Honors Course Archive
Course Archive for Summer 2015
Except where noted*, current Interdisciplinary Honors students may self-register using the SLN/MyPlan. If you have any questions regarding what category a course will fulfill, please check your degree audit on MyPlan and/or contact us here.
* Add codes are placed on all courses one week after the first day of the quarter. If you need an add code, please email the course instructor for permission, and once approved, forward the confirmation from your instructor to uwhonors@uw.edu. We will be in touch with registration details as soon as possible.
- Honors Arts & Humanities (0)
- Honors Science (1)
- Honors Social Sciences (0)
- Honors Interdisciplinary (1)
- HONORS 100/496 (0)
- Honors Electives (1)
- Special Topics (0)
Honors Arts & Humanities (0)
(No Course records found)
Honors Science (1)
HONORS-prefix courses
Honors 220 A: Natural and Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest (NSc)
Honors 220 A: Natural and Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest (NSc)
SLN 14225 (View UW registration info »)
Email: uvaldez@uw.edu
Credits: 5
Limit: 21 students
Students must attend at least one overnight field trip in addition to class meetings.
In this course, students will develop an understanding of key ecological and social processes affecting Pacific Northwest ecosystems. In addition, students will gain a basic understanding of economically and ecologically important species and ecosystems found in the region. Class time will
include occasional lectures from the instructor or guests, discussion of case studies and time will be mainly spent in local field trips. During field trips students will be conducting observations, data gathering and will be trained in basic fieldwork skills. Local fieldtrips will be during class time, however, students will be required to go on at least ONE overnight field trip: First trip to Friday Harbor to observe Orca Whales and other marine ecosystems: (potential dates 31 July-1 Aug or 1-2 Aug) and second trip to the Olympic peninsula (15-16 Aug).
The course will include the cumulative development of a project that uses scientific methods to approach a topic of interest.
Specific Course Goals:
– To gain an understanding of the history and complexity of natural and human systems and key socio-environmental relationships in the Pacific Northwest.
– To be exposed to the challenges and solutions to environmental, economic, and social relationships found in the Pacific Northwest in the local and global context.
– To develop a basic understanding of the natural history of the Pacific Northwest
– To apply the scientific method, gain analytical and professional skills, and to conduct independent research.
– To improve the ability to synthesize and communicate information effectively to a diversity of audiences.
– To help students form an educated opinion on the issues discussed in class in ways that empowers them personally and as engaged participants in society.
Honors Social Sciences (0)
(No Course records found)
Honors Interdisciplinary (1)
HONORS-prefix courses
Honors 345 A: Iconoclasts in the corner of the world: a survey of Northwest writers and artists (C)
Honors 345 A: Iconoclasts in the corner of the world: a survey of Northwest writers and artists (C)
SLN 11696 (View UW registration info »)
Email: frances@francesmccue.com
Credits: 5
Limit: 22 students
This course satisfies BOTH Honors Interdisciplinary AND UW's Composition requirements.
We are going to unpack these myths of a “Northwest School” by investigating more of the artists and poets who were at work at the time in this region.
As a cross between a project-based research studio and a series of field trips, this course will explore some of the artists and poets who worked in the Puget Sound Region in the mid 20th century. We will use the photographer Mary Randlett’s portraits of some of these figures and we’ll investigate who they were and what they made. At the same time, we’ll head into the city to see some examples of the paintings, sculptures and sites of poems. Afterwards, will write short reviews of what we find. The course will culminate with projects conducted in pairs or trios.
HONORS 100/496 (0)
(No Course records found)
Honors Electives (1)
Other Honors courses (without HONORS-prefix)
Honors 230 A: In Your Name: Education Inside Prison (SSc)
Honors 230 A: In Your Name: Education Inside Prison (SSc)
SLN 11697 (View UW registration info »)
Credits: 5
Limit: 12 students
Students will have class on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays and travel to the prison on Wednesdays.
There will also be another mandatory all day field trip Thursday, July 30.
writing assignments and developing a series of group projects focusing on education. We will be at the prison every Wednesday during B term, departing from the UW around 11:00 am and arriving back at about 5:00 pm. We will also tour the entire facility and meet with the prison’s administrative staff and correctional officers in order to gain a broad understanding of the complex issues surrounding education
within a prison setting (the tour is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 30, and will take all day). NO MAKE-UP sessions are possible, so please check your schedules.
Students will be required to submit information for clearance in order to enter the prison facility and they will be required to sign the UW’s Acknowledgement of Risk form; all students must be over 18. There are no exceptions to these requirements. Class size will be limited to 12 students; transportation to and from the prison will be provided. Please contact the instructor, Claudia Jensen (cjensen@uw.edu), for more information.
Special Topics (0)
(No Course records found)