Study Abroad at Home with CHID Local/Global Engagement

Want to have an international experience this summer without leaving Seattle?

Study abroad at home through CHID’s 12-credit “Local/Global Engagements: Theory, Agency, and Change” program!

CHID is offering a unique 12-credit summer program enabling students to gain internship experience in local organizations with a transnational focus in order to better understand linkages among local and global realities.

In addition to the internship (tailored to student interests), students will participate in a seminar two days per week to reflect on their own social, political, economic, and ecological positioning and agency, as well as examine how social justice movements and other collectivities work to link theory with practice in efforts to create a more just and healthy world.

Course Details
Courses: CHID/CEP 498C (2 credits), CHID/CEP 399 (10 credits)
Full-term Summer Quarter (June-August)
Class meets on Mondays 9:40am-2:10pm and Tuesdays 9:40am-12:30pm
Open to all majors

Please contact Erin Clowes at clowese@uw.edu if you have questions or want to participate.

Great summer VLPA/W course on Utopian/Dystopian Fictions

Course Details:

SLN 11302

English 200B: Utopian/Dystopian societies in contemporary fiction Summer (A term)
VLPA and W credit
Professor John O'Neill - joneill@uw.edu
M, T, W, Th, 10:50am - 1:00pm
A term, June 22 - July 22

As Fox TV cast a "reality" series titled "Utopia," an article in the Seattle Times chronicled "the current craze for post-apocalyptic and dystopian stories." What accounts for this interest, evident in both popular culture and literature, in alternative communities or societies, whether these are anarchic or authoritarian, reminiscent of the state of nature or suggestive of a surveillance state?

In this class we will read three recent novels, set in the recent past, a recognizable present, or the near future, that experiment with different mixes of utopian, anti-utopian, and dystopian elements. We will engage with the literary elements of these novels, and explore some of the political and social implications of this turn in contemporary culture.

Novels by Dave Eggers, Chang-Rae Lee, and Lauren Groff.

Three short essays, group work, and class discussion.

Dance classes for Summer! No experience necessary. VLPA credit

The Dance Program is offering a number of beginner level dance classes in the summer. These classes usually fill up within hours during the rest of the year - so what a great opportunity to add a high demand class this summer. All of these classes are full term, offer VLPA credit and no dance experience is needed.

Dance 102 (SLN 11003) - 3 Credits - MTW - 8:30-9:30AM - Basic introduction to ballet, modern and/or jazz
Dance 102 (SLN 11004) - 3 Credits - MTW - 8:30-9:30AM - Basic introduction to ballet, modern and/or jazz
Dance 102 (SLN 11005) - 3 Credits - MTW - 9:40-10:40AM - Basic introduction to ballet, modern and/or jazz
Dance 102 (SLN 11006) - 3 Credits - MTW - 9:40-10:40AM - Basic introduction to ballet, modern and/or jazz
Dance 102 (SLN 11007) - 3 Credits - MTW - 9:40-10:40AM - Basic introduction to ballet, modern and/or jazz

Dance 231 (SLN 11014) - 2 Credits - TTh - 1:10-2:40PM - Hip Hop / Street Styles

Dance 238 (SLN 14285) - 2 Credits - MW - 1:10-2:40PM - Swing Dance - Lead

Defining the New European Security: At the UW Rome Center Winter Quarter 2016

JSIS A 416, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

JSIS B / POL 436, Ethnic Politics and Nationalism: Perspectives on Muslim Immigration in Europe LSJ-POL 367 Comparative Law and Courts

Since 2011 the European landscape has changed dramatically, both internally and externally. The resurgence of Russia and increased Muslim immigration pose new challenges to Europe and its allies. How will Europe and the NATO Alliance respond? Will the local and international legal system be able to deal effectively with the issues? We will make use of the unique setting in Rome, home of the NATO Defense College and the Italian Institute of International Studies. We will make an extended field trip to Naples, home of NATO’s Allied Joint Forces Command and the US Sixth Fleet. Jackson School faculty, with the assistance of local experts, will present three five credit courses:

The program director is a former US Marine Corps lawyer with extensive experience in Europe, including participation in NATO’s first deployment (Bosnia) and as a UN Legal Advisor in Kosovo. He is now an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the UW School of Law, teaching International Humanitarian Law, and leading an exploration seminar for the past seven years to The Hague to study International Justice. See the full program description and costs at https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11355 or send an e-mail to lorenz@uw.edu Application Deadline is May 15, 2015 with decisions by the end of May.

CHID Summer 2015 courses

Quebec Summer Field Trip --register by April 24 - scholarships still available

SUMMER COURSE TO FRENCH CANADA - Come discover a unique French-European culture in North America!
URBDP 498C/598C or LArch 495A
June 16-24, 2015
SUMMER Term A 2015

$400 Scholarship available for the first 10 students signed up by April 24th

The course is open to juniors, seniors and graduate students for three hours of credit. It will be led by Dr. Fritz Wagner and Dr. Régent Cabana. We will visit three Canadian cities—Montreal, Québec City and Ottawa—where a number of professors, government officials and other urban experts will give lectures and tours. We will look at the European influence as well as the distinctive Canadian French culture of these cities that make them unique in North America.

The course will examine similarities and differences between U.S. and Canadian cities, with a focus on current urban issues confronting communities in Québec, Canada. We will study the physical layout of cities, urban design, urban growth, problems related to the environment, governmental institutions, as well as historical, social and cultural factors specific to Québec cities and Ottawa. Students will write a paper on a topic related to urban issues encountered in Canada.

Arrival in Montreal on Tuesday. Program in Montreal Wednesday and Thursday, Train to QC on Friday morning. Program in QC Friday afternoon and Saturday. Train to Ottawa on Sunday pm. Program in Ottawa on Monday/Tue. and return to Seattle on Wed.

Estimated cost of the trip: $1,000-$1,200—students pay items on own such as airfare, meals, lodging and ground transportation plus summer quarter tuition and fees and all personal items.

Contact Professor Wagner at 206-524-0979 or fwagner@u.washington.edu for more information.

Summer VLPA/W course - "Reading Fiction"

READING FICTION (VLPA, "W" Writing)
ENGL 242 section B
SLN 11311

Summer A term (6/22 - 7/22)
M-TH 12:00-2:10
https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/uwnetid/sln.asp?QTRYR=SUM+2015&SLN=11311
Professor Laurie George

“It had been my accidental reading of fiction and literary criticism that had evoked in me
vague glimpses of life’s possibilities.”

--Richard Wright
“Reading Fiction”

“Each writer's prejudices, tastes, background, and experience tend to limit the kinds
of characters, actions, and settings he can honestly care about, since by nature of our mortality we care about what we know and might possibly lose (or have already lost), dislike that which threatens what we care about, and feel indifferent toward that which has no visible bearing on the safety of the people and things we love.”

--John Gardner
The Art of Fiction

This intensive 5-week course is an introduction to various theoretical and practical strategies for reading fiction. We will concentrate on reading and interpreting mostly shorter fictional texts in relation to the author, the reader, and the culture at large. We will read and discuss a number of genres, such as realistic fiction, science fiction, and comics/graphic fiction. Primary course goals include enhancing your critical expression and realizing, as Richard Wright notes above, that the critical reading of fiction can help in expanding life’s possibilities.

Requirements include keeping up with and discussing critically in class daily readings, researching biographical and cultural allusions in the fictions to deepen reading experience, writing a midterm and final exam—both will include objective identification sections as well as essay portions.

Summer Quarter Business SUSTAINABILITY Courses

Course Descriptions

ESRM 320, Marketing and Management From a Sustainability Perspective (info below and more detailed info at https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/973108/assignments/syllabus)
ESRM 321, Finance and Accounting From a Sustainability Perspective (info below and more detailed info at https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/973109/assignments/syllabus)

Summer Term A ESRM 320 (SLN 11413) is a 100% online course (except for the in-person final exam on July 21), and there is an optional second in person class, on June 23, to meet face to face and to introduce the course.

Overview.

1. For-profit companies and non-profit organizations use marketing and human resources to create and deliver products, services, and ideas. This course explores: 
2. Business practices that are aligned with environmental stewardship and social responsibility standards; 
3. The concepts and models of a market orientation; 
4. How markets are researched and targeted, and products positioned, to meet consumer needs; 
5. Creating and pricing products, developing distribution channels, and implementing promotion campaigns; 
6. Managerial and leadership skills and styles; 
7. How companies motivate employees and develop human capital; and 
8. Methods for recruiting, selecting, training, and evaluating employees. 

Sustainability refers to integrating environmental, social, and financial/economic elements in order to meet the needs of people today without compromising Earth’s capacity to provide for future generations. This course explores the meaning and importance of sustainable business practices that respect and adhere to best environmental science methods and ethical social responsibility standards. The context for this exploration will be corporate sustainability reports.

Learning Objectives (at the end of this course, students should be able to do the following).

1. Explain the vocabulary, concepts, and models of marketing, human resources, and sustainability
2. Summarize how a market orientation and commitment to sustainability can enhance customer and employee satisfaction
3. Describe how consumer markets are segmented, targeted, and products positioned to satisfy individual, government, and business consumers’ wants and needs
4. Compare techniques for creating value-added products, services, and ideas; valuing environmental and social externalities and managing traditional pricing; developing distribution strategies and “greening” the supply chain; and creating and implementing promotion campaigns
5. Define managerial and leadership styles and theories of motivation, persuasion, and influence
6. Summarize the human resource process of recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating employees
7. Describe sustainability reporting and the GRI indicators for measuring sustainability performance
8. Assess real world sustainability performance using corporate sustainability reports and GRI indicators
9. Analyze and interpret sustainability performance data
10. Learn how to use Excel spreadsheets

Summer Term B ESRM 321 (SLN 11414) is a 100% online course (except for the in-person final exam on August 20), and there is an optional second in person class, on July 23, to meet face to face and to introduce the course.

Overview.
We explore two of the four primary business dimensions: finance and accounting. Finance refers to the flows and uses of money among individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, and governments and associated processes, institutions, and markets. Accounting involves recording, classifying, summarizing, and interpreting business transactions to provide management and stakeholders with information about a company’s performance, liquidity, growth, value, etc. Sustainability. Refers to integrating environmental, social, and financial elements in order to meet the needs of people today without compromising Earth’s capacity to provide for future generations. We will explore the meaning and importance of sustainable business practices that respect and adhere to best environmental science methods and ethical social responsibility standards. The context for this exploration will be corporate annual financial and sustainability reports.

1. Learning Objectives (at the end of this course, students should be able to do the following).
2. Explain the vocabulary and concepts of finance, accounting, and sustainability
3. Summarize what money is, counterfeiting deterrence, and financial institutions
4. Explain the functions of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and its monetary policy tools
5. Describe stock markets and investing strategies
6. Analyze financial statements (e.g., balance sheets, income statements)
7. Define corporate financial management
8. Summarize corporate social responsibility
9. Describe sustainability reporting and the GRI indicators for measuring sustainability performance
10. Assess real world sustainability performance using corporate sustainability reports and GRI indicators
11. Analyze and interpret sustainability performance data
12. Learn how to use Excel spreadsheets

Ever wondered what was lurking below the ocean's surface? Take Marine Biology in Summer quarter and find out!

Studies in Short Fiction, Summer 2015 A Term

Course Details
ENGL 346, Studies in Short Fiction - VLPA
M - Th 9:40 - 11:50
SLN 11330:
Instructor: Laurie George
Summer A -term

Who doesn't want to add The Devil's Dictionary to their summer reading list? (-:

“Novel, a short story padded.”

--Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911

“Each writer's prejudices, tastes, background, and experience tend
to limit the kinds of characters, actions, and settings he can honestly
care about, since by nature of our mortality we care about what we
know and might possibly lose (or have already lost), dislike that which
threatens what we care about, and feel indifferent toward that which has
no visible bearing on the safety of the people and things we love.”

--John Gardner
The Art of Fiction

This class in fiction celebrates the shorter rather than the longer narrative—the reading, writing, and interpretive critique of it, but some of our readings will be novellas, short novels. Ambrose Bierce will be one of the “unpadded” writers whose fiction we read with the above quotations in mind; that is, we will read stories as a means of investigating what subjects Ambrose Bierce and assorted other writers cared about and thought they might lose, just as we’ll analyze their narrative styles that often shocked reading publics —both then and now. Primary goals of the course include: increasing your reading enjoyment of the short fiction by sophisticating your reading practices and your awareness of how you interpret and assess fiction; exposing you to a variety of fictional authors, genres, styles, and literary movements; enhancing your critical abilities, both orally and in writing, to analyze, interpret and evaluate responses to stories.

Super ESRM Outdoor Summer 2015, 14 credit opportunity!

ESRM 304, 

ESRM 491, 

AND L ARCH 498= 14credits

SUMMER 2015 FIELD COURSE ESRM 491A: Ecology and ecological forestry of forests of the Cascade Range

SLN: 11420
Professor: Jerry Franklin
July 13-19th 5 credits, 

Spend a week in the forests of the Gifford Pinchot NF! This week-long field course includes visits to select old growth and early seral forests where we will observe and discuss the ecology and management of these socio-ecosystems.

Field sites and topics include:

• Dry and moist old-growth forests
• Mt St Helens 1980 eruption and ecosystem response
• 1902 Yacolt Burn sites
• 2006 Cold Springs fire
• Harvest, thinning, and restoration projects

Students will gain an understanding of the ecological structure, function, and disturbance regimes of these forests, as well as an overview of the historic and current efforts to manage and restore them. We will be based in Forest Service housing at the Wind River Experimental Forest with daily road trips and walks and occasional evening lectures.

https://uwsfr.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/super-esrm-outdoor-summer-2015-esrm-304-491-l-arch-498-14-credits/

Summer Course from the Center for Experiential Learning and Diversity
http://expd.washington.edu/courses

GEN ST 348: Creating an Experiential Learning Portfolio
SLN 11584, A Term (June 23- July 21): T/Th, 2:20-4:30pm,
2 credits, CR/NC
Instructors: 

Emily Smith, emilys42@uw.edu , Global Opportunities Program
Kathryn Cornforth, purschk@uw.edu, Carlson Center for Leadership & Public Policy

This course will guide you through the process of building an online e-portfolio. The e-portfolio development process will help you to identify deep connections between your learning, your experiences, and your life goals. Engage in hands-on activities exploring your personal strengths; organize and document your accomplishments; and highlight evidence of your learning in creative and visual ways that showcase your skills and knowledge. You will conclude this course with the skillset and a multimedia framework necessary to maintain a personal e-portfolio that will help you to stay focused on your goals, give you a place to store your significant learning experiences, and that can grow and change as you do. (Open to students of all grade-levels and all academic majors, no prior experience with technology is necessary).

2-credit, "mid-quarter" course for international students offered again for spring quarter!

This quarter Academic Support Programs will again offer the 2 credit, “mid-quarter start” class “Understanding American Higher Education” for international students.

As a reminder the class is intended to help international students experiencing academic difficulty who may need to drop a class around (or before) mid-quarter but also need to stay in Visa status (12 credits). The class is open to all international students.

The course is now listed as General Studies 391. Students will receive 2 credits for the course, which will begin Week Six (Tuesday May 5th) and run Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-6:20pm. The course will be credit/no credit.

The class is titled “Understanding American Higher Education,” and will combine historical and philosophical context for international students about the evolving role of the university in and beyond the United States. As importantly, the class will connect this knowledge to practical strategies for the students to succeed at a large public university and to help them reflect on their own relationship to the university experience.

We will be enrolling students directly to the class. If you think a student is a good candidate (or if they would like more information) please have them e-mail me with their name and student ID number. My contact is: rburt@uw.edu.

If you have any questions or would like more information please feel free to e-mail or call.

Still room in ASIAN 498 -VLPA credits

ASIAN 498: Violence and Humor in Contemporary Korean Literature and Film
Instructor: Emily Hall
5 Credits
MWF 1:30-2:50

This course explores the different theories and usage of violence and humor within Korean literature and film, and how these works reflect the cultural narratives of Korean society. In particular, we will analyze the effect of war, division of North and South Korea, and government violence on literature and film and how these experiences shaped memories of historical events and the depictions of violence within particular genres. In conjunction, the course explores humor and violence as a genre and how Korean literature and film uses humor and violence as satire, critique, and escape.

This course is designed as a seminar with a significant portion dedicated to discussion and close reading of Korean films and literature. Subject topics and historical background will be introduced throughout the course so, while useful, no background in Korean studies or history is required.

Asian Languages and Literature SUMMER 2015 Courses

Complete your Foreign Language Requirement or accelerate your progress towards a major or minor this summer!

ASIAN 205 Literature and Culture of Japan from Tradition to Modernity (5 credits) Introduction to Japanese literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in its cultural context. May also include some Korean literature. Texts in English translation. 

CHIN 134 First-Year Intensive Chinese for Non-Heritage Learners (15 credits) Introduction to the standard Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis on learning correct pronunciation and basic structure. Drill in oral use of the language. Open only to students without previous training in Mandarin. 

CHIN 234 Second-Year Intensive Chinese for Non-Heritage Learners (15 credits) Continuation of first-year non-heritage Mandarin Chinese. Stresses advanced grammar and vocabulary expansion. Continues aural and oral practice and structural drills. 

JAPAN 134 First-Year Intensive Japanese (15 credits) Fundamentals of the modern Japanese language. Oral communication skills, basic grammar, and reading/writing of hiragana, katakana, and basic kanji. Students with prior background must take placement test. 

JAPAN 234 Second-Year Intensive Japanese (15 credits) Intermediate study of modern Japanese oral and written language. Expanded vocabulary and reading comprehension, essential for those traveling to Japan. Prerequisite: JAPAN 134/111/112/113. 

JAPAN 334 Third-Year Intensive Japanese (15 credits) Advanced study of modern Japanese oral and written language. Expanded vocabulary and reading comprehension, essential for those traveling to Japan. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 JAPAN 234/211/212/213. 

KOREAN 134 First-Year Intensive Korean (15 credits) Covers the fundamentals of the modern Korean language. Includes Hangul, oral communication skills, and basic grammar. Presumes no initial knowledge of Korean. Students with prior background must take placement test. 

KOREAN 135 Elementary Korean for Heritage Learners (5 credits) Provides grammar background for students who know Hangul phonetically and have minimal oral communication skills. For students with minimal spoken/home Korean background but no formal classes. Not open to students who received schooling in Korean during childhood. Prerequisite: score of 45-65 on the KR100A placement test. *Subject to change

Looking forward to seeing you this summer!

Spring 2015:ENVIR 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies

ENVIR 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies
Mon/Wed/Fri 9:30-10:20
Varying quiz sections Tues or Thurs
5 credits
Thomson Hall (THO) Room 101

• Learn more about contemporary environmental challenges and responses, including climate change, ocean acidification, crop plant diversity, and social justice.
• Engage in challenging conversations with peers, professors and community members about how to best participate in the work of planetary stewardship.
• Recognize the complexity in environmental issues and our connections to these issues at multiple scales, from local to global.
• Participate in a dynamic and unique learning experience with an interdisciplinary teaching team.

Co-taught by:

Kristi Straus, Program on the Environment (kmstraus@uw.edu)
Yen-Chu Weng, Program on the Environment (yweng@uw.edu)

Bios here: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/people/faculty.php

How to Register:

1. Open to all students from any department.
2. No add code required.
3. Register for ENVIR 100 (SLN 14021)

Questions? Please email the instructors listed above.

Spring Online History Courses Now Available!

Two great History courses offered through the Integrated Social Sciences program have just become available for registration by on-campus students! For on-campus students, these will be so-called “group start” courses that are synched up with the regular quarter dates and require the supplemental fee of $350 to cover UWEO’s costs. Like all ISS courses, these History courses are taught by regular UW faculty. It’s a great option for students who want to continue their studies but can’t be on campus this quarter.

HSTAS/JSIS A 454: History of Modern China
SLN: 20705
Instructor: Madeleine Yue Dong
Credits: 5
Examine the social, cultural, political, economic and intellectual transformations and continuities in China from the end of the imperial period to the present.

HSTCMP 485: Comparative Colonialism
SLN: 20706
Instructor: Vicente Rafael
Credits: 5
Investigate the historic roots and practices of colonialism throughout the world, focusing on the roles of nationalism, cosmopolitanism and imperial domination. Understand colonialism as a world event with effects that continue to be felt and power that needs to be addressed.

Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health class, Spring 2015

Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health

Spring 2015, Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:20pm

Health Sciences Building, K-069 (located next to Rotunda Café)

The Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health is a 3 credit course open to undergraduates (GH 490 C) and graduate students (GH 590 A) in Spring quarter on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:20.  The course will engage students from diverse disciplines, including public health, demography, epidemiology, policy, sociology, and medicine, in topics on global reproductive health.  The course will focus on family planning and population policy, including the following topics: male and female contraception, abortion policies, human rights, HIV/STIs, access to services, and cost-effectiveness of contraception.  This landscape course is designed to give students an overview of global reproductive health, and encourage interdisciplinary learning through active participation in lectures and discussions.  It will emphasize current issues, challenges, and strategies to improve reproductive health, with a focus on resource-limited settings.  The course is designed for a broad range of students from all schools and departments who have an interest in global reproductive health.

Alison Drake and Jennifer Unger are the course co-instructors and can be contacted at adrake2@uw.edu and junger@uw.edu for more information.

ENGL 347 now open to day students, Spring 2015

ENGL 347: ART OF PROSE (The Fire This Time: Contemporary Black Non-Fiction)

Professor Louis Chude-Sokei

T Th 7:00-8:50 PM

SLN 21147: https://sdb.admin.washington.edu/timeschd/UWNetID/sln.asp?QTRYR=SPR+2015&SLN=21147




When many of our cultural, political and economic crises center on or attempt to evade issues of race, black writers have been central to articulating the zeitgeist. And in such times many of them favor non-fiction as a method of either directly approaching “truth” or of dissecting it in order to explore exactly how it functions, for whom and to what ends. This class focuses on a series of important works of non-fiction by black writers who engage our contemporary “crises” from multiple perspectives. Ranging from memoir to reportage, criticism to political punditry, these works not only demonstrate the range of possibilities available in non-fiction but also provide an ongoing narrative of our changing racial realities and our rapidly transforming notions of “the real.”

Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENVIR 100), SPR 2015

NOW OPEN FOR SPRING 2015:

ENVIR 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies

Mon/Wed/Fri 9:30-10:20
Varying quiz sections Tues or Thurs
5 credits
Thomson Hall (THO) Room 101
UW Seattle Campus

·         Learn more about contemporary environmental challenges and responses, including climate change, ocean acidification, crop plant diversity, and social justice.

·         Engage in challenging conversations with peers, professors and community members about how to best participate in the work of planetary stewardship.

·         Recognize the complexity in environmental issues and our connections to these issues at multiple scales, from local to global.

·         Participate in a dynamic and unique learning experience with an interdisciplinary teaching team.

Co-taught by:
Kristi Straus, Program on the Environment (kmstraus@uw.edu)
Yen-Chu Weng, Program on the Environment (yweng@uw.edu)
Bios here: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/people/faculty.php

How to Register

·         Open to all students from any department.

·         No add code required.

·         Register for ENVIR 100 (SLN 14021).

Questions? Please email the instructors listed above.