Explore the basics of 3D modeling with real physical results in plastic. We'll take part in the assembly of a RepRap 3D printer, learn to generate digital models in Sketchup, and produce plastic objects from them. We'll also devote time to study the ecological implications of plastics in daily life along with the economic implications of desktop manufacture.

This course will explore the American Civil War as a struggle to create, as Lincoln said, "a new birth of freedom."  We will study the causes, consequences, course and legacy of secession, slavery, Emancipation, and Reconstruction.  Participants will evaluate the war as it is described, portrayed, interpreted, mythologized, and remembered in a variety of historical texts, personal accounts, and films.  The course will conclude by examining the promise and failure of Reconstruction, and its subsequent impact on race and the meaning of liberty in America.

Through drawing, writing, and discussion, this course will study comics as a tool for political and social activism (not superheroes). The class will learn and practice basic skills for script writing and drawing and will develop students' creativity through applied projects.

This course will introduce students to both written Arabic and basic conversational Arabic in order to provide the foundations for further study in the Arabic language. Students will learn Arabic script and basic grammar rules, expand their vocabulary, and practice conversational Arabic used in everyday encounters. They will also watch films, listen to music, and discuss cultural topics related to language use. This course prepares students for language-based area programs, and for first year Arabic language requirements.

The Art of Leadership is a highly interactive course, encouraging personal reflection and deep learning to help students explore their own leadership qualities.  This course provides a multi-disciplinary approach to learning by blending behavior theory with business principles to provide practical applications to learn critical topics in leadership.  This course is centered on personalized learning opportunities where students are encouraged to develop their full potential and become the leader they always desired to be.  This course also introduces a set of comprehensive exercises and engaging self-assessment tools to allow students learn more about themselves and their capacity to lead.  The course teaches concepts, principles, and skills of leadership in a way that is appropriate for both new and experienced leaders, as well as anyone who must influence others to achieve common goals and objectives.

This class surveys world art history since 1500 from the Renaissance to the 20th century.  We will focus on paintings, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts in Europe, North America, and Asia.  Credit possible in either art history or world cultures/civilizations. Students enrolled for 6 credits will complete a library research paper on an artist or art movement of their choice. This is a companion class to "Europe Since 1500."

To prepare for a reading endorsement or to understand more about literacy assessment and development, participants will engage in readings, discussions, written analyses, and workshops that address formal and informal literacy assessment. Topics include diagnostic reading tests, informal reading inventories, cueing systems, nonfiction text features and formats, qualitative and quantitative readability assessments, and content area reading assessment. This course meets teaching requirements for Washington reading endorsement.

This intensive course will explore a variety of cosmological concepts from mythology, literature, philosophy, and history, to an introduction to astronomy, archeo-astronomy, and theories about the origins of the universe. We will employ scientific methods of observation, investigation, hands-on activities, and strategies that foster inquiry based learning and engage the imagination. This class is focused on field work, and activities are designed for amateur astronomers and those interested in inquiry based science education as well as those interested in doing observation-based research or in exploring literary, philosophical, cultural, and historical Cosmological traditions.

Students will participate in a variety of activities from telling star-stories under the night sky to working in a computer lab to create educational planetarium programs.  Through readings, lectures, films, workshops, and discussions, participants will deepen their understanding of the principles of astronomy and refine their understanding of the role that cosmology plays in our lives through the stories we tell, the observations we make, and the questions we ask. Students will develop skills and appreciation for the ways we uncover our place in the universe through scientific theories and cultural stories, imagination and intellect, qualitative and quantitative processes, and "hands on" observation.

We will visit Pine Mountain Observatory, and participate in field studies at the 25th Anniversary of the Oregon Star Party.  This year’s celebratory events include a presentation by a Space Shuttle Astronaut and workshops with mentors, scientists, storytellers, and astronomers. We will develop a variety of techniques to enhance our observation skills including use of star-maps and navigation guides to identify objects in the night sky, how to operate 8” and 10” Dobsonian telescopes to find deep space objects, and how to use binoculars and other tools.  We will be camping and doing field work in the high desert for a week.

Supplemental 4-6 Credit Independent Learning Contract (first session):

A few students will have the opportunity to attend an invitational research conference at Pine Mountain Observatory, July. 15-20 (first session).  They must 1) be enrolled in the Astronomy and Cosmology class or have prior experience and 2) work with the instructor to complete an independent study contract prior to the first session of summer quarter.  Since a limited number of students will be able to participate this year, students will be selected based on their background, qualifications, and interests.  Research sessions are still to be determined but may include photometry, astrometry, spectroscopy, or Binary Star Research.  Students must have the ability and interest to camp and do fieldwork in the high dessert for a week.  A planning meeting will be held on campus July 11, 6-10 pm.  Contact the instructor ASAP if you are interested.

The college's Organic Farmhouse will serve as our on-campus retreat environment for two consecutive weekends where we will read and write about and discuss the "Beats."  We investigate who were the "Beatniks" of the 1950s and 1960s, how they culturally revolutionized America, and what their legacy is today.  Students will research, present, discuss, and write poetry on the writings of the Beats.  This program is open to all students with an open mind who may be beginning, intermediate, or seasoned poets.  Students can expect to gain an understanding of the historical significance of the Beats and grow substantially in their poetic writing voice.  Following the on-campus retreat, students will work individually to revise their work started during the retreat.  By the end of summer students should expect to leave this course with a collection of poems.  Open to all abilities of student writers.

There will be an orientation meeting Monday, July 23 from 5:30-6:30pm.  If you are unable to come to this meeting, you must contact the instructor to get information needed for the retreat.

The Biology of Music is a multidisciplinary course that explores how biological organisms create music. Students will develop foundational skills and knowledge in biology, physics, and music theory in addition to advancing their musicianship through in-class and private study. Previous experience in playing a musical instrument is beneficial but not required.

Utilizing workshops and laboratory explorations, the course will present basic concepts and principles of biology and physiology while studies in noncalculus-based physics will inform students of the physical principles that influence the biology. Studies in introductory music theory coupled with private study will foster a new level of musical awareness.

Western psychology’s neglect of the living mind, both in its everyday dynamics and its larger possibilities, has led to a tremendous upsurge of interest in the ancient wisdom of Buddhism which does not divorce the study of psychology from the concern with wisdom and human liberation.  We will investigate the study of mind that has developed within the Buddhist tradition through lectures, readings, videos, workshops, and field trips.  Students registering for 12 credits will attend a meditation retreat and complete a research paper on meditation.

The class will entail an overview of contracts, employer liability, intellectual property, antitrust, and benefits. The course will incorporate real-world business scenarios, and students will learn how to apply legal principles to those situations. Students will learn how to create a business and learn how to navigate prevalent legal issues. The class will include a guest speaker from the business community.

The first part of the curriculum will include approximating areas, the definite integral as a limit, anti-differentiation, the product/quotient/chain rules, integration by parts, trigonometric integrals, trigonometric substitutions, and a wide variety of applications of the integral. The program will end with various topics including Taylor polynomials, infinite series, power series, improper integrals, vectors, and multivariable calculus. Students will write exams, do homework, work collaboratively in class and present their results to their peers.

In Ceramics: Global Traditions, Contemporary Practice , students will study global ceramic traditions, look at artists whose work is in dialogue with tradition, and create a series of pieces drawing from traditional forms or ideas.  An intensive studio practice will incorporate traditional methods, hand-building, throwing, and surface decoration, and will also explore how these methods are affected by cultural ideas.  Students will discuss readings and complete a research paper focused on issues surrounding the use of traditional forms and ideas in contemporary art.

Your body is a chemical factory.  In this program we will explore several of these chemical systems including biochemical families, vitamin uptake and storage, blood chemistry, and immunochemistry.  No previous science courses are required, but do come ready to explore the amazing world of chemistry within the human body.  This program also serves as a great review for MCAT preparation.

To understand children’s literature, participants will engage in readings, discussions, written analyses, and workshops that address literary and informational texts for children from birth to age 12. Topics include an examination of picture and chapter books, multicultural literature, literature in a variety of genres, and non-fiction texts across a range of subjects.

In this hands-on writing-intensive journalism course, students will learn and practice doing community-based journalism. Specifically, we will learn and practice the fundamentals of journalism, particularly newsgathering, reporting, writing, and editing. Activities may include guest journalists, shadowing a local journalist or communications professional, and a reporting practicum on local government, events, organizations, or neighborhoods. We will also explore communication theory and the history and development of community-based journalism, particularly among communities whose voices have not traditionally been heard. 

Students registering for 6 credits will also do a journalism-focused internship of 40 hours during the quarter and spend at least one hour a week on internship-related assignments in conjunction with continuing journalism course work.

This program introduces principles of coral reef biology through in-depth field study of the coral reefs of Ofu, American Samoa. We will study the environment, taxonomy, adaptations, and ecology of reef organisms. The course will take place as a three-week stay on the island of Ofu, American Samoa, part of the U.S. American Samoa National Park.  Students must be comfortable in the water, with tropical heat, humidity, and biting insects, as much of each day will be spent snorkeling in the shallow pools of the park.  We will be staying at the Vaoto Lodge.

For more information and to apply to join the program, please contact the instructor: McKeonS(at)si.edu.

This class is for people new to ballet and movement and for adept dancers.  We will strengthen and explore the core body muscular system with a one hour floor barre followed by a standing barre and center work.  This class is excellent for those with injuries and low back issues as the exercises are very theraputic in nature.  Great for people who want greater flexibilty, core strength and balance.  Ballet slippers are required; dress prepared to move.

In this 8-credit summer program, we will explore ways in which various types of gardens can contribute to community and health. Each week, as we visit a medicinal, edible, community, or ethnobotanical garden or urban farm, we will interview gardeners, consider themes related to sustainability, identify plants, learn herbal and horticultural techniques, and develop nature drawing and journaling skills. We will have the opportunity to expand upon these topics through reading, lecture/discussions, and workshops as well as through independent community, garden, and herbal projects and research. This program is suitable for students interested in environmental education, community development, health studies, plant studies, sustainability, ethnobotany, and horticulture.

This program will take a critical look at controversial issues in the criminal justice system, including police misconduct and interrogation, mandatory minimum sentencing, decriminalization of medical marijuana and prostitution, needle exchange programs, the insanity defense, children tried as adults, privatization of prisons, and physician-assisted suicide.  It will be taught via the Internet through a virtual learning environment (Moodle), a chat room for live webinars, and e-mail. A one-time face-to-face orientation will take place 7:00 to 9:30 pm on Monday, June 25. Contact instructor for alternate arrangements for the orientation.

Anthropologists are interested in uncovering the complexity and meaning of our modern lives. They do so through ethnographic research, gathering data as both "participants" and "observers" of those they are studying. Doing ethnographic research is simultaneously analytical and deeply embodied. This program includes an examination of and application of ethnographic research methods and methodologies, a study of varied theoretical frameworks used by anthropologists today to interpret and find meaning in data, and an opportunity to conduct an ethnographic project of interest. Students will read and explore a range of ethnographic studies that demonstrate what an anthropologist, what Ruth Behar calls a "vulnerable observer," can uncover about the lives of people today.

In Crime Source Investigation: Redefiing Crime , we will examine together how crime is defined, who defines it, who is labeled a criminal, and who receives what punishment. We'll discuss meanings of "justice," social justice, and criminal justice. We will address questions about how justice is carried out and how it could be served. We will ask questions like: Why is there a disparity in investigation and incarceration between white-collar and blue-collar criminals? Is economic inequality a crime against democracy? Are environmental catastrophes crimes? Who are the criminals? We will research specific cases. And finally, we will explore the tools needed to indict such "criminals."

This course examines the material culture remains of past civilizations, including architecture, art, mortuary remains, and written sources. Our investigation will take us to every corner of the globe and to many different periods in history, from the Mediterranean to Easter Island, and from the Neolithic Middle East to Colonial America. Primarily, we explore how the remains that archaeologists find give clues to help unlock the secrets of ancient societies. In addition, we will learn about the history of archaeological investigation and discuss archaeological methods and fieldwork techniques. This program has no prerequisites and assumes no prior knowledge of archaeology. It will be of interest to any student wishing to learn more about the ancient world, history, and/or who is interested in archaeological fieldwork. As part of this course, we will visit a local archaeological lab and excavation.

This weekend-intensive program is designed for students who either are, or plan to be, in the position of managing their own work groups, heading up large companies, starting businesses that change society, managing the world's most important non-profits, or serving in government. The program will introduce basic language, concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies that are needed to develop management skills. The first half of the program focuses on motivating others, team-building, developing self-awareness, and communicating supportively. The second half of the program focuses on leadership, decision-making, understanding power and influence, and solving problems creatively. Students may attend either the first half, the second half, or both.

This class is an in-depth study of movement and its role in the reorganization of the human brain as well as a look at contemporary works in the field of energy psychology.  We will explore the emotional issues that can occur when such organization is not complete and various techniques to address them including The Work of Byron Katie and EFT.  Students will learn to recognize normal neurological organization by studying specific developmental milestones as well as recognize gaps and abnormalities in brain development and how they impact growth, learning, and psychological well-being.  This class will be deeply experiential as well as theoretical.  Please wear comfortable clothing as there is basic movement in some classes.

This course will focus on using the computer to create and manipulate waveforms.  Students will learn how to use the "C" programming  language to synthesize waveforms, while learning about their mathematics.  Students will create short compositions using FM, AM, granular, and other synthesis techniques.  We will listen to contemporary and historical experiments in sound synthesis and composition, and students will be asked to write a  short paper on synthesis techniques.  Students will learn how to program in "C" under a Linux or OS X system. The overall emphasis of the class will be in learning how to address the computer in a spirit of play and experiment and find out what composition can become.  There will be weekly readings in aesthetics, along with readings in synthesis techniques and programming.  Students of all levels of experience are welcome.

This is a fascinating course that attempts to inspire a better understanding of today's Russia and the people of Russia through a study of their history, art, and culture.  Everyone who has an interest in exploring Russia beyond the stereotypes of mainstream headlines or history textbooks is welcome.  The students will be introduced to certain dramatic events of Russian history through film, literature, and personal experiences of the Russian people. Besides the traditional academic activities, the students will have hands-on experience of Russian cuisine, song, and dance.  Armed with an open mind and lead by a passionate native Russian professor, you should find Russia irresistibly attractive and learn to appreciate the similarities of American and Russian cultures.

In this course, we'll study standard topics in discrete mathematics including logic and proof; sets, relations, and functions; combinatorics; basic probability; and graph theory.  Along the way, we'll focus on skills and techniques for problem-solving.  This is an excellent course for teachers and future teachers, people wanting to broaden their mathematical experience beyond algebra, and students considering advanced study in mathematics and/or computer science. 

The work you don’t get paid for can be the most rewarding. What does it mean to volunteer, and how do volunteers function in society? How do communities support and benefit from volunteers? Students in this class will study theories and history of volunteerism, work as volunteers, and synthesize theory and practice in a final paper that combines research and reflection.

Learning activities will include seminar, essay writing, journal writing, guest speakers, and workshops.  Each student will find a volunteer job of their choice, complete 12 to 20 hours of unpaid work, and keep detailed qualitative and quantitative records of their volunteer experience. 

This class will hold several joint class meetings with Power, Privilege and the Common Good, taught by Suzanne Simons.  Students enrolled in both classes will have an especially rich learning experience as well as completing about 60 hours of community-based internships or volunteer work.

Drawing images from one's own life in both writing and drawing are activities that will form the center of our work together.  Students will have the opportunity to develop skill at drawing from posed models and will use journal writing sessions to identify the unique events, situations, and experiences that have formed their life context.  Students will be expected to present a final project at the end of the session that will document their effort at Drawing a Life. Activities will include weekly figure drawing sessions, journal writing workshops, work-in-progress critiques, and individual conferences with faculty.

This intensive drawing program runs for two weeks.  Open to all levels, this immersive drawing class will address the importance of drawing as the basis of understanding one's experience in the world and as a language integral to all visual art. Primarily, we will study the figure as a structure in space and mark making as a process of investigation. There will be some reading and writing as well as critiques. The Drawing Marathon will push artists to a new level of working.

The course will focus on understanding the role and management of technology in the public sector. Information technology is increasingly "how organizations get things done" but using IT effectively has special challenges in the public sector. These challenges include how organizations, built for stability not speed, are adapting to the rapid pace of technological change, succeeding within a risk-averse political climate, and satisfying stakeholder's and the public's high-expectations for low-cost, convenience, transparency, and protection of privacy. Finally, we will consider the contribution a new generation of workers may bring to increasing public participation and transforming service delivery.

Mind and nature are inseparable. The natural world is not outside of us or separate from us, but it is us. Ecopsychology is an exciting emerging perspective that explores the connection between psychological and ecological health. Many of our psychological ills and our addictions are directly related to our lack of awareness and our perceived disconnection from our natural origins. The very destruction of our habitat is an expression of this lack of connection to the ground of our being. There are many emerging approaches to deal with this, such as the greening of playgrounds, nature-based therapy, architecture that aims to connect us with a healthy habitat, and the exploration of our assumptions.

We will explore the historical and cultural influences underlying and leading up to this perceived separation from nature, cultural differences in perspectives, assumptions in psychology, the connections between pathology and this perceived separateness from nature, and the role of connectedness with nature in child development.

Students will review the literature, engage in experiential activities and projects, and brainstorm solutions.

This course introduces students to the theory and the practice of critical pedagogy, an approach to teaching and learning that moves instruction beyond the transmission of content. Critical pedagogy promotes the practice of freedom, collaboration, justice, and community. In this course, students will investigate theoretical perspectives around alternative, critical, and radical education through the writings of Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Henry Giroux, and Joan Wink. We will connect theoretical explorations with practical teaching applications from grades K-12. The course will operate as a learning community with all members embracing the role of both the teacher and learner. This class will include workshops, in-class teaching practices, research, and small-group work as well as critiques and presentations of the readings.

As we approach another Presidential election, US energy policy is more unsettled and more politicized than at any time since the oil shocks of the 1970s. This course will examine how public policy in the energy sector is crafted in the U.S. and other countries. We will also explore the many dimensions of energy including sources; technologies; the operation of energy markets; and the economic, social, national security, and environmental implications of energy use.

Ask yourself how well you understand the most important environmental challenges of your generation – global climate change; unprecedented human population levels; pollutants in our air, freshwater, oceans, and soils; and the decline of species everywhere.  These are issues that are directly affecting your life and that all educated citizens should understand.  In this summer program you will learn about these challenges and others, with an emphasis on the search for solutions.  Previous students have found this program to be engaging and eye opening, partly because it makes use of a wide variety of teaching and learning styles.  In the 10-week summer term, we will be taking 9 field trips  –  on campus, in our community, and to a few sites as far away as Mount Rainier National Park.  You will also enjoy films, guest speakers, case study projects, and lectures and seminars on a wide array of critical environmental issues.  You will study one textbook, as well as reading two classics of the environmental literature that have inspired and informed citizens for generations, plus a notable contemporary book in the field, as well as a novel.  Through it all, we will be using the tools of natural and social science plus the humanities to discover solutions to the enormous environmental challenges of this generation.

This class surveys the social, cultural, political, intellectual, and religious history of Europe since 1500, including the Reformation, the Dutch Republic,18th-century Enlightenment and absolutism, the French Revolution, 19th-century imperialism and industrialization, the Russian Revolution, the two World Wars, and decolonization. Social, gender, and intellectual topics will be stressed. Credit possible in European history or world cultures/geography. Students enrolled for 6 credits will write several short essays; students taking 8 credits will complete a library research project. This is a companion class to "Art Since 1500."

The Experience Japan program is an intensive, in-country introduction to the language, culture, and society of contemporary Japan. During the three-week program, students will take Japanese language classes and will attend lectures on Japanese culture and society at the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at Tamagawa University in Tokyo. The coursework also includes field trips to sites selected for their historic, cultural, or contemporary importance. Participants live with Japanese families for the length of the program. Admission is open to all Evergreen students regardless of language ability.

Interested students must contact faculty via email (ulmert[at]evergreen.edu) and pay a deposit by April 20, 2012. Explanatory meetings will be held on Monday, April 9 (1:00-3:00) and Thursday, April 12 (3:00-5:00) at SEMII B3123.

While all creative animation has elements of innovation, experimental animation is sometimes purely exploratory. Students will work independently and in teams exploring different experimental animation techniques by completing a series of short exercises including cut-out, pixilation, and stop-motion. Other exercises will include storyboards, lighting design, sound design, and After Effects. Final projects will be produced in groups. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 24 hours a week (and probably more!) outside of class working on assignments. No prior art or media production experience is necessary, just a desire to learn the art of animation.

The primary goal of the Exploring Management course is to help build core management competencies for today's global and more complex workplace.  We will use hands-on approaches such as case studies, exercises, and application workshops to study issues related to planning, controlling, leading, and organizing the workplace.  The course has been designed to use conversational and interactive material to help students master fundamental management concepts.  The ultimate objective of this course is to promote critical thinking and the ability to make sound business decisions using key managerial concepts, theories, and best practices.

This course examines film through the lens of gender studies. Both topics will be covered at an introductory level, with additional support provided to students with previous experience. We will focus primarily on female-identified performers, producers, and directors working within the American mainstream and talk about how their work responds to existing conventions and constraints. There will be one screening with lecture every week; students will watch additional films at home and post weekly screening reports. More advanced students may pursue a research or screenwriting project in lieu of weekly reports.

This course will examine the ways that images and ideas are disseminated through American mass media. Particularly focusing on the late nineteenth and twentieth century, we will trace the ways the newly emergent national culture drew on dominant ideas about gender and race to shape social, political, and economic relationships. We will consider the ways people actively contest the commodification of the Other. Throughout, we will be tracing the ways gender and race hierarchies intertwine with sexual regimes to form a society with shared, though contested, rules and understandings.

Living systems will be studied on the molecular, cellular, and organismal level. Topics that will be covered include, but are not limited to, the scientific method, biomolecules, cell structure and function, Mendelian genetics, evolutionary biology, introduction to ecology, and plant and animal physiology. The lab component will reinforce concepts and ideas explored in lectures, readings, and workshops. This biology course is excellent preparation for students interested in taking more advanced life science courses or for future work in the areas of environmental science.

We will begin the study of general chemistry by exploring the structure of the atom and the nature of the chemical bond and then proceed towards an understanding of molecular geometry. This will lead us to discussions of the periodic table, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, and properties of gases. Time permitting other topics such as thermochemistry and kinetics may be explored.

In the laboratory we will work to develop the skills needed to be successful in a chemistry lab. In particular we will focus on measurements, preparing solutions, titrations, and spectroscopy.

This course is designed to offer the equivalent of the second half of a year-long course in general chemistry. The topics to be presented will include thermochemistry, properties and physical changes of matter, solution chemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, and aqueous equilibria. Additional topics in electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and coordination chemistry may be presented if time permits. Course activities will include lectures, small-group problem-solving workshops, and laboratories. Laboratory work will build upon the skills learned in General Chemistry I, and provide hands-on experience with additional methods relevant to the topics presented in lecture.

This class is an introduction to both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry suitable for teachers or others interested in gaining a deeper understanding of mathematics, mathematical proof, and the historical and conceptual evolution of geometrical ideas. The course will concentrate on problem solving and the development of mathematical skills, particularly proofs, with the goal of understanding the major conceptual developments in the history of geometry. Class activities will be primarily reading, problem solving, and discussion with lectures as needed.

This course draws from public health, epidemiology, bioethics, and human rights philosophy to consider health and disease in a global context. What are the social, economic, and epidemiological forces that have led to vast inequalities in health outcomes globally? As we investigate how Western ideas apply in non-Western countries, we will explore ethical dilemmas that researchers, healthcare providers, and policy makers encounter in resource-poor environments. Finally, we will examine the epidemiology, physiology, and pathology of specific conditions including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal morbidity and mortality, nutritional deficiencies, and parasitic diseases, paying particular attention to connections between infections and inequalities, malnutrition, and human rights.

The United Nations has declared the access to affordable, clean water to be a human right. Yet around the world billions of people cannot exercise this right. In addition people in the developing world often face challenges of drought, floods, and degradation of aquatic ecosystem services. This class explores the challenges of water in developing countries, emerging issues, and potential solutions. Issues to be explored include Integrated Water Resource Management, governance, privatization, gender equality, social justice, climate change, water security, and appropriate technology.

The United Nations has declared the access to affordable, clean water to be a human right. Yet around the world billions of people cannot exercise this right. In addition people in the developing world often face challenges of drought, floods, and degradation of aquatic ecosystem services. This class explores the challenges of water in developing countries, emerging issues, and potential solutions. Issues to be explored include Integrated Water Resource Management, governance, privatization, gender equality, social justice, climate change, water security, and appropriate technology.

Graduate students and undergraduate students registering for 4 credits will explore these topics in in the first session. Undergraduate students registering for 8 credits and graduate students (still as part of their 4 credits) will expand on the class work from first session by participating in a sustainability field study in El Salvador—a 7-day field trip to the Jiquilisco Bay region with an EcoViva ( eco-viva.org ) delegation. Participants will live in the communities and learn about local development programs including flood preparation and recovery, sustainable agriculture, water supply infrastructure, community organizing and youth development, and environmental management (mangrove ecosystems and sea turtle conservation).

Students wishing to enroll in the second session field study in El Salvador will need to pay a non-refundable deposit prior to June 1, 2012. If a minimum enrollment of seven students in the second session is not attained, the field study will be canceled.

For more information, see the course outline and field study schedule.

Standard written English has enough irregularities to make any careful writer or teacher nervous.  Given that it's impossible to memorize everything, what's a writer or teacher to do?  Which strategies for working on conventions of written English are most productive for you as a writer?  Which ones will engage any writers you find yourself working with?  This course is based on the premise that learning grammar happens best in the context of meaningful writing.  Expect to write, and think about writing, and develop both your grammatical vocabulary and your grammatical skills, all with the aim of becoming a more effective writer.  Class time will spent in workshops, and the on-line learning component will be used for trying out new strategies.  All writers welcome.

Use hands-on practice to learn to write successful grants! We will start with an introduction to grants and their place in the development of nonprofit organizations and learn the sound planning skills needed for strong proposals. Students will write a grant for a nonprofit organization, getting feedback on each section as it is developed. A list of organizations seeking grant writing assistance will be provided**. Using interactive learning and assigned tasks, we will focus on planning, research, evaluation techniques, budgeting and how to effectively communicate issues and needs in a clear and concise manner.

**NOTE: If you have a non-profit or government agency you wish to write for, you MUST contact me in advance of the first day of class, so that I can send a form to be filled out by the agency and review their readiness.

Over the past 30 years, the graphic novel has won numerous readers with its bold topics, innovative forms, and vivid artwork. We will explore the origins, development, and unique workings of these sequential narratives, from the socially conscious woodcut novels of the 1930s (e.g., Lynd Ward’s Gods’ Man ) to the global adventures of Hergé’s Tintin to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1980s game-changer, Watchmen . Other works will include Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics and recent graphic memoirs. Our overall goal is to develop an informed and critical perspective on this powerful medium.

Students registered for 8 credits will research a particular author-artist, genre, or theme, or develop graphic narratives of their own.

This course focuses on geography as a cultural encounter. We will study patterns and processes that have shaped human interaction with various environments. The course encompasses human, political, cultural, social, and economic aspects of geography. Central guiding questions we will be addressing in this course:

• How have human beings transformed the planet Earth? What are the changing relations humans have with the planet?
• How have map makers represented (or misrepresented) the Earth’s surface and the ways in which people actually live?
• How have human societies adapted themselves to the natural environment?
• How have relations of power affected people's use of the environment?

This survey of human geography introduces broad concepts that are the focus of contemporary studies in geography. These concepts include

• locations of people;
• the difference in places of human habitats;
• relationships within places of human habitats;
• patterns and effects of movement of humans, products, and information; and
• how regions form and change.

India holds a fascination for many of us. Yet, whatever we may think we know about this region, the South Asian subcontinent is one of the most rapidly changing areas of the world.

Novels and films offer rich windows into particular realities of life in India. In this program, we will read novels and short stories by some leading South Asian writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Rohinton Mistry, Aravind Ardiga, and others. We will also view a variety of commercial as well as ethnographic films made by Indian filmmakers.

We will use ethnographic approaches to analyze these literary and filmic portrayals of Indian culture, examining gender, class and caste relations, religious conflict, and political struggle in urban and rural settings. Case studies of particular urban and rural areas will enable us to narrow our focus and gain a more specific understanding of cultural dynamics at play.

We will examine the narratives of these materials as both potential sources of and rebuttals to stereotypes about Indian culture. And we will consider the media themselves, examining issues of representation, translation, interpretation, and voice. This program will be a great introduction to contemporary and historical India through the lenses of ethnography, literature, and film.

To prepare for a reading endorsement or to understand more about literacy development and instruction, participants will engage in readings, discussions, written analyses, and workshops that address research-based instructional practices for the teaching of reading and writing. Topics include reading, writing, and oral language strategies to support student learning, including strategies to support English language learners. Successful completion of this course may be applied toward requirements for a reading endorsement.

In this program, students will learn to use the Max/MSP/Jitter visual programming environment to examine the control and expression of sound and video through numbers, simple mathematics, and logic. Students will learn to operate audio and video recording equipment and develop techniques for playing back and modifying materials through algorithmic processes. Students will develop strategies for interacting with source materials in real time, using sensory data from the Arduino micro-controller platform. Creative projects, guided by reading and collaborative activities, will the be primary goal of the technical work.

This course provides an overview of the history of special education, legislation affecting special needs students and their teachers, general considerations for working with students with disabilities, characteristics of disabilities, and responsibilities of educators. The class is intended for practicing teachers, pre-service teachers who wish to prepare for an endorsement in special education, and any individuals interested in learning more about people with disabilities, their needs, and their rights. Participants planning to take further special education courses this coming academic year should contact Maggie Foran (ForanM[at]evergreen.edu) for an endorsement application.

This course is an introduction to the Irish-Gaelic language through conversation, poetry, and songs (using the natural singing voice). At the end of the class, students will be able to engage in culturally appropriate small talk and sing more than a dozen songs in Irish. We will spend the first half of each meeting working on conversation and grammar, and the second half learning traditional songs in Irish that reflect aspects of what we have just learned. No previous language or singing skills necessary, and no one ever sings alone! Each class will include a break for tea, treats, and a chance to practice what you have learned.

In this course, students will learn jazz dance basics by exploring the historical aspects of the African Diaspora through movement and lectures. Students will gain greater physical flexibility and coordination. In addition, we will do fun yet challenging combinations, and students will write a synthesis paper at the end of the quarter. No previous experience needed.

This course will provide an introduction to jazz music, an overview of its history and styles, and an assessment of its impact on American culture. Students will explore the musical elements of jazz; its aesthetic, cultural, and historical roots; its evolution through a variety of styles, including New Orleans, Swing, Bebop, Cool, and Avant-Garde; and the ways in which the music, its players, and its history have helped shape American culture. A musical background is not required; rather, a willingness to listen carefully will enable students to feel and appreciate what Robert G. O'Meally has called "the jazz cadence of American culture."

The purpose of this program is to expand and deepen students' understanding of systems theory, especially living systems. Students will use critical and technical skills, research and field experience, and reflective practices to understand, integrate, and interpret their environment.

Following a brief (re-)introduction to systems theory, we will examine the dynamics of the Nisqually watershed that includes the Olympia area. Students will become familiar with efforts for ecosystem protection and restoration and consider the implications of greater systems thinking in public policy-making. We will use an ecological economics framework that identifies nature's services and places an economic value on those services, a tool that is useful for conservation and development planning.

The program engages experiential as well as cognitive learning as students participate in exercises to raise awareness of ways of being present in and perceiving the place we live. Students will develop map reading skills and practice journaling in both narrative and field journal styles as a means of recording, reflecting upon, integrating, and presenting knowledge. Readings, coupled with these exercises, will fuel discoveries about how our surroundings shape our thoughts, emotions, and actions.

Field trips include a series of visits to sites within the watershed, including sensitive natural areas and places of local historic significance.

Do you work intimately with language every day but would like to have a better understanding of the nuts and bolts?  This course will take you under the hood and give you the foundation you'll need to learn, teach, or create language.  We'll also look at the process of reading and its relationship to spoken language. 

Artist, anatomist, architect, and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci is considered the embodiment of the Renaissance Man.  Though best known as a painter, the bulk of his work was devoted to imagining and engineering complex machines made of wood and metal.  Students in this course and the complimentary course Marvelous Machines (Wood):  Building Leonardo’s Inventions will engage in the study and construction of one or more of those marvelous machines.  In this course focusing on metal, students can expect to learn basic processes of metal fabrication.

Artist, anatomist, architect, and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci is considered the embodiment of the Renaissance Man.  Though best known as a painter, the bulk of his work was devoted to imagining and engineering complex machines made of wood and metal.  Students in this course and the complimentary course Marvelous Machines (Metal):  Building Leonardo’s Inventions will engage in the study and construction of one or more of those marvelous machines.  In this course focusing on wood, students can expect to learn basic processes of design and fabrication in wood.

Each student will begin working where their current skill level is. Appropriate skill levels for the course include algebra, calculus, and any in between. We will directly confront the fears and phobias that many of us feel and help to move beyond those fears. All students will support each other and also receive tutoring help from other students in the class. Because different texts will be used for different students, please contact the instructor before purchasing a text.

This course will count towards requirements for becoming elementary, middle, or high school teachers. Students registering for 4 credits will attend only Tuesday through Thursday.

In 10 weeks, we will learn what it takes to take an idea and turn it into a fully realized, finished, and delivered media production utilizing field and studio techniques.  We will learn scripting, budgeting, scheduling, casting, locating, shooting, editing, and finishing video productions.  In addition to lecture and seminar, we will do hands-on exercises in the field and in the Center for Creative and Applied Media, Evergreen’s state of the art media studio.  We will bring in guest lecturers who are working professionals and experts in their fields to share tips, tricks, and techniques to aid us in the pursuit of storytelling power, and we will take field trips to see how it is done in the big leagues.  The capstone of the program will be when the entire class forms the crew of a short film, entirely written, planned, directed, edited, and finished by students.  The goals of the class are several: 1) to expose the student to the collaborative, team nature of larger scale production, 2) to empower the student with the skills and knowledge to produce their own media productions at a larger scale, and 3) for the student to experience part of the breadth of media production techniques and understand when and how to apply them in their own practice.

The focus of this course is the medieval manuscript and its relationship to medieval culture. Using a broadly chronological framework, we will examine different types of books produced in Europe in the Middle Ages, from Gospel books to secular romances. This study will include the text, decoration, context, and the physical book itself including some paleography and/or calligraphy. A basic understanding of history and art would be sufficient preparation. Knowledge of Latin would be helpful but is not required.

Readings from reserve materials will be assigned, and it is expected that students will come to class prepared. Attendance, class participation, and mastery of concepts and vocabulary will be the basis for student evaluation.

Course Goals:

• to see, distinguish, and speak/write articulately about medieval manuscripts as artistic works and as written texts
• to become acquainted with several genres of medieval books and their cultural context and use
• to learn about the materials used in producing medieval books and the roles of such persons as authors, writers, owners, commissioners, and artists in the creation of such books

An MES student may arrange an individual learning contract with an MES faculty member if available elective courses or internships do not satisfactorily meet the student's academic program design. This is a negotiated agreement between the student and faculty for the student to pursue independent, individualized study. Please see the Individual Learning Contract section of the MES Handbook for more information.

Contracts can either be 2 credits or 4 credits, depending on the content.  MES does not offer contracts for more than 4 credits.  Also note that no more than eight credits can be accumulated through individual learning contracts and/or internships.

To sign up for an individual learning contract, students should find a faculty sponsor from among the MES faculty to help them write their contract.  Contracts are created on my.evergreen.edu.  Once the contract is signed off by the faculty sponsor and MES director, the student is registered for the number of chosen credits.  There are no CRNs for contracts. 

MES students are strongly encouraged to complete an internship after their first year in core classes in conjunction with their thesis, especially if they do not have prior professional-level experience in environmental work.  An internship is a learning experience designed to aid students in achieving specific academic and professional objectives. Please see the MES internship page for more details.

Internships can be either 2 credits for 10 hours per week or 4 credits for 20 hours or more per week.  MES does not offer internships for more than 4 credits.  Also note that no more than eight credits can be accumulated through internship and/or individual learning contracts.

To sign up for an internship, students should find a faculty sponsor from among the MES faculty and an internship field supervisor to help them write their internship contract.  Contracts are created on my.evergreen.edu.  Once the contract is signed off by the MES faculty, field supervsor, and MES Director, the student is registered for the number of chosen credits.  There are no CRNs for internships. 

In this program, participants will learn about the production of sculpture as well as everyday objects through the process of casting. Students will design and construct models in plaster, clay, and wax. We will experience the process of sand casting in aluminum. We will do plaster molding, wax fabrication, and investing for (the ultimate) lost wax casting in bronze. After the work of de-gating and chasing, we will experiment with various patina applications for final presentation. This is a process-intensive studio class where we turn ideas into bronze. Beginners are welcome.

This course will explore multicultural America through a close reading of four novels and one play and the viewing of their cinematic adaptations: Toni Morrison's Beloved , Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club , Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone , Adrian C. Louis's Skins , and Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit . Students—equipped with the tools of literary and film analysis—will examine a complex array of American cultures and their multiple intersections, as well as the equally complex attempts to capture those cultural interactions in literature and on film. For their final projects, students will have the option of writing an academic research paper or a creative nonfiction piece.

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 40 hours of recording and familiarization work in teams of two in addition to the in-class activities. We will record local musicians and produce finished mixes of the sessions.

This course introduces students to the basic skills in the fabrication of neon. Each student will learn to heat, bend, weld, and anneal glass tubing using a ribbon burner, cannon fire, and tipping torch. Students will learn the bending process for the four basic bends. Students will learn to blow bubbles and make twists in glass tubes. They will use these techniques to fabricate a self contained PVC tube-based lighting project while learning to safely attach and handle high-voltage transformers to energize their neon project.

This class runs for two weeks during first session.  A second section of the same class is available for two weeks in second session.

This course introduces students to the basic skills in the fabrication of neon. Each student will learn to heat, bend, weld, and anneal glass tubing using a ribbon burner, cannon fire, and tipping torch. Students will learn the bending process for the four basic bends. Students will learn to blow bubbles and make twists in glass tubes. They will use these techniques to fabricate a self contained PVC tube-based lighting project while learning to safely attach and handle high-voltage transformers to energize their neon project.

This class runs for two weeks during second session.  Another section of the same class is available for two weeks in first session.

In this intensive five-week program, we will read Freud's Interpretation of Dreams in its entirety, using textual analysis, writing, and conversation to understand what it means to claim that the "interpretation of dreams is the royal road to the unconscious," watching closely how Freud forges a new path between physiological-scientific explanations of dreams, on the one hand, and mythic, religious, and popular belief in their deep meaning, on the other.  This work is foundational not just in psychology and philosophy but also in understanding contemporary approaches to film, aesthetics, and literature.

This upper-division program provides 8 credits of lecture and 4 credits of lab. Lectures will begin with an overview of the chemical bonding theories relevant to organic molecules. Reactivity, preparation, and physical properties of organic compounds will be the bulk of the lecture material that follows, with an emphasis on functional groups that are relevant to biological systems. Organic reagents, reaction mechanisms, acid-base chemistry, and stereochemistry will also be covered. The theory of NMR, IR, and absorption spectroscopy will be incorporated into lecture

In lab, students will perform experiments utilizing techniques such as pH dependent extractions, fractional and steam distillations, and column chromatography. Opportunity to operate refractometers and GC instrumentation interfaced with computers will be made available. Natural product isolation and some synthesis will be performed. An introduction to the scientific literature/resources and LD-50 values will be incorporated into the lab and a lab notebook will be expected. Advanced natural product isolation is possible.

Students registering for 12 credits will attend lecture and lab. Students may register for 8 credits to only attend lecture.

Pacific Northwest History introduces multicultural aspects of historical developments of this region. A primary learning objective is for students to be able to articulate through concrete historical examples how liberty and justice has been interpreted and applied in the Northwest. With texts that provide accessible historical accounts, students will be exposed to Native American Indian perspectives on the eventual occupation of their lands by European imperialists, the origins and outcomes of competition among Europeans for the Pacific Northwest, and challenges placed on non-European ethnic groups – such as Chinese Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans – during the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention to the experiences of women in making this history is included. The local historical development of Tacoma is used to highlight the role of capitalism in creating governing bodies and class differences among white European Americans who collectively discriminated against the aspirations of people of color.

Personal finance and investing can sometimes be daunting to initiate. Yet long-term investing in equities can yield significant results with relatively low risk. We will examine the benefits of investing and how to initiate a low-cost, long-term investment plan. We will work from the critically acclaimed A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel. This class is for those that have some understanding of finance and would like to learn more as well as the novice that would like to take charge of their own lifetime savings.

Students will develop an understanding of the major theories of personality and the counseling techniques that are used in treatment. During the first half of the program, students will explore ideas which look at what accounts for individual differences among people, why people might act in the ways in which they do, and why they might change. In the second half, students will learn counseling skills and techniques. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of various theories and techniques to case examples and other real-life scenarios.

In this beginning color photography class, we'll emphasize skill development in camera function, film exposure, and working in a darkroom learning to print from color negatives.  We’ll have workshops in color darkroom mechanics and metering for ambient light and electronic flash.  Using assignments, critiques, and slide viewing of historical and contemporary artists, students will develop the tools to pursue their own projects.  In addition, students can continue to pursue their work through independent study or as part of a group contract for the second session.

This class is an introduction to photographic expression using digital cameras, computers, and printers. Image-making will take the forms of digital prints and online portfolios. A brief introduction digital video, HD panoramas, and the black-and-white darkroom will also be included. You will have full access to the Digital Imaging Studio and to our darkroom facilities. Digital cameras are available. Class requirements include scheduled assignments and a final project consisting of new, photographically-derived, digital work.

This is an algebra-based physics course introducing fundamental topics in physics including kinematics, dynamics, electricity, and magnetism. Conceptual understanding and problem solving skills will be developed. There will be one lab a week. The course will provide a good foundation for those wishing to pursue careers in medicine, engineering, or the physical sciences. Those students who need a full year of college physics will be able to do so in the second session through contracts.

This course is designed to increase your awareness and appreciation of the biological, cultural, and economic importance of plants. Through this awareness and appreciation of plants you can begin to develop a "Botanical Sense of Place".  We will begin by reflecting on your personal experiences with plants from youth to the present in the form of a creative nonfiction-style essay. These experiences are the foundation of your botanical knowledge, and they will serve as tool for connecting the major concepts we learn in class with your real-life experience of plants. In lectures, we will survey the major groups of the Plant Kingdom including bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. We will also draw on contemporary scientific journals articles to help you gain in-depth understanding of certain biological concepts and to apply this understanding to current events. In labs, students will gain hands-on experience studying plants with microscopes as we examine the form and function of plant structures in the context of their evolutionary history. On field trips, students will learn to recognize and identify the common native plants of the Pacific Northwest. 

We will read and write poetry on Serendipity Farm, which is nestled at the foot of Mt. Walker in the Olympics.  This class is open to beginning, intermediate, and seasoned poets.  We will research and present on contemporary poets as we explore our various poetic voices within an inner and outer landscape.  We will write haiku, free verse, nature poems, and other poetic forms.  Students will perform their work around the campfire at night.  Students can expect their writing and understanding of poetry to be enhanced significantly.

Environmental decision-making plays a significant role in American society. The current ‘environment’ is the sum total of ecological and social relationships, cultural values, and political decision-making at all levels of society. The class will include an overview of American environmental history, ecological transformation, and decision-making processes. We will investigate the origins of American environmentalism and the institutionalization of environmental decision-making to the present. Historical events, cultural values, and political and economic conditions have transformed the ecology of North America. The current landscape is a social and political process often entwined with efforts to promote sustainability and embedded in the American corporate/military complex. Students will read texts, discuss ideas, seminar and engage in primary research. Effective leadership methods will be explored. Students will also be asked to observe and participate in a decision-making process around an environmental issue. 

Student projects during the quarter will include a mid-term project as an analysis of an environmental leader and their decision-making process and a final project reviewing the environmental history and political process in a specific environmental issue such as an analysis of leadership roles to protect habitat for a threatened and endangered species, transportation policy, community based agriculture or energy and climate security.

Class work will include discussion, speakers, seminar and presentation of research. Students will be asked to participate in leadership of the class.

Required Books :

Braun, Bruce and Noel Castree, eds. Remaking Reality: Nature at the Millennium .New York: Routledge Press, 1998.  ISBN: 0-415-14494-9

Gordon and Berry . Environmental Leadership Equals Essential Leadership: Redefining Who Leads and How .New Haven: Yale Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 978-3000108910 (available in paperback)

Robbins, Paul. Political Ecology .Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 978-1-4051-0266-7 (available in paperback)

Harold Lasswell stated, "politics is about who gets what, when, where, and how." Therefore, we need leaders who can access the underpinnings of politics and the consequences of political ideologies. Students will be actively engaged in politics by first understanding where politics come from and the myriad of ideologies in practice. Further, students will focus on how they can hone their own leadership style. We will explore how engagement in politics can test our character regularly. To this end, Bill George stated, "successful leadership takes conscious development and requires being true to your life story." As members of a learning community and society, we will endeavor to excavate the nature of leadership and the relational space of politics via classic and contemporary readings, guest speakers, seminar, debate, lecture, and workshops. We will seek to understand the dynamics of politics by applying leadership techniques for decision-making through field journals, policy analysis, and legislative testimony. We will also pursue an understanding of philosophical foundations of Western political thought, the history of the U.S. Constitution and constitutions of regional Tribal Nations, and concepts of political "otherness" that come about in designing public policies. In this pursuit we will define multiple political ideologies and assess the nexus of leadership and politics. In sum, we will dig in to what many talk about but few really understand: politics, leadership, and the policies they create. Students will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills of active listening, analytical thinking, scholarly dialog, effective communication, and writing for public administrators.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the philosophical foundations of Western political thought, the history of the U.S. Constitution and Tribal Nations, and "otherness" in policy design.
• Define multiple political ideologies, assess the nexus of leadership and politics, and recognize political power dynamics.
• Develop the skills of active listening, analytical thinking, scholarly dialog, effective communication, and professional writing.

Required Texts:

• Ball, T. & Dagger, R. (2010). Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal. 8th Edition. Longman Publishing. ISBN: 978-0205779963.
• Tannenbaum, D. & Schultz, D. (2003). Inventors of Ideas: An Introduction to Western Political Philosophy. 2nd Edition. Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN: 978-0534612634.
• Vile, J. (2010). A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments. 5th Edition. Praeger Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-313-38008-2.
• Lyons, O. et al. (1998). Exiled In The Land of The Free: Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution. Clear Light Publishers. ISBN: 978-0940666504.

This program will explore theories of power and privilege as applied to community and the common good. Through a combination of classroom study and community-based internships, we will apply the lenses of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic class to examine issues such as poverty, immigration, literacy, housing, hunger, education, sustainability, health, and the environment. We will also examine promising models of equity and empowerment. Learning activities will include seminar, writing, field trips, guest speakers, workshops, and a community-based internship at an organization of the student’s choice.

This class will hold several joint class meetings with Doing It For Free: Why and How We Volunteer , taught by Marla Elliott. Students enrolled in both classes will have an especially rich learning experience as well as completing about 60 hours of community-based internships or volunteer work.

This is a spring, summer, fall program and is open only to students continuing from the spring.  For the full program description, see The Practice of Sustainable Agriculture .

The program will begin with an intensive preparation for the calculus curriculum. The main topics will be polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions. Topics will be selected based on their direct relevance to calculus so students who have taken pre-calculus will still benefit from the material. The calculus curriculum will include approximations, limits, the derivative as a limit, the derivative function, the rules of differentiation, and applications of the derivative, especially optimization.

Microeconomic theory examines the behavior of firms and consumers in the market.  It is widely applied in areas such as labor economics, international trade, and financial and environmental policy.  In addition to examining the fundamentals of market behavior, we will critically assess the theory's limitations and its ideological role in legitimating free market policies.  This course is a prerequisite for many graduate programs in the social sciences.

This course is an introduction to the fine art of serigraphy or screen-printing. Working only on paper, students will learn to create both hand-drawn and computer generated stencils for use with photoemulsion-based printing techniques. Students will work toward developing a conceptual body of work with an emphasis on professional editioning practices. A final portfolio of student work is due upon completion of the course.

Computers are a common tool for creative arts and music. This 5-week program will familiarize members with the use of sequencing and audio production software and synthesizers and will cover some of the technical 'mysteries' which are critical to comprehending use. This program is mostly about exploring the musical production process and finding ways to explore personal musical experimentation. The only prerequisites are interest in music, some keyboard and/or guitar skill, and curiosity. The class structure will consist of lecture/workshop sessions, individual studio times for trying the different functions of the software, and playback times to share work with other classmates. Members will be expected to spend a minimum of two 4-hour blocks in the studio per week. Consulting times will be scheduled to permit members to meet for individual or small group assistance in the studio.

We will explore programming, image processing, and AI through robotics.  The robot we will use is the Scribbler by Parallax. Students will work on a project in groups after learning the basics about the robot.  They will also learn the fundamentals of programming in Python, which is a powerful scripting language. This is ideal for students who have programmed in another language. Students will develop an understanding of the object-oriented programming paradigm, program design, and problem solving.  Python also interfaces with C, and they will learn how to write simple C programs to interface with Python.

Oral eloquence still counts when you need to explain, persuade, collaborate, and lead.  This intensive weekend course will help you learn to use your voice, body, and personal presence with confidence when speaking to others.  You will learn to channel stagefright into creative energy and to organize your thoughts into a structure your audience can grasp. Students will write, revise, rehearse and present a short speech; they will also have opportunities to practice speaking impromptu.  Credit will be awarded in Public Speaking.

This weekend-intensive course focuses on the fundamentals of public speaking. It is aimed at enhancing students' confidence and ability regardless of their current level of experience. Students will learn to control speech anxiety, compose persuasive and informative speeches, use visual aids appropriately, and develop performance skills for effective public presentations. All students will receive individualized feedback and coaching.

This course will explore the interdisciplinary use of quantitative reasoning and statistics to analyze social and environmental issues and problems. Course content will focus on increasing students' understanding of quantitative research design, specifically the methods and procedures for data analysis. Within this context, students will demonstrate the ability to correctly calculate and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics. This includes learning how to select and apply appropriate statistical tests. The statistical procedures introduced in this course include Chi-square, correlation, and regression analysis. Student work will consist of in-class workshops as well as take-home and computer exercises.

In this Transgender Studies, trans* and queer-affirmative course we will examine current voices and theories on gender identity and gender difference from queer and transgender perspectives.  We will investigate how gender is defined, interpreted, and distinguished all around us. We will critically explore contemporary theoretical and cultural works and consider how they inform and challenge our understanding of sex, gender, sexuality, and the body. Noticing the tensions as well as convergence between transgender, queer, and feminist perspectives, we will explore how these different communities may engage with each other and build productive alliances.

This course will investigate the legal restrictions, systems of oppression, and administrative violence that informs the systematic disenfranchisement and pathologization of trans* identities.  We will consider voices and movements that promote informed consent access to trans* healthcare, trans*formative justice and radical social transformation.

As most of the theoretical and historical writings that we will explore are by North American authors, we will examine the limitations of these pieces across intersecting identities.  The course will also be informed by film, music, and guest lectures by various trans*, queer, and feminist authors, activists, and allies.  Course discussions may center on representation and self-presentation, silence and voice, transgender/gender non conforming history,  feminist theory,  visibility, invisibility, empowerment, ally-ship, and anti-oppression work. Together we will engage in un-learning the binary and work to define and shift the behaviors that have created a climate of systematic gender injustice.

How are we to understand ourselves, our world, and our place within the world? We usually depend on "common-sense" presuppositions about these matters. But sometimes we feel the need to reflect on and question those presuppositions. In this course, we will question those presuppositions independently of the practical need to assume some particular answer, and we will attempt to find ways of responding to these questions. To do so, we will read closely the works of several philosophers — Plato, Descartes, and Nietzsche — and explore the questions they ask, the way they attempt to answer them, and what conception of philosophy they seem to have. In doing so we will be concerned with the question of how this kind of inquiry can help us to live well.

Global environmental and social challenges call for radical adjustments to our industrialized way of life.  This program is about having local outdoor adventures and then writing their interior geographies within cosmic context.  As Gary Snyder put it, "I want to talk about place as an experience."  Using program guest Kurt Hoelting's book as a core text, The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life , students will create their own quests (and essays), with The Evergreen State College as a center, exploring widening bioregional circles on foot, by bicycle and sea kayak.   To support student quests our class activities will include a community-based learning project in support of the 2012 Tribal Canoe Journey and a kayaking field trip PRIOR to "Paddle to Squaxin 2012" (paddletosquaxin2012.org/) as well as lectures, reading-based seminars, and workshops.

Students wishing to extend their quests, their writing, or their community-based service learning into second session for additional credit may do so by developing individual learning contracts.

This will involve reading short stories by writers like Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, Don Chaon, and others, then crafting our own stories, with particular attention to structure, imagery, tone, and theme.  Students taking the course for six credits will have additional reading and writing assigned. Some videos will be screened featuring stories by Faulkner and Carver.

In this program we will examine representations of race and ethnicity in US cinema, with a particular emphasis on how "whiteness" and "blackness" have been shaped as markers of national inclusion and exclusion. We will ask what the study of film can tell us about the experience of race and ethnicity in America. How does one define a stereotype or critique it? How do we understand films as popular history? At the same time, it takes up the theory, history, and sociology of race and ethnicity to illuminate what the cinema means. How are racial and ethnic majorities shown? How do films argue for an inclusive or restrictive national culture? Asking these intersecting questions will connect contemporary issues of representation to a far-reaching (and often forgotten) history of precedents.

We will also explore ways that artists and activists have challenged the dominant representations of race through the creation of films that turn these depictions on their heads. We will study various strategies for reinterpreting and recontextualizing "whiteness" and "blackness" and learn how we might apply those techniques within our own creative practices. This portion of the program will include hands-on skill building in the theory and practice of 16mm film and video editing (no shooting or camera work - just working with pre-exisiting material), the uses of archival footage and documents in filmmaking, and the uses of research practices in the creation of art.

In addition to readings, screenings, and seminars, students will complete a short video using archival materials and found footage, as well as an accompanying research paper.  Students should be prepared to complete 15-20 hours per week of reading, writing, collaborative projects, independent research and creative work outside of class. If you have questions about your level of preparation for this program, please contact Naima Lowe at LoweN(at)evergreen.edu.

Research at the graduate level in environmental studies is an important step for students working towards undergraduate and masters degrees. The sum total of the research work requires thoughtful definition of a problem, identification of theoretical and appropriate methods for data collection, use of standard tools of data analysis, and a desired logical conclusion. This class will help students articulate good research questions, determine methods of analysis with special emphasis on qualitative methods, and assist students in developing a reasonable research agenda. Students engaged in individual research projects or beginning work on their masters’ theses are welcome. We will collaborate and develop research strategies that will be effective in the pursuit of major individual research projects.

The class will be a one week intensive class meeting in the evenings from 6-10pm. We will also meet on the last Saturday of the week. Reading materials will be assigned at the beginning of the second summer session by email. Assignments will be due at the end of the second summer session.

This class will explore the causes, course, and consequences of the Second World War. It will focus largely on the war in Europe, 1939-1945, but give some consideration as well to the conflict in the Pacific between the Allied Powers and the Empire of Japan. Participants can expect to read historical texts and personal accounts of the war. Critical screenings of documentaries and feature (combat) films will provide visual representations of major battles and key developments in this global conflict. Special attention will be given to the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front between the forces of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.

This all-level summer program offers students an opportunity to study the works of Shakespeare in the context of Elizabethan literature. We will read plays, poems, fiction, and non-fiction by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and we will look at different productions of Shakespeare’s works on film and on stage. A significant part of the program involves traveling to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Aug 13-16) to see two contemporary productions of Shakespeare’s plays, which may include Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, and As You Like It.

Over the course of five weeks, we will try to understand who Shakespeare was through a close reading of his works. Students will read and write, converse and research, and watch films in seminar and lecture. We will consider whether Shakespeare is deserving of his reputation, in part by comparing his works to those of his peers in Elizabethan England.

Interested students are encouraged to contact the instructor via email.

“Summer is a-coming in, loudly sing!”  is the opening lyric to the oldest known round in English, from a manuscript dated 1260.  We’ll start simple and work our way up to that one and beyond.  Singing rounds is a wonderful way to enjoy group singing while improving your music literacy and confidence.  Students will also develop their vocal tone and blending skills.  All voices and skill levels are welcome. Repertoire will be assembled from a wide variety of sources and distributed in class. At the end of the term, we will perform the songs we’ve learned for an invited audience of family and friends. 

Through writing exercises, informal reader responses to published literature, workshops, and seminars on selected readings, students will be guided toward improving their writing and storytelling skills and gaining a deeper understanding of narrative nonfiction and the short story. Participants will develop practical, transferrable knowledge of literary genres, writing as a craft and process, and story analysis. Overall, students will be directed toward becoming more capable and confident readers and writers and more self-aware individuals. The major project for the course will be a 10-15 page narrative memoir.

This program is designed to help you explore the broad scope of social work as a profession in medical settings: mental health and non-profits; and local, state, and federal governments.  You will gain a clear understanding of the origins of social work in social change and the unique strengths perspective of social work practice.  Students will complete readings exploring the history and impact of social work in action as well as the spirit that drives it. Students will also learn how to develop an idea for social change into a working proposal.

This course covers the first quarter of the first year of Spanish. Students will gain a basic foundation in Spanish vocabulary and grammar and will focus on speaking, listening, writing, and reading activities to acquire essential vocabulary and develop communication skills. The course is taught primarily in Spanish and involves work in small groups. Many aspects of Latino and Spanish culture will be presented throughout. Some homework activities require Internet access. Courses to complete the first-year of Spanish will be available throughout the following academic year.

This course allows beginning Spanish students to extend their skills. The course is taught primarily in Spanish and involves work in small groups. The course work will focus on speaking, listening, writing, and reading activities to acquire essential vocabulary and develop communication skills. Many aspects of Latino and Spanish culture will be presented throughout. Student access to internet is required; activities, assignments, and practices will be posted on-line throughout the quarter.  Students entering the course with two quarters of college-level Spanish should be ready for Intermediate Spanish I by the end of the summer.

This class covers introductory statistical concepts at the conceptual and computational level with an emphasis on how statistics is used in research in natural and social sciences.  Key elements of research design are covered in the class. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests are covered including scales of data, measures of central tendency, normal distributions, probability, chi square, correlation and linear regression, tests of hypothesis, and Type I and Type II errors. Students will develop a clear understanding of introductory statistics and the ability to correctly interpret findings in journals, newspapers, and books. Meets the statistics prerequisite for MES and MPA programs at Evergreen and other graduate schools with a statistics prerequisite.

This course is designed to help students understand statistical concepts including sampling, variability, distribution, association, causation, estimation, confidence, and significance. Students will be asked to interpret and communicate results from statistical analysis. Successful completion of this course will fulfill the statistics prerequisite requirement for admission into the Master of Public Administration program at Evergreen.

Inferential statistics is the basis for modern scientific research work. It is widely used for a broad range of scientific inquiry in both the natural as well as social sciences. While an understanding of the basics of statistics is valuable, more advanced work in statistical inference can prepare the student for using statistical methods in academic as well as professional work across a range of disciplines. This class is designed to take the student beyond descriptive statistics and provide a working knowledge in the use of probability distributions in testing hypotheses and conducting statistical tests of various types. Besides exploring several methods associated with the normal distribution, the class also provides an introduction to non-parametric tests as well as regression, methods that are increasing in popularity in research.

Writing in professional graduate level programs requires clear, concise, and systematic ways of communicating your ideas.  The goal of this course is to provide students with opportunities to add new ways of writing to their current repertoires and thereby enhance their analytic thinking skills. Specific writing tasks will come from the graduate programs. Students will develop portfolios of work, including ongoing reflective assessments about ways to manage their writing/thinking processes. Moodle will be used for practicing and sharing drafts; on campus work will focus on interactive workshops; and all students will meet individually with the instructor for customized coaching on their work.

Students will work independently, studying the social, political, gender, and intellectual trajectories of the French Revolution from 1789 through the Terror and the Napoleonic Empire.  To understand the origins of the Revolution, students will read philosophy and political theory from Enlightenment authors like Voltaire, Rousseau, and Montesquieu.  Students will share a reading list in common and have the option to meet periodically for book discussions as a group and with the faculty member.  Students enrolled for more than 4 credits will complete a library research paper on one aspect of the Enlightenment or the French Revolution. 

MES students have the option of taking up to two 4 credit MPA electives for MES elective credit*.  Each quarter, MES will publish approved MPA courses that MES students can take.  This quarter, students are eligible to take:

E-Communications and E-Government

Energy Policy

Grant Writing Essentials

Politics, Leadership, and the Policies they Create

Strategies for Graduate Writers (2 cr)

MPA electives fill very quickly, so MES students should not be surprised if they are waitlisted at first.

*The MPA course limit only applies to MES students who started in Fall 2010 and after.

Summer in the City is an academic, travel-based study of life and the arts in urban settings.  This 5-week program begins with an on-campus week of introduction to urban studies and travel field study planning, followed by a three week field study in a city chosen by each individual student according to his or her academic aims and financial means.  The final week on campus will be devoted to field study reflection writing and formal student field study presentations.  Field study options include, among others, architecture, the arts, business, city planning, housing, transportation, environmental concerns, and city writing and literature.

Summer Ornithology is a three week bird-banding course taught entirely in the field.  We leave campus on the first day, travel through some of the best birding country in Oregon, then over the next few days find and set up camp in a place where we can net, process, and band a sufficient number of birds to provide all students with appropriate experience.  We spend the next two weeks netting, processing, banding, and releasing several hundred birds of about 25 species.  We focus on aspects of banding protocol, including net placement, removing birds from nets, identification, sexing, ageing, and record-keeping.  We balance the in-hand work with field identification and behavioral observations, and during the last week we tour Steens Mountain and the Malheur area.  This course has been taught for 27 years, and more than 22,000 birds have been banded during that time.  Lower or upper-division credit is awarded depending of the level of academic achievement demonstrated. A photo essay on this program is available through Inside Evergreen and a slide show is available through flickr.

This program will study surveillance as a mode of governance by exploring the portrayal of the surveillance state in literature, film, social science literature, and U.S. history from World War I to the War on Terror. The primary work of the program will involve different kinds of close readings of texts. Each week, students will collectively analyze government surveillance documents, watch and discuss a film, and write a review essay on a book they read. The final week of the program will be devoted to student individual or group projects in surveillance studies broadly defined.

Sustainable Systems: Concepts and Applications will provide an introduction to fundamental concepts of systems theory, sustainability, and process tools for improving the sustainability of existing systems. Students will be introduced to theoretical constructs for the description, analysis, and understanding of systems; key concepts and characteristics of sustainable systems; and processes for applying systems theories and sustainability concepts to create change in specific, real-world systems.

Upon successful completion of the class, students will be able to define systems in terms of resource flows, relationships, dependencies, boundaries, and fundamental assumptions; identify non-sustainable dependencies, key relationships, systemic barriers, and leverage points; identify the shape of probable systemic responses to change; and apply process improvement concepts and tools to simple systems.

The course explores the role that movement, visual art, music, writing, and media play in problem-solving and the resolution of internalized fear, conflicts, or blocks.  Through hands-on activities, field trips, readings films/video, writing, and guest speakers, students discover sources of imagery as tools to awaken creative problem solving from two perspectives: creator and viewer.  Students interested in human services, media, and education will find this course engaging.  There are no prerequisite art classes or training required, and students can enroll in the course a second time. (Equivalencies and content will be enhanced for returning students.)

Students may attend either day or evening sessions. 

Daytime CRNs: 40137 (16 credits, full session), 40138 (8 credits, first session), 40139 (8 credits, second session)

Evening CRNs: 40140 (16 credits, full session), 40141 (8 credits, first session), 40142 (8 credits, second session)

This study-abroad program allows students to experience China, the second largest economy in the world. Students will travel to Beijing, China's capital city, and the ancient "silk road" to experience Chinese culture first hand. Students will have the opportunity to witness modern, traditional, urban, and rural life in the heart of China. Students can also explore the blossoming artistic and cultural scenes in many Chinese cities in this international study trip.

China is one of the world’s oldest and richest continuous cultures. It is one of largest trading partners of the United States. Chinese society is constantly reinventing itself even while struggling to maintain a balance of cultural and social continuity with its past. This program will be devoted to understanding the contemporary China and its relation to the Western world. We will explore the different aspects of culture by visiting art and history museums and historically significant locales.  Our time will be devoted to the learning of the ancient Silk Road and how contemporary China is again using this route to link itself to the rest of the world. We will also take a close look into Chinese ethnic culture and religion.

Please see blogs.evergreen.edu/chinastudyabroad/ for more information. Contact the faculty to indicate your interest and register early, as we have a limit of 20 for this summer program. Pre-registration for the program is recommended.

Students wishing to pursue further research and reflection upon their return to Evergreen after our travels are encouraged to arrange individual learning contracts for second session.

This program will take a group of adventurous students on a month-long trek to Estonia, Finland, and Northwest Russia, three countries that share access to the Baltic Sea.  We will explore the human cultures and landscapes of two Finno-Ugric countries, Estonia and Finland, as well as that of their former imperial ruler, Russia. In addition, this program will investigate and travel through many of the region's more remote and picturesque areas, including three national parks in Estonia, native Sami vicinities in Northern Finland, and stunning backcountry regions of Russia's neighboring Republic of Karelia. We will analyze all three of these countries' ancient and powerful histories and folkloric traditions, and we will use these analyses as we attempt to more fully understand today's numerous environmental threats to the region.

Because this program will entail a great deal of tent camping, hiking, and lengthy drives in remote locations, all participants must be in top physical shape and willing to endure unexpected hardships and challenges.

There will be an information session and slideshow on campus April 9, 5:00-6:00, in Sem2 C1105.

Contact faculty at any time if interested.

In this course students will organize into research groups based on interest in either fungi, lichen, or bryophytes and design herbarium-based research projects on these taxa. The instructor will provide guidance with using technical key for identifying unknown fungi and lichen and/bryophytes as well as collection and curation methods. In addition, students will choose from a list of topics relating to taxonomy, ecology, and biology of these taxa for the instructor to lecture on throughout the quarter. Students will spend time in the field and laboratory discussing diagnostic characters of these groups and will learn how to sight recognize common species to our region.  A field trip to the UW herbarium and botanical gardens will give students an opportunity to visit a larger regional herbarium and see unusual and rare taxa of fungi, lichens, and bryophytes.

This program is intended for students with a solid foundation and interest in organic chemistry. The overall goal is to offer a research opportunity where students can gain real, hands-on experience with advanced chemical research techniques and methods. Students will develop their skills in the theory and practice of advanced organic synthesis by working in apprenticeship with chemistry faculty on an ongoing faculty-designed research project or on a student-designed research project. This laboratory-based work may involve complex reaction techniques including the handling of air- and moisture-sensitive reagents, chromatography, and application of instrumental analysis techniques in the characterization of synthesized compounds. The analytical instrumentation used may include the gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS), the infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer and the nuclear magnetic resonance (FT-NMR) spectrometer.

The financial crisis is a turning point for American society and world history. It marks the beginning of what economists now call "the new normal". Understanding it can help in making sense of the world and planning for the future. This class helps students to understand where the crisis came from and where it is likely to lead. Clear explanations will be given for terms like securitization, derivatives, credit default swaps, and financial vs. real economy. The implications of the crisis for both private and public sector workers will be examined.  Implications for income and job growth, and for students burdened with debt, will also be studied.

Philosopher Theodor Adorno, wrote, “The essay’s innermost formal law is heresy.” And heresy rules the video essay—a defiant mix of text, sound, and image confounding the boundaries of literature and time-based art.  In this program we’ll study video essays by contemporary writers and filmmakers who are redefining the essay as an emergent form of creative nonfiction media art.  We’ll also study—through lectures, screenings, and readings—the video essay’s origins in literature and film. Finally, through progressive workshops and assignments in writing, scripting, audio recording, photography, and editing, students will craft their own video essays.  Please visit - blogs.evergreen.edu/thevideoessay/ .

This is an introductory course in web design. We'll write HTML and CSS code to control the look and feel of a web page, with a visual designer's priorities. We also get comfortable with best practices for accessibility and generated-content web sites.

The Western is the richest and most enduring genre of American film.  It is both formula film and a source of great innovation.  Beginning with Reconstruction, this program will examine the important connections between the Western and the tale of expansion (economic, geographic, ecological, cultural) and violent conquest that is the American frontier myth.  The primary texts for this program will be Richard Slotkin's Gunfighter Nation, James McPherson's Into the West, and The Western by David Lusted.  Supplementary readings will include passages from Richard White’s It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own, Hollywood Genres by Thomas Schatz, and other short readings. This is a partial online program. Students will need access to a comprehensive source for DVD rentals (such as Netflix, Amazon.com, Deep Discount, etc.) and will be using Moodle for required online seminars.

We will read, analyze, and discuss three short novels by the quintessential modern woman of English literature: Virginia Woolf. Orlando , Mrs. Dalloway , and To The Lighthouse are a cross-section of Woolf’s groundbreaking, rule-breaking, gender-bending fiction. Together they encompass the personal, political, and literary concerns of a generation and continue to resonate today. Students will explore the themes and techniques of Woolf’s work through lectures, workshops, discussions, and critical writing.

Writer’s Paradise is open to writers of all ability levels seeking an intensive writing experience that complements a busy summer schedule. Students may enroll for 8 credits for first session and continue through second session for up to 8 additional credits by individual contract with faculty. Students who continue on individual contract in second session will have the choice to either continue with group sessions, one-on-one meetings with faculty, and an additional hike to Klahhane Ridge; continued work at an advanced level by distance; or a combination of the two.

Students may focus on poetry, fiction, essays, and/or creative non-fiction. We will engage in a rich array of writing-related activities. Peer critique groups will meet weekly at a mutually agreeable time. Faculty will offer extensive individual support, feedback, and time to students. Program work will include seminars on short fiction, a novel, and non-fiction; regular writing workshops; in-class critique; day hikes; and a workshop on publication. The program is designed with an intensive weekend session including a day hike to the Hoh River Rainforest, and a Saturday workshop and writing celebration at the end. Faculty will be available for individual sessions during a combination of evening and weekend hours, day hours, and will also be available to assist critique groups.

Students choosing to continue by individual contract in second session to achieve 16 credits should contact Nancy A. Parkes before summer registration to collaborate on mutually agreeable terms that support more advanced writing work.

This class will focus on enhancing writing skills needed for communicating with academic and popular audiences. During the first session, students will study the art of composition, with an emphasis on improving writing projects typically associated with the effective dissemination of community resource materials, manuals, position papers, etc. Students will study the art of effective and accurate editing. Regarding the latter, students will edit an unedited version of a journal entry that is part of a novel – written by the Instructor – and published by the University of Hawai’i Press.

During the second session, students will shift their focus to creative writing. They will create a credible protagonist, do a variety of effective creative writing exercises, and hold weekly readings of their work.