2008-09 Courses: Winter

This is a course in basic figure drawing. Study will include structure and anatomy, gesture and proportion, and a variety of approaches to drawing from life.

Presented in a non-technical and logical manner, this introductory course will introduce you to the essentials of economic theory and policy. We will explore the fundamentals of economic theory and practice, and extend these concepts to real-world applications. This course will help you acquire an understanding of micro- and macro-economic terminology, concepts and principles. Furthermore, this course will help you realize the important role that economics plays in our lives, and will help you gain a greater understanding of economic policy, as well as how decisions influence the success or failure of a business.

Headlines depict today's youth as increasingly violent - from participation in gangs to dramatic schoolyard shootings. This course aims to study laws, regulations, policies and procedures in the juvenile justice arena. We will explore the history of and current trends in juvenile crime, justice, sentencing and incarceration. Social and economic influences will be examined, as will alternative programs. Future directions in juvenile justice will conclude our work.

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.

What if every communication, every encounter, were intimate? Imagine that. You have imagined being a new collectivist. Why not consider yourself one.
   --from New Collectivists: Poetics of Intent

In this course we will be testing our understanding of what "creative writing" is, both by working on our own creative manuscripts and by taking stock of alternative writing communities, including those that have emerged from the fall course and those that are developing elsewhere at Evergreen and beyond. Students will develop each other’s creative manuscripts by performing a series of collaborative textual experiments that subvert the standard workshop model, hopefully yielding results both radical and intimate. Beyond their internal worth as "radical play," these experiments will build towards a week of performances, readings, publications, and happenings at the end of winter quarter, as well as in the spring. Note: The fall quarter Experiments in Text course is not a prerequisite for winter or spring. All are welcome.

We will consider in depth the question "To what degree do environmental factors and human responses to them determine the fates of human societies?" We will work toward answering this question by drawing on archaeology, palaeoecology, palaeoethnobotany, palaeoclimatology, and zoology as we examine the past 100,000 years of the human story. Upper division science credit will be awarded.

This is the second in a series of three courses, which can be taken separately, to provide students with fundamentals in financial management for businesses or organizations. This course will provide a general introduction and overview of the field of accounting. Allocating resources relies heavily on concise, credible, and understandable financial information. Understanding the processes by which this happens is important for those students who wish to become accountants, as well as for those who just want knowledge of financial statements. To be effective, professionals in all areas of business, finance, production, marketing, personnel and general management, must have a good understanding of accounting. In addition, students whose careers will not be in business areas can use knowledge of accounting to perform more effectively in our society.

This is a continuing course from fall quarter. It emphasizes mastery of basic skills through interactive learning. Classes are lively and conducted primarily in French. Students practice all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Within this context there will be emphasis on accurate pronunciation, useful vocabulary, videos and situational role-play. Winter quarter will focus on oral skills through the use of poetry, short legends and fables. Additionally, students will become acquainted with French traditions, cuisine and contemporary issues in France and the Francophone world.

This is a continuing course from fall quarter for students who have already studied French. It will continue to emphasize grammar review and development of conversational skills through discussions of literature. During the quarter we will focus particularly on theater, film, music, and art, discussing themes that include both cultural and historical context in France. Additionally, students will read, analyze and act out scenes from various plays. Classes are interactive and conducted entirely in French.

What kind of customs and beliefs are expressed in films and other media? Is there an embedded aesthetic tradition? What kind of similarities and differences exist in French and Japanese societies? Join us as we examine films, advertisements and art to explore these questions from an insider’s viewpoint. Students will be introduced to both languages as we look at their roles in the expression of culture.

Who have been officially welcomed to this country, and why? How have racialized, gendered, and historical "anxieties" shaped current understandings of the histories of immigrant women? We will explore these questions-and the link between race and gender-through recent scholarship on the application of U.S. immigration and naturalization law to women from the 1870s to now, selected case studies on immigrant women's experiences, and our own diverse family histories. Our collective inquiry will be informed by key ideas in sociology and lessons from women's grass roots organizing.

In this course, we will examine many aspects of the body from a multi-disciplinary, feminist perspective. We will explore the cultural, historical, ideological, philosophical, psychological, political and personal natures of the ways our bodies are gendered, raced and classed.

This is a continuation from fall, Beginning German I. Students will expand their basic skills on all levels; active and passive vocabulary, and grammar. With the use of CD's they will improve their listening comprehension skills. In addition they will work with a video and complete pre-and postviewing activities. The reading of short modern passages or poems are for the students' enrichment and enjoyment, as well as for their improvement of reading comprehension skills. All class activities are conducted primarily in German.

In today's world, public sector managers are being asked to develop and implement various projects supporting goals and objectives of their agency. Furthermore, they are being asked and even mandated to report their progress using hard data. In this course students will be introduced to public administration as a discipline, using strategic planning and performance measurement as a foundation. The primary focus of this course will be project management—conceiving, planning, implementing, evaluating, and reporting project outputs and outcomes.

To whom do we give, and from whom are we willing to take? What is the social "language" of giving and receiving? And what characterizes respectful and mutual relationships between givers and receivers of services, in professional settings? We’ll think about these questions first in our own lives, and then in the context of human service and social justice professions. In particular, we’ll focus on reciprocity between people who are abled and people who are disabled by prevailing environmental and social arrangements. Expect to engage in self reflection and discussion, and to post some of your assigned writing online (in a password protected site), for response by other course participants. Credit awarded in Disability Studies or Human Services: Relating to Individuals.

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 on either 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.

This continuing class will focus on building pieces from techniques of synthesis introduced in fall quarter, and learning new production oriented controller, processor, and production skills. Members will complete two projects which apply voices built in the lab with composites from acoustic lines and realtime analog manipulation. New techniques will include use of the Kat percussion controller, voice editing, sample editing applications, and signal processing editing. Members will attend the weekly lecture/lab/demo, maintain journals, use a minimum of two weekly independent studio times and present work to the group for critique.

In this intensive yearlong course, students will build on their skills so they can function in Japanese in a variety of situations. Students will learn new vocabulary, verb forms and sentence structures as well as additional kanji characters. Japanese culture and life will be presented throughout the course.

In this intensive yearlong course, students will learn how to function in Japanese in everyday situations by learning useful expressions, basic sentence structures and verb and adjective conjugations. Students will also learn how to read and write hiragana and katakana syllabaries as well as elementary kanji characters. Japanese culture and life will be presented throughout the course.

This course describes the manners in which public policy can be formulated in Washington State. We will explore the role(s) played by the legislature, regulatory agencies, the courts and citizen action in making the rules which govern citizen behavior. The class will discuss various laws, regulations, court cases and initiatives with a focus on two questions: 1) Is the end result good public policy? 2) Is the method by which this policy was formed a good one? The course shall include numerous guest speakers, lecture, in-class discussion and legislative drafting.

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 techniques, while accomplishing a series of projects that encourage student-centered design.

In accompaniment to the study of the physics of musical sound, participants will construct a series of simple musical instruments that incorporate a vibrating membrane, vibrating string(s), or column of air. These unique soundings will present further exploration of scales/tunings, electrification, composition and more. We will practice playing our instruments together under the direction of a guest artist, culminating in a possible performance during week 10. No previous experience (musical or otherwise) is required – and all levels (especially musical) are welcome. Required text: Musical Instrument Design by Bart Hopkin