spring: 30184 (12), 30185 (v) Port Gamble - Fall: 10259 (12), 10260 (v); Winter: 20180 (12), 20181 (v); Spring: 30188 (12), 30189 (v) Quinault- Fall: 10251 (12), 10252 (v); Winter: 20174 (12); 20175 (v); Spring: 30182 (12), 30183 (v) Tulalip- Fall: 10249 (12), 10250(v); Winter: 20172 (12); 20173 (v); Spring: 30180 (12), 30181 (v)	government, indigenous political science and history, intergovernmental relations, leadership, literature, tribal and public services, Native American studies, and political science.	Michelle Aguilar-Wells Francine Swift Dorothy Flaherty Mark Ferguson Cynthia Marchand-Cecil Renee Swan-Waite		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Rethinking the Suburbs Jennifer Gerend, David Muehleisen and Matthew Smith American studies community studies environmental studies government history political science sustainability studies Signature Required: Winter Spring	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		This program takes as a starting point that suburbs as they have evolved in the United States need rethinking. We invite students who want to work, read challenging books, learn skills in writing and social analysis, and consider complex social issues ranging from land use policy and the preservation of farmland to the design of new city centers and engaging public space to join with us in research and service to communities locally or across the country. This program provides opportunities for advanced students to undertake engaging internship work in urban/surburban studies and agricultural policy in the context of a program and supported by strong academic texts. Suburbia evokes images of ticky-tacky boxes spread across the hills of Daly City, grotesque faux-French chateaus on five acre plots, sprawling malls, a world without sidewalks dominated by mothers in Chevy Suburbans spewing gas to drive five miles to the nearest grocery, a world with perfect lawns but no parks, places about which Gertrude Stein would say there is "no there, there." Yet today America has more suburbanites than city or rural inhabitants. Today's suburbs are also diverse, as more suburbs are now dominated by non-family and childless households than ever before. More suburbs are multi-racial or non-white than ever before. Clearly the suburbs have evolved beyond the role of a destination for families fleeing the city or a refuge for the Anglo-American middle class. Today's suburbs still attract residents for many of the reasons they initially developed, yet they are at a critical juncture. Many of them have in recent years become new cities or have been incorporated into neighboring cities. In recent decades, new population, employment and cultural centers have emerged. Assumptions about transportation, public and private space, and the gender relations of work and home are drawn into question. Many suburban places face new challenges, as they strive to create public gathering spaces, "town centers", a socially inclusive culture, pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, viable mass transit options and other traditional "urban" amenities. What does it mean to live in a new city, and how do these fledgling communities observe their own limited histories? How has the development of suburbs threatened agriculture and the security of their food supply, forests and fisheries? Students will be engaged by texts that examine the history, land use, sociology and public policy, as well as the literature of the suburbs. We will prepare for our field experiences during the fall and the first half of winter quarter. We will examine the history of choices that shaped the built environment in the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. over the past century, thereby radically influencing today's options for sustainable living and community development. We will develop skills in writing, research, economic and social analysis that will allow us to participate in the work of planning, public policy, and sustainable food systems. We will visit sites in Portland, OR, Thurston County, and the Seattle-Tacoma area. Guest lectures, films and presentations will supplement our readings. In the first half of winter we will focus on developing internships and projects for individuals and groups. Projects can be local, regional or potentially international in their location and scope. Students will work on developing effective ways of documenting their experience and observing their surroundings. Students may work on their research in internships, volunteer settings, and through library resources. Students will work on their research until the middle of spring quarter, when they will return to campus to share experiences and develop polished final presentations and documented research materials. This program provides an opportunity for students to undertake their own exciting, potentially sophisticated work in a well-supported program-based structure.	American history, architecture, land use planning, urban planning, government, politics, law, community development and environmental policy.	Jennifer Gerend David Muehleisen Matthew Smith		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Russia and Eurasia: Empires and Enduring Legacies Patricia Krafcik, Elena Smith and Robert Smurr cultural studies history language studies literature	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Join us to explore the diverse peoples, cultures and histories of the region that was once the Russian and Soviet empires. While we focus on the Russians, we will take a multicultural approach in our examination of other indigenous peoples who from ancient times have populated the vast expanses of Eurasian and Siberian steppe and forests. In fall quarter we investigate Slavic, Scandinavian, Persian, Mongol and Turkic contributions to early Russian society and examine both the pre-Christian pagan animistic cultures and the rich Byzantine cultural legacy of Orthodox Christianity. Our journey takes us from the Kievan Rus', through the development of the Muscovite state, imperial expansion and westernization during the reigns of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, and on to the early 19th century with Russia's emergence as a major world power. Medieval epics and chronicles, diverse films, and readings enhance our study of this early history. Special geography workshops in both fall and winter terms help students identify the location of cities and landmarks throughout the Russian and Soviet empires, as well as understand the relationship between the various peoples of the empire and their environment. Winter term concentrates on the literature from Russia's 19th-century Golden Age and its 20th-century Silver Age up to 1917, read against the backdrop of the history. Works by Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, and others enable us to explore Russia's provocative social, religious and revolutionary ideologies. We examine the rise of the radical intelligentsia who rebelled against autocratic tsarist policies and the institution of serfdom, and whose activities led to the revolutions of the early 20th century. Spring quarter continues where winter term left off, covering history and literature from the revolutionary year 1917 through the post-Soviet period. We investigate the legacy of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, including the horrific Stalin era with its purges, Gulag prison camps, brutal industrialization policies and devastating environmental practices, emphasizing how writers, artists and filmmakers interpreted, reflected and survived the Soviet regime. This will include an examination of the sacrifices that the Soviet people experienced at the hands of their own communist dictatorship, as well as under Nazi occupation during WWII. This term ends with a review of events resulting in the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and the emergence of fifteen independent states. Students write short papers in fall and winter and have the opportunity to explore in depth a topic of their choice for a final research paper and presentation in spring quarter. Students are urged, but not required, to take the Beginning Russian Language segment within the full-time program. They may opt to include an extra workshop within the program, rather than language, which focuses on such topics as Russian environmental issues, the Cold War, folklore, nationalities questions, etc. Students intending to include either the language segment or the workshop should register for 16 credits. For the basic program without language or the workshop, students should register for 12 credits.	cinema, writing, geography, and Russian history, literature, culture and language.	Patricia Krafcik Elena Smith Robert Smurr		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Siberia Exposed Elena Smith cultural studies history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Evening				SuSummer	This fascinating class will give you a new vision of Siberia, the most stereotyped and mysterious region on the planet. You will explore the geography, history, ethnography, demographics, and wealth of Siberia which will help you understand and appreciate the culture of the peoples who live there. Under the guidance of a passionate native Siberian professor, you will have an opportunity to experience native Siberian music, dance, and the true Siberian spirit of a die-hard rebel. Join us to learn more about the land that almost became the United States of Siberia.		Elena Smith	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
The Spanish-Speaking World: Cultural Crossings Alice Nelson and Diego de Acosta cultural studies history language studies literature study abroad Signature Required: Winter Spring	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Spain and Latin America share not only the Spanish language but also an intertwined history of complex cultural crossings. The cultures of both arose from dynamic and sometimes violent encounters, and continue to be shaped by uneven power relationships as well as vibrant forms of resistance. In Spain, Jews, Christians and Muslims once lived side-by-side during a period of relative religious tolerance and cultural flourishing, known as the medieval . Military campaigns and the notorious tribunals of the Spanish Inquisition eventually suppressed Jewish and Muslim communities, but legacies of these communities have persisted in Spanish society. The first Spanish encounters with Latin America involved violent clashes between the Spaniards and indigenous peoples, as well as Africans brought to the Americas as slaves. The long aftermath of these initial clashes—wars of conquest, religious missions, colonization, and slavery, all confronted continuously through resistance—gave rise to new, hybrid Latin American communities. In the 20th century, Spain and several countries of Latin America experienced oppressive dictatorships as well as the resulting emergence of social movements that enabled democratization. The question of regional identity and difference has also defined several countries’ experiences, from Catalonia and the Basque region in Spain, to various indigenous ethnicities from Mexico to the Southern Cone. More recently, the context of economic globalization has given rise to unprecedented levels of international migration, with flows from Latin America to Spain and the U.S., as well as from North Africa and eastern Europe to Spain. All of these cultural crossings have involved challenges and conflict as well as rich and vibrant exchanges. Students will engage in an intensive study of the Spanish language and explore the literature remembered, imagined and recorded by Spaniards and Latin Americans in historical context. We will critically analyze selected texts from medieval times to the present. Every week will include seminars on readings in English translation, Spanish language classes, a lecture delivered in Spanish and a film in Spanish. During the fall and winter, we will explore various themes that define and describe key moments in the intertwined histories of Spain and Latin America. These may include national and regional identity, dictatorship and resistance, linguistic crossings and democratization processes. Spring quarter will offer opportunities to study abroad in Quito, Ecuador, or Santo Tomás, Nicaragua, as well as internships with local Latino organizations for those who stay on campus. All classes during the spring will be conducted in Spanish.	Latin American and international studies, literary and cultural studies, language, politics, history, education, film studies, writing, and human and social services.	Alice Nelson Diego de Acosta		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Student Originated Studies: Center for Community-Based Learning and Action Therese Saliba African American studies Native American studies anthropology communications community studies cultural studies economics education environmental studies gender and women's studies history international studies law and government policy law and public policy leadership studies media studies outdoor leadership and education queer studies sociology sustainability studies Signature Required: Spring	SOS	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring			community or youth organizing; community development; economic, racial, and gender justice; education; immigrant rights; international solidarity and International Studies; popular education; public policy; sociology; and queer studies.	Therese Saliba		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Student Originated Studies: Community Based Learning, Practice and Theory Peter Bohmer African American studies American studies anthropology community studies cultural studies economics education gender and women's studies government health history international studies law and government policy law and public policy leadership studies media studies political science sociology Signature Required: Fall	SOS	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall				This is an opportunity for serious, responsible and self-motivated students to create their own courses of study and research which should include working with the broader community. Prior to the beginning of the quarter, interested students or student groups need to consult with the faculty about their proposed projects. The faculty sponsor will support student research, learning and practice in a cluster of areas linking economic justice and global justice with local, national and global social movements. There will be especially strong support for students developing projects that are connected to local communities, groups and organizations. Although students will register for this program, you will be primarily doing independent study and/or an internship. I will host this Student Originated Studies (SOS) through Evergreen's Center for Community Base Learning and Action (CCBLA). The CCBLA will serve as the center and support for this study-for learning about, engaging with and contributing to community life in the region. Students, through individual or group projects, will be able to link with social movements, non-profits, community groups, and economic and social justice organizations that focus on the issues listed above. I have substantial knowledge of and experience with local organizations, and experience working with students across the curriculum who are interested in learning through community based research, learning and activism. So does the CCBLA! We will meet weekly, either as the entire group or as subgroups interning at similar organizations or studying similar issues. At these meetings, there will be relevant presentations and workshops as well as time for problem-solving and sharing learning and experiences. During week 10, each student will make a presentation to the entire group on what he or she havs learned.	anarchism, anti-poverty, anti-racism, anti-war, building social movements, community or youth organizing, community development, economic justice, education, healthcare, homelessness and affordable housing, immigrant rights, international solidarity, labor, Latin American studies and solidarity, law, Marxism, political economy, popular economics, popular education, public policy, sociology, and unemployment.	Peter Bohmer		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Student Originated Studies: Managing for a Healthy Work Environment - Tribal and Non-Profit Agencies Gary Peterson Native American studies business and management cultural studies education gender and women's studies history law and public policy leadership studies political science sociology writing Signature Required: Winter	SOS	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Evening and Weekend	FFall	WWinter			This fall and winter SOS welcomes students who plan to work for tribal government or non-profit agencies. Our work will focus on developing healthy relationships between Tribal Councils or boards of directors and administrators. We will examine mission statements, policies, and procedures and how their implementation affects relationships in the workplace and services to client populations. Students will learn about the dynamics of service delivery, reverberations of historical oppression in recipient communities, power relationships, community needs, and other effects on the work environment and services. Students will hear lectures from managers who utilize healthy management skills and tools and they will visit organizations that have a history or operating on the Relational World View, and other models, to maintain organizational balance. They will learn how gossip, rumors, cliques, etc., can undermine organizational health. Students will research and write about culture, organizational culture, identity, goal setting and other elements of organizational functioning. They will learn about the importance of financial and organizational reporting. They will research organizational services, early childhood development for example, that operate within Tribal and Non-Profit agencies. Meeting times will be scheduled to facilitate working students, evenings and weekends. Guest lectures will be presented by Yvonne Peterson. For students interested in continuing Spring quarter, Gary Peterson will offer Individual Learning Contracts or Internships.	early childhood education, tribal/non-profit management, education, human resources, native american studies, political science, communications, cultural competence, and information technology.	Gary Peterson		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Student Originated Studies: Projects in Japanese History, Literature, Religion, Arts, and Film Setsuko Tsutsumi cultural studies history literature	SOS	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day		WWinter			This SOS will give students opportunity to explore various aspects of Japanese civilization, by designing their own individual study. Students can focus on a particular historical period or incident, or choose themes which run throughout Japanese historical/ political development. Students can examine certain authors and their works in a certain period, or explore the tradition of Japanese aesthetics which run underneath literary works. Students can analyze their favorite films and directors, including animation, or study contemporary youth culture through their music and fashion. Students can also take comparative approaches, comparing and contrasting certain topics and themes between Japanese and other culture. Possible research subjects are abundant throughout two thousand years of Japanese civilization in the areas of history, literature, arts, theater, religion, folklore, and film. Students will develop their research through consultation with the faculty. Students can also engage themselves in creative works based on certain Japanese themes and images. Medium of the work is their choice. It could be ceramic work, or short film, or fabric work. The creative work should be supported by book research. Students who want to include field research trip to Japan in their study plan, should register for Individual Contract with the faculty as a sponsor, not for this SOS program, though they can join the class activities in this SOS program prior and after their trip. Interested students should bring their well-developed research or creative work plans to the first meeting of the quarter. The plans should include project goals, reading lists, weekly work plan, and intended final product. Although students work individually, they will meet together once a week to report and share work-in-progress, conduct peer reviews, and receive advice and guidance. Each student will keep a process portfolio and reading journal.	Japanese studies, multicultural studies, literature, history, and film.	Setsuko Tsutsumi		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Winter
Student Originated Studies: Travel-Based Education cancelled Ariel Goldberger business and management consciousness studies cultural studies field studies geography history language studies maritime studies outdoor leadership and education religious studies somatic studies theater visual arts writing Signature Required: Fall	SOS	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall				This SOS is for students seriously interested in study-related or research projects involving an individually designed journey or travel. There is a long and revered tradition of humans embarking on journeys for the purpose of learning to develop self-awareness, get to know the world outside of what is familiar, engage in a spiritual quest, or expand the student's sense of what is possible. Travel has been a powerful academic, experiential and research component in the life of many scholars, artists, writers, mystics, and scientists. For thousands of years, humans have developed intercultural awareness, valuable communication skills, resourcefulness, spiritual awareness, cultural understanding, and a sense of the relativity of their personal views by engaging in it. Travel can be deeply transformative. This program is an educational offering designed for self-directed students who desire to benefit from engaging in educational travel as part of their learning at Evergreen. Students interested in registering must have a project in mind that requires travel as a central component of their learning. Individual projects should involve or prepare for some form travel for the purpose of learning, research, interdisciplinary studies, writing, volunteering, learning languages, studying historical events at their source, studying spiritual quests, understanding or studying other cultures, learning about a culturally relevant artifact or artistic expression at its source, developing a career in the leisure or tourism industry, or any combination thereof. Serious, self-directed, and responsible students are encouraged to register. Students will spend the first one or two weeks finishing intensive preparatory research on their specific destinations, to acquaint themselves the historical and cultural context of their place of destination, understand cultural norms, and study any relevant legal issues. Participants will prepare plans to be ready for emergencies or eventualities as well, as each student might have a different project and the faculty will remain as a resource for all participants. Students will be responsible for making all necessary arrangements for their travel, room and board, as well as budgeting for individual expenses related to their projects. Once the initial one or two weeks of preparation are completed, participants in the program will embark on their travel-related practicum or project, and report regularly to the faculty using a procedure negotiated in advance. Participants will be required to document their experience effectively in order to produce a final report. Participants will return to Olympia by week 10 to present the final report of their experience and project to the class at the Olympia campus, unless specifically arranged in advance with the faculty by week two. Please Note: This program is not a Study Abroad academic offering. Students interested in Study Abroad should work on an Independent Learning Contract with Ariel Goldberger separately, or pursue offerings listed in the corresponding section of the catalog. Those students who have demonstrated academic progress and who have projects that take more than a quarter are advised to negotiate an ILC with professor Goldberger to accomodate their learning needs.	humanities, cultural studies, arts, social sciences, and the leisure and tourism industry.	Ariel Goldberger		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
"Tea Party" Histories and Politics: 1773-2011 Michael Vavrus American studies history political science	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day				SuSummer	From the vantage point of the 1773 Boston Tea Party to 21st century “tea parties,” this survey course examines U.S. history and politics and the relation of the past to the present. This course is also about : a history of government with attention to the meaning of citizenship. Students analyze the question of who is the “we” in “We the People of the United States” along with historical and contemporary interpretations of the Constitution. This question is raised in relation to the American Revolution, the Civil War, the 1976 Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence, and political events of 2008-2011. During the final 4 weeks of the course, students will work independently or in small groups on a particular era or aspect of U.S. history, government, and/or civics in lieu of regular class meetings. In collaboration with their faculty, students will determine their respective area of focus.	history, law, teaching	Michael Vavrus	Fri	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer
Teaching Through Performance: American Radical History Arun Chandra aesthetics history music theater Signature Required: Fall	Program	SO - SRSophomore - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter			There are many important events in American History that never make it into our history textbooks or are only mentioned in passing, thus remaining hidden from students in many high-school history classes. In this program, we will study these hidden histories, create performances of theater and music about them, and, if possible, perform them for local high-school history classes as an alternative method of teaching about historical events. Each quarter will be divided into three parts. First, we will research hidden histories, such as Margaret Sanger and the legalization of birth control; Jane Addams and the Women's Peace movement; William Z. Foster and the American Communist Party; the trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and the Chicago Seven; the 1919 general strike in Seattle; FDR's "Economic Bill of Rights"; and American involvement in overthrowing the democratically elected Chilean government. Second, we will compose scripts and music for short performances about these histories. Finally, we will rehearse and perform these events. If possible, we will perform in high schools in the local area. Each quarter, students will be expected to write a short paper about their historical research, write the scripts and music and help present the performances. Alongside the historical work of American political and social history, we will be reading plays and viewing operas from the 19th and 20th centuries that address and depict social problems. Some of the writers and composers we will examine include Bertolt Brecht, Bernard Shaw, Frank Wedekind, Alban Berg, Giuseppi Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven, and W. A. Mozart. Each quarter will have its own cycle of research, composition and performance. New students can join the program in winter quarter on a space-available basis.	19th- and 20th-century American history, music composition, creative writing, teaching, and performance.	Arun Chandra		Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Times and Works of Soseki, Mishima, and Murakami: Literature, History, and Cinema Harumi Moruzzi field studies history literature moving image	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day			SSpring		Nobody lives in a vacuum. Every person is a product of that person's time and place, even when he/she rebels against such a background. Most people in society conform to the current ideology of society in order to succeed and perhaps merely to get by, even when their society is moving toward spiritual bankruptcy. It is often believed that the artists and the intellectuals are the society's seers and prophets who can shed light on social and cultural problems, thus inspiring new directions for regeneration. This premise often yields an advantageous framework through which we can examine the society and culture that produced such artists and intellectuals. The highly esteemed Japanese writers Soseki Natsume, Yukio Mishima, and Haruki Murakami are examples of such artists and intellectuals. They represent turbulent and paradigm-shifting periods in Japanese history: Meiji modernization, post-World War II devastation, and the advent of a rabid consumer society. In this program, we study the literary works of these three writers in the context of their times, with respective cultural and socio-economic structures, through lectures, workshops, films and seminars. At the beginning of the quarter, students will be introduced to the rudiments of film analysis in order to develop a more critical attitude toward the film-viewing experience. Students will also be introduced to major literary theories in order to familiarize themselves with varied approaches to the interpretation of literature. Then, students will examine the selected works of Soseki, Mishima and Murakami through seminars and critical writings. Weekly film viewing and film seminars will accompany the study of literature and history in order to facilitate a deeper exploration of the topics and issues presented in their literary works.	Japanese literature and history, cultural studies and film studies.	Harumi Moruzzi		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Spring
Tribal Administration and Management cancelled Gary Peterson Native American studies business and management community studies cultural studies economics education government history law and public policy leadership studies philosophy political science sociology writing Signature Required: Spring	Program	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		Tribal administration presents unique challenges for policy makers, administrators and employees. This course is designed to provide a framework for understanding the dynamic relationships that must be mastered in order to effectively provide needed services in tribal communities. Students will learn about upheaval in tribal communities and how that affects efforts to manage governmental affairs today.A Native American concept, the Relational World View Model, will be the foundation for understanding tribal management. Learning to maintain workplace balance for individual workers and policy makers, creating a healthy work environment, will be the goal of the program. The concept of a "good spirit" will be a guiding principle in framing that goal. Students will learn the language of culture and organizational culture.Targeted students will include tribal employees, community members, elected officials, planners, etc. Classes will be held in tribal communities evenings and in intensive weekend sessions every third week. Expert tribal, state, and federal administrators, private business operators, community members, employees, and others will engage students in seminars about services in their communities.	administration, management, supervision, planning board/staff relations, human services, social work, and cultural competence.	Gary Peterson		Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
With Liberty and Justice for Whom? Barbara Laners, Arlen Speights, Erin Ceragioli, Anthony Zaragoza, Dorothy Anderson, Mingxia Li, Artee Young, Paul McCreary, Tyrus Smith, Gilda Sheppard and Peter Bacho biology community studies ecology education environmental studies health history law and public policy leadership studies mathematics media studies political science sociology sustainability studies writing	Program	JR - SRJunior - Senior	16	16	Day	FFall	WWinter	SSpring		The faculty and students will embark upon a thorough study of the origins and current status of justice in American society. From an interdisciplinary perspective, we will consider various definitions and theories of justice, review the way justice is carried out in different settings and historical periods and examine the possibility of achieving truly just social institutions. Topics to be considered include: social and environmental justice, just political and economic systems, criminal justice, just healthcare and educational access, representations of justice in media, as well as concepts of equity, fairness and equality. By the end of the academic year we will be able to offer concrete recommendations as to the steps necessary to achieve justice for all in our society. The theme for quarter is . We will lay the foundation for the rest of the year, both substantively and in terms of the tools necessary to operate effectively in the learning community. We will explore the concept of justice as it is explicated in theory, history and practice. The concept will be analyzed from both the perspectives of the legal system and moral teachings. In seminars, we will read and analyze texts dealing with issues that have historically raised questions of whether justice was achieved. Students will examine their personal experiences with justice issues by constructing an autobiographical memoir. Our work will be supplemented with a series of courses designed to assure literacy with words, numbers and images. Students will have the opportunity to hone their skills in critical reasoning, research and the use of multimedia and computers. quarter's theme is . We will look at specific contemporary societal issues in justice viewed from a variety of institutional perspectives, most notably justice in education, health care, law, science, government and politics. Students will investigate specific justice issues of interest with the purpose of identifying a particular problem, defining its dimensions, determining its causes and establishing action plans for its remedy. In the , the theme will progress to This final quarter will be devoted to the design and implementation of projects aimed at addressing the issues of injustice identified in the winter quarter. Seminar groups will combine their efforts to undertake actual programs aimed at assisting the community in righting a current injustice or providing greater justice for the community. The projects may take the form of educational events, publications, multimedia presentations or art installations, to help the community find higher levels of justice. Courses will assist in the successful implementation and evaluation of the student group activities.	advocacy, art and art history, bioethics, biology, community development, counseling, critical thinking, composition, education, environmental science, history, law and public policy, literature, mathematics and statistics, multimedia and arts production, organizational leadership, political economy, public administration, public health, research methodology, quantitative reasoning, social sciences, social work, and sustainability.	Barbara Laners Arlen Speights Erin Ceragioli Anthony Zaragoza Dorothy Anderson Mingxia Li Artee Young Paul McCreary Tyrus Smith Gilda Sheppard Peter Bacho		Junior JR Senior SR	Fall
Women, Work and Family in U.S. History Kristina Ackley cultural studies gender and women's studies history	Course	FR - SRFreshmen - Senior	4	04	Day				SuSummer	This class will engage the histories of women of different races, classes, and sexual identities in order to try to understand the contradictory and uneven changes that have led us to where we are today. We will explore a variety of topics including colonialism, indigeneity, labor, sexuality, motherhood, and construction of gender roles. Throughout, we will be tracing the ways gender and race hierarchies intertwine with sexual regimes to form a society with shared, though contested, rules and understandings.		Kristina Ackley	Tue Thu	Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR	Summer

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