The revival of traditional canoes and paddling journeys in the Northwest bridges tradition with contemporary cultural practice for Northwest Coast tribes and First Nations. This course is set on the Makah Reservation. Students will document canoes, canoe models, paddles and other canoe artifacts for the Makah Museum. They will also study Makah language, museum collections management techniques and "pulling" in a traditional Makah canoe. Students must commit to 12 days of residency (camping) in Neah Bay.

This course focuses on core issues in energy policy in order to illuminate how energy policy is made by federal, state and tribal governments in the United States and, globally, by nations and international institutions. Using several leading analytic frameworks, it examines the key actors and the interests they represent. The course will enable students to understand why the United States, like some countries and unlike others, pursues policies that promote the use of fossil fuels while only slowly adopting alternatives. Drawing upon the disciplines of political science, public administration and economics, students will learn essential energy policy concepts and planning techniques such as integrated resource planning. There will be numerous case studies of the policy processes for electricity, petroleum, natural gas and alternative energy resources and how they affect global attempts to deal with climate change.

From community and pirate stations to internet podcasting, "radio" offers a flourishing venue for grassroots, independent media. Making Radio will offer hands-on experience to anyone interested in producing informative audio: from those with no experience to those working on radio projects. We'll share information about equipment, interviewing, editing, and distribution, offer each other feedback, and of course listen to a bunch of radio. One goal is to create a collection of material to make publicly available.

In this course, you will learn ways to maximize learning time for students while minimizing the time you spend tracking, grading and organizing. Participants will examine the pressures schools exert on staff to operate efficiently and develop ways to create time and space for stimulating, relevant and complex learning. You will learn to reduce and manage paperwork; motivate and engage reluctant students and streamline classroom procedures to increase on-task time for academics.

This program introduces principles of marine biology focusing on the marine life and marine habitats of the Pacific Northwest coast. We will study the environment, taxonomy, adaptations and ecology of marine organisms as well as the major oceanographic features of the northwest coast. There will be various field trips including a camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula, and possibly an overnight sailboat trip. Depending on enrollment, the total cost of the trips will be $150-200 (plus food).

Marketing in the 21st Century is an exciting new approach to selling products, services, and ideas in our competitive marketplace. In addition to learning the traditional principles of marketing communications, students will learn modern, cost-efficient strategies such as e-commerce, grassroots marketing, referral marketing, and customer relationship management.

This program is for individuals interested in fulfilling the mathematics requirement for the elementary education teaching certification. We will cover the topics of number sense, measurement, geometric sense, topics from probability and statistics, and algebraic sense as well as problem solving. Students wishing eight quarter hours for certification will be required to complete a substantial individual project based on her/his interests and needs.

In this program we will investigate the mathematical aspects of life's origins and development. We will learn how complex structures can emerge from random interactions. We will study cellular automata and how they can be used to model self-replicating structures. An essential component of understanding life's order is to understand its evolution. To that end we will examine mathematical aspects of evolution, including the evolution of macromolecules and the genetic code, the game theoretic modeling of animal behavior and the dynamics of population genetics. This interdisciplinary program is intended for students with an interest in pursuing connections between biology and mathematics. No previous background in biology is required, but the program will be enriched by the presence of students with such a background. Facility with college-level pre-calculus is essential. Upper division science credit in mathematical biology and computer modeling will be awarded for upper division work.

If you like games, this program is for you! Games inspire some natural questions: Is it possible to always win at chess? What's the optimal way to play checkers? How can I quickly develop winning strategies for new games? Students in this program will learn tools for answering such questions and apply those tools to several two-player games. Individual projects and research in game design and game play will be emphasized. No mathematics background required.

We will design and construct models in plaster, clay and wax. Students will experience the major processes of green sand molding and casting in aluminum, plaster molding, wax fabrication, investing and lost wax casting in bronze, among other work. We will visit an art foundry and have one guest demonstrator. For 8 credits, students will complete an additional wax model, and do all of the sequential foundry processes in completing a second finished bronze casting via the lost wax process.

This intensive class will explore three of the most recent popular revolts in Mexico within the historical context of Mexico's indigenous civilization, its 20th century social revolution and the NAFTA-driven political and economic restructuring of the 1990s. We'll structure our discussion around seminars, videos, lectures and guest speakers. Students will choose one of the three modern revolts to examine more closely and report on to the class.

This course examines ideologies of mixed race identity and the field of critical mixed race studies. We will explore the concept of "mixed race," how it has gained (visual) presence, and how it is articulated and used for aesthetic, political, discursive and popular projects. We will pay attention to the formal strategies and devices used to instantiate multi-racial identities in film, literature and art.

This offering is designed to provide internships for qualified students at the undergraduate and graduate (MES only) levels of study. This work will be done in collaboration with the staff at Mt. Rainier National Park and will focus on topics of importance to the Park. A number of opportunities are available in the natural and social sciences; possible projects to date are lake and stream monitoring, aquatic ecosystems, recreational carrying capacity, vegetation, and wildlife. Several positions this summer may focus on restoration as a result of flooding. A final list of internship projects will be available by early spring quarter. The internship typically includes a stipend and lodging at the Park. Write an application that presents your academic and other relevant experience, goals and what you would like to study this summer; this application should also include two to three references. Send it to dobbsc@evergreen.edu. If your interests and qualifications fit the project needs at the Park and space is available, an internship will be offered.

This hands-on and critical approach to the study of digital filmmaking has been designed to give each student expertise with field production and post-production techniques. It will be fast paced and require production work outside of class. The completion of a series of short films that explore autobiography, continuity, visual humor and nonfiction experiments will be the basis for successful completion of this workshop. No previous media production experience is required. Students will receive instruction in digital cinematography, location sound, design, lighting basics and digital editing (Final Cut Pro ). This class normally fills quickly but often there are places available at the first class.

This course examines the intergovernmental relationship between U.S. Indian Tribal Governments and federal, state and local governments. Students will review the history and present status of relationships that have been built between tribes and non-tribal governments over the past thirty years with specific focus on policy areas that are of interest to tribal, state and federal officials. These include co-management of fisheries and other natural resources, tax compact agreements, gaming compacts and delivery of social services to tribal communities. Students will be directed to published and unpublished materials that document and analyze the development of intergovernmental agreements that resolve uncertain policy landscapes and serve as an alternative to litigation between tribes and states. We will discuss efforts to coordinate Indian Affairs policy in the executive branch of the federal government and the development of government-to-government consultation policy and practice between U.S. agencies and tribal governments. Class exercises are intended to provide the skills and knowledge needed to design, develop, negotiate and assess intergovernmental agreements and to analyze existing consultation and rulemaking requirements.

Students in this program will study poetry, short stories, and novels by a diverse group of American writers in a historical and cultural context. Students will write five papers, one each week, that analyze the literature we are studying. Writers will include Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, Tony Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, Ana Castillo, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Janice Mirikitani, Carlos Bulosan, Haunani Kay Trask, and Sherman Alexie among others.

This program provides instruction in the use of digital and analog recording studio equipment, microphone design and placement techniques, mixing console design, signal flow, monitoring techniques, room acoustics, and signal processing. There will be written assignments based upon readings in Huber's Modern Recording Techniques, and students will present research on topics related to audio production. Students will do at least 90 hours of recording and familiarization work in the recording studios. They will record local musicians and produce finished mixes of the sessions.

Creating music with the help of modern personal computers is becoming both easier and more sophisticated with the advent of new programs designed for musicians instead of computer programmers. This program will explore producing music using the Macintosh platform with sequencer software, samplers, synthesizers and basic audio systems. The only prerequisite is an interest in music and a willingness to explore new sounds. This program can continue (as a group contract) in the second session.