2008-09 Courses: Fall

This is an introductory course in drawing. Study will include drawing structure, proportion and volume using a variety of approaches. We will also explore techniques and media, using still life and natural resources.

The Evergreen Singers is a continuing choral ensemble of The Evergreen State College community. No auditions are required. We will learn the basics of good voice production, and rehearse and perform songs from a range of musical idioms. Members of the Evergreen Singers need to be able to carry a tune, learn their parts, and sing their parts with their section. This class requires excellent attendance and basic musicianship skills.

In this course we will test our understanding of what “creative writing” is, both by working on our own creative manuscripts and by collaborating on the central question: what do we imagine an alternative writing community at Evergreen to look like? We will examine each other’s sense of the function (or lack of function) of poetry and prose, share and critique each other’s work in small groups, experiment with various literary forms, and test these experiments further by sampling the work of other writers and theorists. Courses which complement this one will be offered in the winter and spring quarters.

This introductory French course emphasizes mastery of basic skills through a solid study of grammatical structures and interactive oral activities. Students will develop accurate pronunciation, build a useful vocabulary and work regularly in small groups to develop conversational skills. The class is lively and fast-paced with a wide variety of fun and creative activities in music, poetry, videos and work with Internet sites. Students use additional activities in the Community Language Laboratory to accelerate their skills.

This class is designed to reinforce, practice and build upon previous skills. It will be fast paced, completely in French, with continued review of grammatical structures. Class is interactive, and emphasizes conversational skills through discussions with native speakers of video segments, music, poetry and Internet news clips. Students will be expected to interact completely in French in small groups related to particular cultural themes. Students will increase their reading and writing skills through study of selected literary excerpts and/or a novel.

What connects people? What are the expectations and codes of conduct in social interactions? Join us as we use the lens of film to study relationships among individuals, gender and social groups. This is part of a year-long series of courses which will explore French and Japanese cultures through media. Students will be introduced to both languages as we look at their roles in the expression of culture.

Komm und lern Deutsch! This is the first quarter of a year-long course for beginning German students. This course will cover the basic grammatical concepts, vocabulary and conversation. Students will develop basic skills in speaking, reading, translating and writing of standard high German. Students will also learn about culture, traditions and customs of the German people, new and old. Through involvement in children’s stories, music and activities in the language laboratory, students will also become familiar with idiomatic expressions.

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of grant writing and fundraising. After an orientation to contemporary philanthropy and trends, students will learn how to increase the capacity of an organization to be competitive for grants and other donations. We will share ways to plan realistic projects, identify promising funding sources and write clear and compelling components of a grant, based either on guidelines for an actual funder or a generic one. Working individually or in small groups, students will develop their project idea, outline the main components of a grant and prepare a brief common application.

The purpose of this course is to provide an overall view of the emergence of psychology as a field, its historical roots, its evolution within a broader sociocultural context, and philosophical currents running throughout this evolution. Attention will be paid to the interaction of theory development and the social milieu, the cultural biases within theory, and the effect of personal history on theoretical claims. This course is a core course, required for pursuit of graduate studies in psychology.

This year-long course sequence is intended for the student interested in exploring musical experimentation with computer applications. The course will combine specific technical information regarding hardware architecture, software and interface design, and creation of musical pieces with focus on the new options presented by this compositional environment. This is a lab course with limited (18) positions available. Please make sure you complete an application and speak with the faculty regarding your skills.

This is the first quarter of a year-long course. Students must have had a full year of college-level Japanese and be familiar with the grammar and first 72 kanji characters covered in our first-year textbook. It is recommended that those who have taken the summer immersion program enroll in first-year Japanese. Students will learn new sentence structures, verb forms and vocabulary so they can function in a variety of situations. Classroom activities include oral presentations, learning kanji and reading short stories. Japanese culture and life are discussed throughout the course.

This is the first quarter of a year-long course designed for students who have never studied Japanese before or those who have taken less than a full year of college-level Japanese. Students will learn how to function in Japanese in everyday situations by learning useful expressions and basic sentence structures. They will also learn hiragana letters. Daily practice with the CDs is required. Japanese culture and life will be discussed throughout the course.

This nine-month pre-medical practicum designed for students who are interested in careers in health and medical care allows students to work closely with health care professionals in a clinical setting. During the academic year, students will receive the credits and training necessary to become licensed health care assistants in the state of Washington (does not meet requirements for certified medical assisting).

This course is an introduction to the tools and processes of metal fabrication. Students will practice sheet-metal construction, forming, forging and welding, among other work, while accomplishing a series of projects that encourage student-centered design.