[course] Summer field courses and research in Alaska!

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The Tatoosh School is a nonprofit, university-level field school with a beachfront base camp on Prince of Wales Island and lecture halls in the towns, oceans, and forests of Alaska’s Inside Passage. It is the school’s mission to foster first-hand learning about the ecology and environmental policy of southern Southeast Alaska.

Learn more and apply at http://tatooshschool.org

Questions? peter@tatooshschool.org or 503.347.2599

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[course] Spring Quarter: ESRM 320

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ESRM 320: Marketing and Management From a Sustainability Perspective

ESRM 320 is an introductory business course designed for non-business majors. It has NO prerequisites, offers NW and I&S, and is 5 credits. 

We cover the basics of marketing and human resource management with sustainability (environmental and social responsibility) woven throughout the course.

THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE that meets in person only three times: 4:30-6:50 pm, on Tuesday, March 31 (course introduction),Tuesday, May 5 (midterm exam), and Tuesday June 2, (final exam), in 223 Anderson Hall.

For more information: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/965259/assignments/syllabus

[course] Spring Break in Yosemite National Park

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Are you interested in traveling to Yellowstone National Park over spring break?  Want to see wolves, explore US National Park Service management, put your GIS and wildlife skills to work, or catch a bald eagle?  If so, then you may be interested in taking ESRM 459 with Professors John Marzluff, Aaron Wirsing, and Monica Moskal. 

To be considered for the class, please email Dr. Marzluff (corvid@uw.edu) the following information before Feb. 20:

1.     Your name, major, and class standing.

2.     A 5 sentence (or less) paragraph stating your motivation to join the class and what you hope to learn/experience in the class.

Upon our review we will issue add codes for the class, which can be taken for either 3 or 5 credits.  Previous trip schedules, which will be similar this year but during the current break dates (March 21-28), can be found at:

http://courses.washington.edu/vseminar/ynpsyl.htm

[course]: Literature & the Environment ENGL 365b

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[course]: Literature & the Environment ENGL 365b

ENGL 365: Literature and Discourses on the Environment  (VLPA)Professor Jesse Oak Taylor
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Global climate change has been described as the “end of nature.” What does that mean for art? For literature? What is “nature” anyway? This course will explore the implications for reading, enjoying and thinking about imaginative literature and art in the context of global environmental crisis. In the process, we will think about how literature and art help us to think about humans, nature, and the environment in ways that may not be accessible via scientific, political, or even ethical debate. Over the quarter, we will trace an arc from early environmentalism in the founding of the U.S. National Park system and the “wilderness” movement in the American west, through more recent our struggles to come to terms with oil spills, extinction, and anthropogenic climate change in the 21st century. We will place particular emphasis on environmental justice, the unequal distribution of environmental crises along class, race and gender lines, and the intersections between environmental issues and global health, while also focusing on the ways in which environmentalism intersects with ideas of beauty, religion, and cultural value. Please note: This is an interdisciplinary course. Students from all majors are welcome. No prior English courses required.

[course]: Integrated Sciences Careers Seminar

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Are you interested in a career in the sciences? Would you like to:

  • Explore a wide variety of careers available to students with a broad science background?
  • Network with professionals in science careers, including science education, science writing, and science policy?
  • Learn about successful pathways to careers in science, as well as the skills required for those careers?

Weekly guest speakers in INTSCI 301 expose students to a variety of possible careers and provide students with tips and insight based on their own careers in the sciences.  Students complete a final “field experience” consisting of a visit and informational interview with someone working in the sciences.

Open to undergraduates at all levels with an interest in learning more about science careers.

Here’s what some of our previous students had to say about the class:

“The field experience exposed me to a career I didn’t even know existed!  This class should be required for all science majors.  I wish I had taken it when I first came to the UW.”

“This class was a very pleasant surprise.  It proved to be helpful in areas other than just exploring science careers.”

“Having guest speakers come in from different fields is really awesome and gives lots of different perspectives.”

INTSCI 301 will meet on Wednesdays, 3:30-4:50 p.m. For registration questions, please email Meghan Oxley, Integrated Sciences Adviser, at: what@uw.edu.