Splash into summer with these cool online courses! All are taught by our Jackson School faculty. Register soon! Want to apply for UW financial aid for summer courses? It’s recommended to apply by Wednesday, May 15, for priority processing.
Vanessa Freije
JSIS 202 A: Cultural Interactions in an Interdependent World
Synchronous Online – TTh 10:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
SLN: 11835
A-Term only
Introduces a critical approach to culture, violence and development. You will learn key concepts of cultural theory to understand how the world is socially constructed. Learning how to use interpretive methods, you will acquire new understandings of the varied approaches through which social scientists confront global challenges.
Instructor: Vanessa Freije
Questions? Email vfreije@uw.edu
Deborah Porter
JSIS A 207 A: Asia Civilizations: Traditions
Asynchronous Online
SLN: 11846
Full-term
Want to uncover the exciting relationship with ancient Asian culture and contemporary film? This course introduces you to the civilizations of Asia, particularly those of India, China, Japan, and Korea. Explores the religion, philosophy, literature, art, and social and political thought of these civilizations from ancient times to the seventeenth century.
Instructor: Deborah Porter
Questions? Email debzport@uw.edu
Rebakah Daro Minarchek
JSIS D 323 B / GEOG 323 B: Globalization and You
Asynchronous Online [Note: MyPlan is still being updated from in-person to online for this course]
SLN: 11854; 11559
Full-term
Provides a thought-provoking, evidence-based analysis of globalization that delves into how individuals are deeply impacted on both personal and economic levels within the ever-evolving landscape of global integration.
Instructor: Rebakah Daro Minarchek
Questions? Email daromin@uw.edu
Celia Lowe
JSIS B 351: The Global Environment
Asynchronous Online
SLN: 11851
Full-term
Explores the environment in international perspective emphasizing the social implications of living in an economically globalized and environmentally interconnected world. Examines these implications through examples of toxics and the human body, biodiversity conservation, climate change, disease, and environmental problems.
Instructor: Celia Lowe
Questions? Email lowe@uw.edu
Andrea Arai
JSIS A 405 A / ANTH 449 A: Social Transformations of Modern East Asia
Synchronous Online – MW 1:10-3:20 p.m.
SLN: 11848; 10114
Full-Term
A comparative study of social change in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam since 1945. Concentration on small-scale social units in rural and urban areas under both communist and capitalist political systems.
Instructor: Andrea Arai
Questions? Email araia2@uw.edu
Christian L. Novetzke
RELIG 120 A / CHID 120 A: Yoga Past and Present
Asynchronous Online
SLN: 13333; 107215
Full-term
Study yoga and its history, practice, literature, and politics. From the ancient past to modern yoga, you will examine essential texts and ideas, as well as the effects of class, religion, gender, nationalism, development, Marxism, colonialism and physical culture on yoga.
Instructor: Christian L. Novetzke
Questions? Email novetzke@uw.edu
