From diverse cultural perspectives on gardening to gardens that produce nourishing food, medicine and experiences, we will journey into the many ways in which gardens can be "healing." In this yearlong program, students will be involved in the Longhouse Ethnobotanical Garden at Evergreen, a community garden project, educational garden activities, learning botany and plant medicine, maintaining a garden journal and plant notebook, reading, writing, drawing, seminar, and developing computer skills.

What does it mean to examine the heroism of ordinary people through the lens of sociological inquiry - not an objectifying "sociology of people" but a sociology for people, where we investigate social organization and relations that are pervasive, ascribed, often invisible, yet wholly subject to change? In this reading and writing intensive course, we will focus on the heroic collective acts of the diverse many as a means to understand the dynamics of social change. This course stands on its own or can be taken as a companion to The Age of Irony which examines issues and events that shaped twentieth century American life. The course will use the book Hope In The Dark which is out of print but is available on www.campusi.com.

The purpose of this course is to provide an overall view of the emergence of Psychology as a field, its historical roots, its evolution within a broader sociocultural context, and philosophical currents running throughout this evolution. Attention will be paid to the interaction of theory development and the social milieu, the cultural biases within theory and the effect of personal history on theoretical claims.

What does recent research tell us about how people learn? How can teaching be informed by the science of learning? Is there evidence to support the current emphasis of constructivist educational philosophies? Where did these philosophies come from?

These questions and more will be addressed through readings, seminars, and workshops. The philosophy and psychology of Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky, and others will be investigated in light of recent summaries of educational research produced by the National Research Council and other research in cognitive science and the learning sciences. Math and science education will be specifically discussed, but students will develop curriculum projects in subject areas of their own choosing.

Current teachers and students interested in becoming teachers are invited to come discuss the theories and work to move theory into practice. Current learners and people interested in learning are invited to come practice (and develop theories.)

Web technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, and course delivery software will be used and evaluated from a pedagogical perspective.

See http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/hpl/ for more information.

In this program, we will explore human physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development over the lifespan. Our focus will be to 1) identify intrinsic and extrinsic factors that interact in development; 2) critically examine the individual as an integrated physiological, psychological, and social being; and 3) investigate the relationship between human development and the institutions that are designed to support it. We will encounter all the major theoretical approaches and evaluate them with respect to current research.

The process of creating music has changed as computer technology becomes the primary instrument for composing, recording, performing and producing music. This course explores the new tools available to the musician/composer/performer which exist as a result of the creation of the MIDI standard and the associated proliferation of instrument/computer devices. Students will attend workshops/lectures in the facilities, become proficient and complete design exercises to become familiar with applications, instrument interfaces and sonic palettes. Selected readings, manuals and articles will be assigned, and students will maintain research/lab journals.