糖心少女

CORE CURRICULUM - TACOMA
(糖心少女TACOMA )

Restr   B  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     18/  20                      
                        TITLE: FREE F***CKING SPEECH IN THE                         
                        ACADEMY                                                     
                        DESCRIPTION: WE WILL STUDY                                  
                        FREE SPEECH IN THE UNITED STATES,                           
                        WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ITS                               
                        STATUS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN                             
                        UNIVERSITIES, AND PUT IT TO                                 
                        PRACTICE IN CLASS. EMPHASIS ON THE                          
                        BASICS OF ARGUMENT, ANALYSIS OF                             
                        COMPLEX TEXTS, AND PERSUASIVE                               
                        WRITING AND SPEAKING.                                       

Restr   B  5       MW     130-330                                             Open     22/  25           $35        
                        TITLE: HOW POLLUTION IMPACTS YOU                            
                        AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.                                    
                        DESCRIPTION: THE CURRENT FEDERAL                            
                        ADMINISTRATION IS REMOVING                                  
                        REFERENCES TO "POLLUTION" AND                               
                        DESCREASING PROTECTIONS FOR                                 
                        VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. IT IS                               
                        IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT POLLUTION                            
                        IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM, HOW YOU                            
                        ARE EXPOSED TO IT, AND HOW IT                               
                        AFFECTS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND                             
                        COMMUNITY. IN THIS COURSE, WE WILL                          
                        APPLY A COMBINATION OF SCIENCE AND                          
                        SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES TO                                
                        ANALYZE POLLUTION SOURCES, HUMAN                            
                        EXPOSURE, AND WAYS TO ADDRESS THE                           
                        PROBLEM. THIS COURSE WILL BE VERY                           
                        "HANDS ON" AND WILL REQUIRE YOUR                            
                        PARTICIPATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE                          
                        WILL INCORPORATE DATA COLLECTION                            
                        AND THE CRITCAL ANALYSIS OF                                 
                        PUBLISHED LITERATURE TO UNDERSTAND                          
                        HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS                                  
                        POLLUTION ISSUES.                                           

Restr   B  5       Th     1010-1210                                           Open     15/  25                B     
                        TITLE: CONNECTING THROUGH THE                               
                        SOCIAL SCIENCES                                             
                        DESCRIPTION: EVERY DAY WE TEXT                              
                        FRIENDS, SCROLL THROUGH DATING                              
                        APPS, VIDEO CALL FAMILY ACROSS THE                          
                        WORLD,AND FIND OUR PEOPLE ONLINE-                           
                        BUT FEW OF US STOP TO ASK WHAT                              
                        THESE EVERYDAY ACTS OF                                      
                        CONNECTION ACTUALLY REVEAL ABOUT                            
                        HUMAN SOCIETY. THIS QUARTER, WE                             
                        WILL USE THE TOPIC OF HUMAN                                 
                        CONNECTION AS A LENS FOR                                    
                        EXPLORING HOW SOCIAL SCIENTISTS                             
                        ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT                              
                        THE WORLD. EACH WEEK, WE EXAMINE                            
                        OUR THEME THROUGH A DIFFERENT                               
                        DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE-                                   
                        PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY                         
                        COMMUNICATION STUDIES, AND MORE-                            
                        BUILDING THE RESEARCH SKILLS AND                            
                        CRITICAL THINKING TOOLS YOU WILL                            
                        CARRY INTO ANY FIELD YOU CHOOSE.                            
                        THIS IS A HYBRID COURSE. THE CLASS                          
                        WILL MEET ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUSLY                             
                        ONLINE ON TUESDAYS AND IN PERSON                            
                        ON THURSDAYS.                                               

Restr   B  5       TTh    1010-1210                                           Open     18/  25                B     
                        TITLE: SCIENCE FICTION(S)                                   
                        DESCRIPTION: THIS COURSE EXPLORES                           
                        THE GENRE OF SCIENCE FICTION ACROSS                         
                        MEDIA FORMATS. STUDENTS WILL                                
                        ANALYZE EXAMPLES OF SCIENCE FICTION                         
                        LITERATURE, FILM, TELEVISION, AND                           
                        POPULAR MUSIC. WE WILL SEEK TO                              
                        UNDERSTAND WHAT DEFINES THE GENRES,                         
                        WHAT KINDS OF ARGUMENTS AND                                 
                        CRITIQUES IT MAKES ABOUT SOCIETY,                           
                        AND WHAT MAKES IT APPEALING. THIS I                         
                        A HYBRID COURSE. WEEK 1 WILL MEET                           
                        BOTH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.                                  
                        ALL OTHER WEEKS WILL MEET IN-PERSON                         
                        THURSDAY,WITH TUESDAYS COMPLETED                            
                        ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUSLY.