2009-10 Catalog

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Society, Politics, Behavior and Change

The Society, Politics, Behavior and Change planning unit weaves together the various social science disciplines that enable us to better understand society and the way in which society operates in local, regional, national and international arenas. Learn more...

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Art, Culture, and Spirit
Revised: 08/28/2009
Unrestricted Fall    
Business Foundations
Revised: 08/17/2009
Unrestricted Fall    
Business Management, Diversity and Leadership in Social Enterprises
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Unrestricted Fall Winter Spring
Class in the U.S.
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Unrestricted Fall Winter  
Composing A Life: From Research to Relevance
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter Spring
Current Economic and Social Issues: Explanations, Action and Solutions Lower Division     Spring
Democracy and Free Speech All level     Spring
NEW! Dream to Green: Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Revised: 05/05/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Lower Division Fall Winter  
Equality and the Constitution All level Fall    
NEW! Feminist Theory, Research, and Practice
Revised: 11/19/2009
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior   Winter Spring
Gateways: Popular Education and Political Economy
Revised: 06/09/2009
Faculty Signature Required
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter Spring
NEW! The Greening of Business: A Public and Private Process All level     Spring
NEW! Human Health, Evolution and Development
Revised: 05/12/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter  
India: Politics of Dance, Dance of Politics Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter  
Individuals, Society and Health
Revised: 10/21/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter  
NEW! Individual Study: East-West Psychology
Faculty Signature Required
Sophomore to Senior     Spring
NEW! Individual Study: Humanities and Social Science
Faculty Signature Required
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Unrestricted     Spring
NEW! Individual Study/Internships: Business, Non-Profits, Seaport & Maritime Studies, International Trade
Faculty Signature Required
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter Spring
NEW! Individual Study: Legislative Processes, Regulatory Agencies and Environment
Faculty Signature Required
Junior/Senior     Spring
CANCELLED Individual Study: Psychology
Faculty Signature Required
Sophomore to Senior     Spring
Individual Study: Topics in Political Economy, Globalization, Contemporary India and U.S. History
Faculty Signature Required
Sophomore to Senior     Spring
CANCELLED Integral Psychology All level     Spring
NEW! Language, Literature, and the Schools
Revised: 11/19/2009
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior   Winter Spring
Life of Things
Revised: 08/24/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Lower Division Fall Winter Spring
Looking Backward: America in the Twentieth Century
Revised: 05/05/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Accepts Spring Enrollment
All level Fall Winter Spring
Making Change Happen
Revised: 11/06/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter Spring
Making Your Place
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter Spring
Money's Value, Soul's Worth
Revised: 08/24/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Lower Division Fall Winter Spring
Multicultural Counseling: An Innovative Model
Revised: 05/05/2009
Faculty Signature Required
Senior Fall Winter Spring
NEW! Native American Knowledge and the Power of History All level   Winter  
NEW! Northwest Developments: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Revised: 05/15/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
All level Fall Winter  
Political Economy and Social Movements: Race, Class and Gender
Revised: 09/02/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter  
Public Thinking and Public Health
Revised: 11/19/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter  
NEW! Puget Sound: Gateway to the World
Faculty Signature Required
Unrestricted   Winter  
Religion and Society
Revised: 11/19/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior Fall Winter  
Religion and the Constitution All level   Winter  
Reproduction, Birth, and Power Sophomore to Senior Fall    
CANCELLED The Roots of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy All level     Spring
NEW! Shelter All level     Spring
Social Dilemmas: The Dynamics of Self-Interest and Cooperation in Social Behavior
Revised: 08/24/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
All level Fall Winter  
So You Want to be a Psychologist
Revised: 06/23/2009
All level     Spring
CANCELLED Struggling to be Heard: A History of Japanese Americans All level   Winter  
NEW! Student Originated Studies: Information Gone Wild- Continuities of Knowledge in the Digital Age
Faculty Signature Required
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Junior/Senior Fall Winter  
NEW! Student Originated Studies: Making a Difference/Doing Social Change
Faculty Signature Required
Accepts Spring Enrollment
Sophomore to Senior     Spring
Student Originated Studies: Topics in Social Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science
Revised: 05/07/2009
Faculty Signature Required
Sophomore to Senior     Spring
Sustainable Business Leadership
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Unrestricted Fall Winter  
CANCELLED Transcending Government All level Fall Winter  
Transforming the Art of War: From Clausewitz to Al-Qaida and Beyond
Revised: 05/12/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
All level Fall Winter  
NEW! Turning Eastward: Explorations in East-West Psychology
Revised: 11/11/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
Lower Division Fall Winter  
NEW! Understanding the Economic Crisis
Revised: 07/13/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
All level Fall Winter  
NEW! Washington State Legislative Internships
Faculty Signature Required
Junior/Senior   Winter  
NEW! What are children for?
Revised: 11/12/2009
Accepts Winter Enrollment
All level Fall Winter  
What's Love Got to Do With It? Lower Division Fall