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American Ethnic Studies
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AES 372 / WOMEN 322
TTh 2:30-4:20 |
Race, Class and Gender (5)
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L. Ross |
The intersection of race, class, and gender in the lives of women of color in the United States from historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics include racism, classism, sexism, activism, sexuality, and inter-racial dynamics between women of color groups.
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American Indian Studies
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AIS 203
TTh 4:30-6:20 |
Introduction to Philosophical and Aesthetic Universes (5)
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G. Witherspoon |
| The students will learn an Indigenous perspective on both the development of First Nations cultures in North America and on the Indigenous impact on the development of Second American culture in the United States. They will also learn the political and social philosophies of the Iroquois, the ecological philosophies and practices of the Lakota, and the aesthetic (arts and music) styles of the Navajos and others First Nations peoples, as well as the impact First Nations cultures have had on the evolution of 20th century Second American art. |
AIS 240
MW 1:30-3:20 |
Native North American Women (5)
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M. Wright |
| The power and importance of Native American women will be explored and analyzed in this class. We will focus on issues such as economic power, the life cycle, matriarchy, spirituality, menstruation, gender roles and third genders, women in leadership, artists and their products, sovereignty issues, protests and reforms, response to historical situations, and current issues such as use of the word 'squaw' and honoring victims of the Sand Creek Massacre. |
AIS 340
WF 12:30-2:20 |
Indian Children and Families (5)
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D. Million |
| The class focuses on their challenges but is also focused on the solutions that American Indian peoples have sought. Topics include: 20th-21st century American Indian family demographics, studies of traditional family structures, western nation-state interventions such as boarding school and social science and social welfare management. It also discusses in particular Indian Child Welfare practices in the United States and some comparison of programs and issues in Canada. |
AIS 444 / WOMEN 444
TTh 1:30-3:20 |
Criminality and "Deviance" in Native Communities (5)
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L. Ross |
| Seminar based on social science writings and biographies written by and about incarcerated natives and "deviance" in Native communities in the United States and Canada. |
AIS 446 / HSTAA 446
MTWTh 9:30-10:20 |
American Indian Economic History (5)
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A. Harmon |
| Surveys and analyzes the history of American Indians' economic challenges and strategies. Topics include the economic cultures of Indigenous North American societies, the impacts of European colonization and US government policies, and tribal strategies aimed at improving Indians' economic circumstances. |
AIS 451
WF 3:30-5:20 |
Critical American Indian Studies Issues (5)
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D. Million |
| Critical Conversations is a seminar/discussion class where students can explore and develop critical thinking on significant issues in the field of American Indian Studies. |
AIS 475
MTWTh 10:30-11:20 |
Special Topics Indian Studies: Indians and Museums (5)
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| Current research and readings in American Indian Studies content areas. |
AIS 501
TTh 11:30-1:20 |
Documentary Research Seminar (5)
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D. Hart |
Seminar exploring theoretical, methodological, and aesthetic issues when researching documentary film and video projects in Native American communities.
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Anthropology
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ANTH 310
TTh 11:30-1:20 |
Native North American Society (5)
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K. Capuder |
Traditional cultures of America north of Mexico, emphasizing diversity of North American Indian and Eskimo societies. Origins of Native-American culture areas and language groupings; subsistence systems; levels of social organization; European conquest and colonialism; and description of representative cultures from the ten culture areas.
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Communication
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COM 302 / CHID 370
TTh 11:30-1:20
F Quiz Sections |
The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (5)
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N. Debray |
| Utilizing approaches from the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary theory, seeks to analyze the cultural and social impact of information technology. Considers how information technologies impact our relationships with others, our concept(s) of self, and the structure of the communities to which we belong. |
COM 321 / POL S 330
TTh 2:30-4:20 |
Communication and International Relations (5)
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N. Debray |
Looks at communications in relations between international groups and states. Examines the range of functions and roles communication media play in international affairs, global issues, and intergroup relations. Also examines the strategic use of communications by various groups.
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Comparative History of Ideas
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CHID 370 / COM 302
TTh 11:30-1:20
F Quiz Sections |
The Cultural Impact of Information Technology (5)
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N. Debray |
| Utilizing approaches from the history of technology, cultural studies, and literary theory, seeks to analyze the cultural and social impact of information technology. Considers how information technologies impact our relationships with others, our concept(s) of self, and the structure of the communities to which we belong. |
Geography
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GEOG 277
MWF 1:30-2:20
Th Quiz Sections |
Geography of the Cities (5)
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K. England |
| This course will develop your understanding of the geographic nature of urban systems and the internal spatial patterns and activities within cities. Particular emphasis is placed on the US and Canadian experience, although some examples will be occasionally drawn from other regions of the world. |
GEOG 350
MWF 1:30-2:20 |
Marketing and Retail Geographies (5) |
J. Harrington |
| Introduction to the geography of retailing and consumer behavior. Focuses on methods of analyzing market areas at multiple scales. Reviews work in the cultural-geographic interpretation of retailing and marketing. Empirical examples focus on the United States and Great Britain, but additional international information is included. |
GEOG 380
TTh 3:30-6:20
Th Quiz Sections |
Geographic Patterns of Health (5)
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J. Mayer |
| The purpose of this class is to give students an introduction to geographic research into disease and health, and a solid background in the core concepts of medical geography. The course will be divided into two sections; the study of disease ecology; and the examination of the geography of health services and special topics in medical geography. The distribution of chronic diseases common in the United States and other western nations will also be examined. |
GEOG 440
MWF 11:30-12:50 |
Regional Analysis (5)
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W. Beyers |
| This course covers a number of frequently used method of regional analysis. Methods include descriptive techniques such as location quotients, coefficients of regional specialization, indices of industrial concentration, and shift-share analysis. Regional economic models are considered in-depth, including economic base, survey and nonsurvey regional input-output models, and regional econometric models. |
GEOG 480
MW 12:30-2:20 |
Environmental Geography and Health (5)
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J. Majer |
Demonstrates and investigates how human-environment relations are expressed in the context of health and disease. Local and global examples emphasize the ways medical geography is situated at the intersection of the social, physical, and biological sciences. Examines interactions between individual health, public health, and social, biological, and physical phenomena.
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History of the Americas
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HSTAA 221
TTh 10:30-12:20
F Quiz Sections |
Environmental History of the US (5)
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L. Nash |
| In this class, we will move beyond traditional historical frameworks that consider only human actions and human society to ask how people have transformed the natural environments of North America and how those environments have influenced American history. |
HSTAA 401
TWTh 1:30-2:50 |
The American Revolution (5)
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R. Johnson |
| This course will study the American Revolution, from its mid-eighteenth century origins to the ratification of the Federal Constitution of 1787, with some analysis of loyalism in the Revolution and its impact on Canada. |
HSTAA 432
TTh 12:30-1:50
F Quiz Sections |
History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest (5)
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J. Findlay |
This course looks at British Columbia as part of a broader survey of the Pacific Northwest, 1750-2000.
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Linguistics
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LING 451 / 551
TTh 10:30-12:20 |
Phonology I (5)
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S. Hargus |
| Speech sounds, mechanism of their production, and structuring of sounds in languages; generative view of phonology; autosegmental and metrical phonology. |
LING 580 E/F
W 3:30-5:50 |
Problems in Linguistics: Historical Phonology (5)
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S. Hargus |
Political Science
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POL S 330 / COM 321
TTh 2:30-4:20
F Quiz Sections |
Communication and International Relations (5)
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N. Debray |
| Looks at communications in relations between international groups and states. Examines the range of functions and roles communication media play in international affairs, global issues, and intergroup relations. Also examines the strategic use of communications by various groups. |
Women Studies
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WOMEN 322 / AES 322
TTh 2:30-4:20 |
Race, Class and Gender (5)
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L. Ross |
| The intersection of race, class, and gender in the lives of women of color in the United States from historical and contemporary perspectives. Topics include racism, classism, sexism, activism, sexuality, and inter-racial dynamics between women of color groups. |
WOMEN 323
MTWThF 9:30-10:20 |
History of Racial Formation in the United States: 1800-1990 (5)
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S. Yee |
| Traces the development of the concept of race in the United States from the nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Specific topics include paid and unpaid labor, media, reproduction, migration, social activism, and the processes of identity and community formation. |
WOMEN 490
TTh 11:30-1:20 |
Special Topics in Women Studies: Native Voices Seminar Documentary Research Methods in Native Communities (2-5)
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L. Ross |
College of Built Environments
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Urban Planning
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URBDP 370
MW 10:30-12:50 |
Reading the City (5)
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D. Ryan |
| Comprehending cities as reflection of individual reader and social/cultural context. Skills for analyzing everyday, visible evidence of the city. Topics include self-identity with place, city, image and perception, visual design analysis and place as representation of culture. |
URBDP 422
MW 8:30-10:20 |
Geospatial Analysis (5)
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M. Alberti |
| Principles of GIS applied to problems in urban design and planning, landscape architecture, and environmental and resource studies. Practical problem-solving approaches using contemporary desktop mapping packages and vector and raster GIS systems. Siting, environmental evaluation and inventories, and modeling. |
URBDP 507
TTh 1:30-5:20 |
General Urban Planning Laboratory (4)
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B. Born |
| Studio/field project in applied professional planning of a comprehensive nature, utilizing a local study area to examine the realities of problem solving in situations of functional and normative conflict. Integration of analysis, programming, implementation, and presentation phases of the planning process. |
URBDP 565
MW 9:00-10:20 |
American Urban History (3)
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M. Chalana |
| Intensive lecture/seminar designed to provide students the opportunity for the immersion in historical scholarship that addresses the social, economical, political, technological, and cultural forces that have shaped the development of American cities. |
URBDP 573
MW 1:30-3:20 |
Digital Design (4)
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M. Chalana |
| Uses digital technologies for mapping, drafting, modeling and communication. Includes real-world case study projects that focus on urban design and planning issues. |
URBDP 576
M 1:30-4:20 |
Pedestrian Travel (3)
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A. Vernez-Moudon |
| The course concentrates on walking as a mode of transportation in cities and city-regions. Cities today occupy vast areas that are easily traveled via motorized means of transportation. However, a substantial portion of travel in cities covers relatively short distances that can, and perhaps should, be walkable, or covered by non-motorized means of transport such as bicycling, scootering, roller-skating, or roller-blading. |
College of Forest Resources
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College of Forest Resources
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CFR 519
W 6:00-9:50 |
Conducting and Publishing an Industry Performance Review (3)
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D. Paun |
| Focuses on the concepts of accounting, finance, and financial statement analysis; techniques for analyzing firm performance; and conducting competitor analyses. Conduct in-depth comparative performance analyses of US and Canadian paper firms and publish the findings as a peer-reviewed manuscript in a journal. |
Environmental Science and Resource Management
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| ESRM 401 A/B |
Spring Comes to the Cascades (3)
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T. Hinckley |
| Examines the interaction between forests, environment and growth at three locations in the Cascades, from lowlands to alpine. Field trips and associate observations are linked to classroom or group project activities and are used to understand a number of ecological, physiological and meteorological concepts. |
Paper Science and Engineering
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PSE 450
F 12:30-1:20 |
PSE Seminar (1)
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G. Allen |
Discussion of current topics in the science and technology of pulp and paper production. Emphasis on employer expectations of students in the paper science industry.
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School of Law
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LAW E 594
TTh 3:30-5:20 |
Environmental Law Clinic (4)
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M. Robinson-Dorn |
Examines applicable environmental law and procedure, skills training, and professional responsibility concerns in both Canada and the US.
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College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
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Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
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FISH 439 / ENVIR 439 / PB AF 595 B/C
T 11:30-1:20
T/W Quiz Sections |
Attaining a Sustainable Society (3)
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J. Karr |
| This course includes a comparative analysis of US and Canadian political and other systems and approaches that deal with societal sustainability. One of the key course texts, A Short History of Progress, is by Canadian author Ronald Wright that was part of the Massey Lecture Series. |
FISH 458
MWF 9:30-10:20
T 2:30-4:20 |
Fisheries Stock Assessment (4)
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R. Hilborn |
| Emphasizes quantitative analysis of fisheries data to determine how the fishery would respond to alternative management actions. Major topics include production models, stock and recruitment, catch at age analysis, and formulation of harvest strategies. |
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
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Public Affairs
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PB AF 532
F 9:30-12:20 |
Managing Policy in a Global Context (3)
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L. Anderson |
| Examines different policy environments leaders must address to achieve policy in comparative and international settings. Includes strategies, tactics, and frameworks needed to initiate and sustain policy dealing with authoritarian, democratic, liberal, and one-party states. Focuses on pressures from the international system and issues such as globalization. |
PB AF 595 B/C / ENVIR 439 / FISH 439
T 11:30-1:20
T/W Quiz Sections |
Attaining a Sustainable Society (3)
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J. Karr |
| This course includes a comparative analysis of US and Canadian political and other systems and approaches that deal with societal sustainability. One of the key course texts, A Short History of Progress, is by Canadian author Ronald Wright that was part of the Massey Lecture Series. |
PB AF 605D
F 12:30-3:20 |
Degree Project: Institutions and Decision Making (1-6)
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L. Anderson |
| How does individual decision making differ in response to the incentives created by institutions and institutional change? Topics related to international, rural, or poverty issues are especially welcome. |
School of Social Work
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Social Welfare BASW
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SOC WF 315
Th 12:30-1:20 |
Community Service Learning (2)
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S. De Mello |
| Opportunity for students to apply social work theory to practice, to advocate for social justice, and to be involved in community service. A special focus at the global level is directed at understanding how the US and Canada respond to global human needs. |
SOC WF 405A
M 4:30-5:20 |
Fieldwork Seminar (1) |
S. De Mello |
| This is a seminar course where students will have a chance to, among other issues, compare and contrast social work practices and policies across the 49th parallel. (Once a year the course takes students to Canada.) |
| SOC WF 415 |
Begin Field Instruction, Practicum (4) |
S. De Mello |
| Students are placed in selected social service agencies and accept beginning social service assignments under the supervision of competent agency personnel. Some students engage in joint, Canada-US practicum activities. |
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Programs
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Program on the Environment
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ENVIR 439 / FISH 439 / PB AF 595 B/C
T 11:30-1:20
T/W Quiz Sections |
Attaining a Sustainable Society (3)
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J. Karr |
| This course includes a comparative analysis of US and Canadian political and other systems and approaches that deal with societal sustainability. One of the key course texts, A Short History of Progress, is by Canadian author Ronald Wright that was part of the Massey Lecture Series. |
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
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Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics Studies
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| GTTL 600 |
Independent Study (1-10)
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G. Shelton |
| Opportunity to pursue GTTL-related issues that may not be explored in established UW courses. Most students pursue cross-border research topics. |
| GTTL 601 |
GTTL Internship (1-9)
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G. Shelton |
| Opportunity to pursue GTTL-related issues that may not be explored in established UW courses. Most students pursue cross-border research topics. |
UW-Bothell
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Education
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B EDUC 408
Th 5:30-8:30 |
Knowing, Teaching, and Assessing in Multicultural Education and Social Studies (5)
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C. Banks |
| Explores major theoretical, political, and pedagogical issues in multicultural education, including issues in Canada. |
Nursing
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| B NURS 598H |
Scholarly Project (1-6)
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C. Leppa |
Scholarly inquiry with in-depth, focused analysis, culminating in a written product/report for dissemination.
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