DRAMA 202: Creative Leadership: A Course in Courage
Courage and leadership are core skills for success. In this course, you will examine sources of fear and the obstacles that keep you from becoming your fullest, most human, most successful self, whatever your chosen field. This is a class aimed at developing, demonstrating, and exercising both courage and leadership's other critical skills: connecting and communicating.
Professor Valerie Curtis-Newton
5 credits, VLPA
check time schedule for details
CMS 271: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors — Werner Herzog
Legendary filmmaker and cultural icon Werner Herzog has produced numerous films, from Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Nosferatu to the documentaries Grizzly Man and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. The class will discuss Herzog’s films and related activities — directing operas, appearing in Hollywood blockbusters — as well as the many parodies (and self-parodies) of him and his work, while questioning the very idea of the “great director,” the assumptions on which it is based, and its various effects in film culture.
Professor Eric Ames
5 credits, VLPA
TTh 10:30 am – 12:20 pm
HSTCMP 247: Global Health Histories
Global health is a major focus in health care today, but that hasn’t always been the case. This course traces the roots of the modern global health movement by examining the history of overseas interventions in medicine and public health from the 15th century to the present. Latin America is the central focus of the course, but case studies on Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific are also included.
Professor Adam Warren
5 credits, I&S, DIV
MW, 10:30 am - 12:20 pm
ASIAN 225: Karma and Free Will in Indian Philosophy
What is karma? Is our fate predestined, or do we have free will? This course explores the tensions between the ideas of karma, agency, free will, fate, and predestination in the major Indian philosophical systems. Students will explore the basic ideas of these philosophical traditions, the concerns and motivations of their creators, and their implications and limitations. (Note: official course catalog title is Indian Philosophical Literature.)
Prem Pahlajrai, Senior Lecturer
5 credits, VLPA, I&S
MW, 1:30-3:20 pm
AIS 313: Southern Lushootseed Language and Culture
Have you ever wanted to learn the language spoken by the Native peoples of Seattle and the southern Puget Sound? In this fun and interactive course, you will learn to speak, read, and write in Southern Lushootseed, the first language of this area. The course covers the history of the language, its sound system, and grammar. By the end of the quarter you will be able to read Southern Lushootseed, construct sentences, and speak basic phrases.
Tami Hohn, Lecturer
5 credits, 3-course sequence counts towards foreign language requirement
TTh, 2:30-4:20 pm
DXARTS 200: Digital Art and New Media: History, Theory, and Practice
This course investigates digital art and new media from a creative, theoretical, and historical perspective. Specific topics range from video art and sound art to interactive installations and the convergence of art and science, all of which provide emergent artists, designers, engineers, and theorists with the historical and scientific background to create, design, speculate, and articulate innovative digital artwork.
Professor Afroditi Psarra
5 credits, VLPA
MW, 3:00-3:50 pm, Friday quiz sections
GEOG 245: Geodemographics: Population, Diversity, and Place
How does where you live—even within the U.S.--affect your life? The class will cover topics including immigration policy, the concept of 'race' in the census, fertility and mortality differences, political redistricting, segregation, and internal migration of populations, to explore the geodemographic underpinnings of societal dynamics and the spatial diversity of United States populations.
Professor Suzanne Withers
5 credits, I&S, QSR, DIV
TTh, 12:30-1:50 pm; MW quiz sections
