Spring 2013 Scholars’ Studio

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What: Spring 2013 Scholars’ Studio featuring 9 rapid-fire lightning style talks (5 minutes each) on the theme of “Pacific Northwest”. 

When: Friday, April 19th from 4-5:30pm

Where: Research Commons, Allen Library South

http://commons.lib.washington.edu/scholarsstudio

 


Scholars’ Studio: Pacific Northwest Research @the Commons presenters (in no particular order):

  • Korean American Women’s Activism in the Pacific Northwest. Nina Kim, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
  • Encountering Death in the Pacific Northwest. Wendi Lindquist, History 
  • Owning the Ocean: Race, Environment, and Identity in the Bristol Bay (Alaska) Salmon Fishery, 1930-1938. Ross Coen, History
  • Post-Chinatown: Rethinking the API Diaspora in Seattle’s Suburbs. Calvin Timmons, Cultural Studies
  • New Deal Visual Art in Washington State. Eleanor Mahoney, History
  • Potential for Hybridization between Castilleja hispida and Endangered Castilleja levisecta in a Restoration Setting. Lauren Clark, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 
  • Juggling Fish, Wind and Flood-control in the Columbia River Basin. Karen Studarus, Electrical Engineering 
  • Northwest Goods Movement and Air Quality: A Diesel Exhaust Study. Jill Schulte, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 
  • Designing the NW Bio Trust: Theories, Strategies, and Trust. Cyan James, Institute for Public Health Genetics

[course] – Spring 2012: EU Environmental Policy – Coming of Age

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EU Environment Policy: Coming of Age
Anne Burrill
EURO 490K, Spring 2012
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30am-1:20pm
107 Smith Hall, UW Seattle

EU Environment policy is widely supported by the EU citizen and the business community alike, and the vast majority of national laws in the field of environment in the EU have their origin in EU legislation. This course will examine the evolution of EU Environment policy, from its origins as ‘end-of-pipe’ regulation, through a focus on prevention, towards a mainstreaming of environmental considerations into all aspects of EU policy. We will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the various sectors of EU environment policy, consider what makes a successful environment policy and examine how well EU environment policy address the needs of an expanded EU in a globalized world. Each class will include a discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of the EU approach to specific aspects of environment policy. The course is interdisciplinary, with a focus on how well the EU’s environment policy has projected itself into other EU policies.

Anne Burrill is a Visiting EU Fellow in the Jackson School’s European Union Center of Excellence, for the academic year 2011-2012. She comes to us from the European Commission’s Environment Directorate General, where she is Deputy Head of Unit for International Relations and Enlargement. Her work particularly concerns environmental relations with those neighbours of the EU which aim eventually to become EU Member States, or which have taken on commitments to progressively converge their national policies with EU standards and norms in the context of the EU Neighbourhood Policy.

For more information, email euc@uw.edu.

**This course counts towards Policy & Decision Making and/or International for Perspectives and Experiences**

[courses] – Spring 2012: More Perspectives and Experiences Courses!

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1) ENVIR / COM 418 – Communication and the Environment

**This course counts towards Human/Social Dimensions**

2) POL S 335A – Poverty and Hunger in the World Food System (Professor Adrian Sinkler)

Please note: This course will be available for registration to non-POLS students beginning Period 2 (Monday, March 5 at 6am).

**This course counts towards Policy & Decision Making and/or International for Perspectives and Experiences**

Poverty and hunger are mostly rural phenomena around the world, and though the poor in “developed” countries also have limited access to food markets that negatively impacts their nutrition and health, those who suffer the most from this lack of access are (ironically) farmers and pastoralists in the developing world. In this course we will cover the main theoretical debates concerning the best way to address the issues of rural poverty and rural development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Does free trade make needed foodstuffs more accessible to the world’s rural poor, or does it contribute to poverty by “crowding out” small farmers? Do Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) make it easier for poor farmers to expand their yields and income, or do they lead to high rates of farmer debt and the “fertilizer treadmill?” Will land redistribution to the rural poor increase food sovereignty and security for developing countries, or will it lead to a dangerous decline in the global food supply? Upon taking this course, students will be in a better position to understand the debates behind these questions and formulate their own answers with reference to historical and cross-national data.

3) FRENCH / LIT 228 – The Water Crisis in Literature and Film  (Professor Richard Watts)

**This course counts towards Human/Social Dimensions and/or International for Perspectives and Experiences**

We will interpret a variety of documents and objects–novels (e.g., Masters of the Dew), cinema (e.g., Even the Rain), architecture (the fountains of Versailles, etc.) that address the cultural significance of water with the aim of understanding how water’s meaning has changed as we have become more conscious of risks in supply (posed by pollution and natural/man-made scarcity) and as access to it is increasingly mediated (as a result of its privatization, commodification, etc.). While no ten-week course could pretend to give a comprehensive and global view of problem as complex as our relation to water, we will study novels, essays, films and other cultural documents from Western Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and North America with a view to understanding the differential distribution of the water crisis and the variety of aesthetic responses to it.

[course] – Spring 2012: ENVIR 280: Natural History – Knowing Our Non-Human Neighbors

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SPRING 2012 – NEW!

ENVIR 280: Natural History: Knowing Our Non-Human Neighbors

Taught by Prof. Josh Tewksbury, Department of Biology

5 credits – NW credit

TTH 1:30-3:20 in Mary Gates Hall 231

Required overnight field trip to Pack Forest (near Mt. Rainier) on 3/31-4/1 (all day/overnight)

Required day field trip to Leavenworth on 5/12 (all day)

**This course fulfills the second biology course requirement for Environmental Studies majors**

(All Environmental Studies majors must take BIOL 180 and a second biology course – this course counts towards the second biology course).


Course Description:

Natural History – observation and representation of nature, at biological scales from organisms to landscapes – is the foundation of the natural sciences.  It is a discipline as old as art, and as modern as deep sea submersibles, satellites and smart phones.  It is both a practice (in art, science, and humanities) and a body of knowledge.  In this course, we will explore all of these aspects of Natural History, and we will learn the natural history of the Pacific Northwest through direct experience, field exercises, field trips, readings and discussion sections.    

Course Learning Goals

–To become more careful, astute observers of interactions in nature

–To become more familiar and comfortable with the various forms and tool used by naturalists to collect, organize, synthesize, and disseminate natural history

– To increase familiarity with the terrestrial and fresh-water flora and fauna of the Pacific Northwest.

Spring Quarter 2012 Registration Bulletin

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Dear PoE students:

As a reminder, Spring Quarter 2012 registration begins Friday, February 17, 2012. Please review the information below regarding courses that will be offered Spring Quarter 2012 and how they will fulfill environmental studies major requirements.  If you have a quick question or you think there is an error with your degree audit, please e-mail poeadv@uw.edu.  If you would like to make an appointment to see an adviser, please check the online adviser calendars first, then e-mail poeadv@uw.edu with your preferred date and time.

Best,

PoE Student Services

Environmental Studies Core:

ENVIR 100 (Interdisciplinary Foundations)

  • Co-taught by Peter Kahn and Kristi Straus
  • No prerequisites! I&S/NW credit!
  • If you enjoyed this course, tell your friends/neighbors/classmates!

ENVIR 200 (Communication and Information)

  • Taught by Andrew Rose or Frederica Helmiere
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 100 and an English Composition course.
  • Writing Intensive

ENVIR 300 (Synthesis and Analysis)

  • Taught by Megan Styles
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 100, ENVIR 200, and ENVIR 250 (if applicable).
  • Writing Intensive
  • If you declared the ENVIR major Autumn 2009 or before, you must e-mail poeadv@uw.edu for an add code.  If you declared afterwards, no add code is needed if you meet prerequisites.

ENVIR 490 (Pre-Capstone Seminar: Part I)

  • Taught by Sean McDonald
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 300
  • Must attend PoE capstone symposium: May 21-23 from 1:30-5:30 p.m.

ENVIR 492 (Post-Capstone Seminar: Part III)

  • Taught by Sean McDonald
  • You will be added when you have successfully completed ENVIR 491 (this will occur the week of March 19)
  • Must attend PoE capstone symposium: May 21-23 from 1:30-5:30 p.m.

If you declared Autumn 2010 or after, please use the following as a guide.  If you declared before Autumn 2010, your major requirements will vary slightly — please see an adviser with questions.

Foundational (Biology):

BIOL 180 (Introductory Biology)

BIOL 200 (Introductory Biology)

  • This course has CHEM 142 and CHEM 152 as prerequisites.

BIOL 118 + 119 (Survey of Physiology + Lab)

ENVIR 280 (Natural History: Knowing Our Non-Human Neighbors) – FIELDTRIPS!  NEW!

  • This course counts towards the second biology course requirement for Environmental Studies majors.  All Environmental Studies majors must take BIOL 180 and a second biology course.  This course counts as the second biology course.
  • For Environmental Studies minors: this course can count towards Perspectives and Experiences – Natural Sciences.

Foundational (Chemistry):

CHEM 142 (General Chemistry)

Foundational (Statistics):

STAT 220 (Basic Statistics)

STAT 311 (Elements of Statistical Methods)

  • This course has one quarter of pre-calculus/calculus as a prerequisite.

Q SCI 381 (Intro to Probability and Statistics)

  • This course has one quarter of pre-calculus/calculus as a prerequisite.

Foundational (Other Quantitative Methods):

ENVIR 495A (Environmental Pedagogy: How to Teach the Environment) NEW!

ESRM 250 (Intro to GIS in Forest Resources)

  • This course is restricted to ESRM majors during Period 1

ESRM 430 (Hyperspatial Remote Sensing in Natural Resource Management)

GEOG 360 (Principles of GIS Mapping)

Foundational (Earth Systems Literacy – Land, Water, Atmosphere):

OCEAN 200 + 201 (Intro to Oceanography + Lab)

Foundational (Values and Cultures):

ENVIR/ESRM/ECON 235 (Intro to Environmental Economics)

ENVIR/PHIL 243 (Intro to Environmental Ethics)

Perspectives and Experiences Courses:

COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS:

  • If you find a course that you think should count towards an environmental studies major or minor requirement but is not showing up on the list, you must submit an online course substitution petition:https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/poeadv/148320