Course Details

Course offered Spring 2022

HONORS 232 A: Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change (SSc, DIV, W)

HONORS 232 A: Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change (SSc, DIV, W)

SLN 15316 (View UW registration info »)

Kirsten Foot (Communication)
Office: 102 Communications Bldg, Box 353740
Phone: 543-4837
Email: kfoot@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 35 students

In today’s world organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors must interact well for the sake of their own organization and societal needs, but they face many challenges in doing so. Students in HONORS 232:Multisector Collaboration for Societal Change will have the opportunity to explore the dynamics of interorganizational, multisector collaboration in a discussion-based seminar. Students will participate in discussions, develop communication strategies for interorganizational interactions, and analyze real-world instances of multisector collaboration.

The centerpiece of the course is a 5-week simulation in which each student has a role in a (mock) multisector community task force– situated in a fictional mountain town– that negotiates the creation of a proactive, wildfire mitigation plan. Through the simulation, students will apply knowledge gained from course readings, and develop skills in assessing other stakeholders’ needs and motives, building alliances, communicating constructively through disagreements, and developing multilateral agreements for the collective good.

Because this is a synchronous discussion-based seminar, participation in the discussions is essential to succeeding in this course. There will be no lectures, and class discussions will not be recorded. The technology in the classroom does not support simultaneous interaction between in-person and remote students, so it will not be possible for individual students to participate remotely.