Gateways Seminar offers students the opportunity to be peer learners with incarcerated young men in a maximum security institution. Students will address issues of diversity and critical thinking, along with other issues that are chosen by the young men.

In addition students will be asked to participate in raising funds for college tuition for the youth.

Gender and Environment explores some of the conceptual associations made between women (and men) and the environment. The course examines ways particular segments of the population are uniquely affected by contemporary environmental conditions in the home, the work place, and the world at large. The class includes a critical examination of debates in ecofeminism and integrates important sustainable alternatives to many of the problems studied. Case studies are from the United States and many other cultures of the world.

Public sector managers are being asked to develop and implement projects supporting the goals and objectives of their agency, and report their progress using hard data. In this course students will be introduced to public administration, strategic planning and performance measurement as a foundation for project management.

In this course we explore the capabilities of GIS to analyze spatial information. The course will focus on understanding the fundamentals of GIS and the distinctive nature of spatial data through lecture and labs using ARCGIS 9. In addition students will access spatial data to conduct a specific spatial analysis. Results from this analysis, as well as a description of the analysis technique(s), will be presented to the class.

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of grantwriting and fundraising. Students will learn how to plan realistic projects, identify promising funding sources and write clear and compelling components of a grant, based on either guidelines for an actual funder or a generic one. Working individually or in small groups, students will develop a project idea, conduct prospect research and frame a draft grant. We will also explore current grantmaking trends and discuss numerous tips on the grantwriter's trade.

Adolescence is a time of great transition as youth become more independent - in speech, thought, expression and action. We will explore the many ways in which youth develop into adults and society's expectation toward youth responsibility and freedom. Students can expect to learn policies, procedures and laws in social services, education and criminal justice that hinder or help adolescent transitions. This 2-credit intensive weekend course is one of four offered as part of the Developing Minds, Nurturing Communities interdisciplinary program offered at Grays Harbor College fall quarter.

If you are curios about why we humans act the way we do, a good place to begin is by learning about the stages of development that people typically go through as they grow. We'll be reading about and discussing stages of development on the physical, psychological, social, ethical and spiritual levels, learning about the most widely held developmental theories, and comparing them to our own experiences. This 2-credit intensive course is one of four offered as part of the Developing Minds, Nurturing Communities interdisciplinary program offered at Grays Harbor College fall quarter.

All children begin life singing, dancing, playing, and making art. As we grow up this natural ability to be creative becomes suppressed and often lost. The students in this course will connect with memories of their own childhood, and learn about stages of child development. Students will practice expressive arts, including storytelling with puppets, and understand the importance of art, stories, and play in the development and education of children. This 2-credit intensive weekend course is one of four offered as part of the Developing Minds, Nurturing Communities interdisciplinary program offered at Grays Harbor College fall quarter.

This course will focus on integrating current information about infant and early child development. We will read and think through how patterns of care giving and attachment in early development shape basic structures of the infant mind, and the many ways these early experiences play out in later development. We will also reflect on the connections between healthy infant and child development and strong communities. This 2-credit intensive weekend course is one of four offered as part of the Developing Minds, Nurturing Communities interdisciplinary program offered at Grays Harbor fall quarter.