Covers all of the topics in a full year of calculus, including differential and integral calculus, as well as various topics to support and complete a first-year calculus curriculum. It is best to take this class with precalculus background, but there will be an intensive review of essential topics. Ideal for teachers and for students who must return to school before the regular summer session ends.

This class will include a focus on place, scale and systems. We intend to set the context for green building and discuss the challenge of sustainability. An examination of the potential for change in the built environment to affect positive ecological outcomes will continue throughout the session. The class will include off-campus field trips to consider green buildings, both completed and under construction. By considering the primary theme of the class—the coupling of the built environment and ecology—students will be challenged to solve problems on how to reintegrate buildings with nature and to back their problem solving with quantitative analysis.

This is an introduction to making ceramic forms on the potter’s wheel in stoneware and porcelain clays. The course will cover high-fire glazing and aesthetics of forming and finishing thrown pieces. This course includes basic skills in ceramics and provides skills for future ceramic/art studies. Students enrolled for more than four credits will be required to produce additional finished work, experiment with technical and/or aesthetic elements, or carry out research projects as arranged with faculty.

Proponents argue nuclear power will reduce climate change and provide sustainable energy, but opponents strongly disagree. Major accidents and high costs stopped new reactor projects after the 1970s. This course examines the controversies about nuclear power and includes a two-week field excursion to Ukraine to see the impacts of Chernobyl, the world’s most serious nuclear accident. Students will meet with Ukrainian experts and students to gain skills in assessing complex problems in energy and the environment.

This course focuses on multicultural literature and fantasy/science fiction literature. We will read books by African American, Native American, Hispanic and Asian American writers and fantasy selections about magic, time travel, animals, utopian/alternative worlds, myths and heroic tales. This class will use chapter books, although picture books can be read for “student choice” assignments. It is open to students new to the field or as an Enjoying Children’s Literature sequence. It is conducted online except for the first-day orientation on campus.

From the silent films of the 1920s to the French New Wave, in this course you will study classics of world cinema. Readings will be drawn from several textbooks and we will watch films by directors such as Wiene, Chaplin, Eisenstein, Welles, Hitchcock, Fellini, Ray, Godard and Kurosawa. We will focus on styles, movements, influences and historical contexts. This is an online course. Students will need access to a comprehensive source for DVD rentals (such as Netflix) and a speedy
internet connection for discussion forums and chat room “webinars.”

This is an algebra-based physics course that offers an introduction to fundamental topics in physics, including kinematics, dynamics, electricity and magnetism. There will be an emphasis on understanding concepts and problem-solving skills. There will be one lab per week. The course provides a good foundation for careers in medicine, engineering or the physical sciences. Students may complete a full year of college physics by taking four credits as a contract in the second session.

This is a beginning color photography class. We’ll be working in a darkroom learning the traditional color photography process of printing from color negatives. There will be lectures, demonstrations and workshops in the rudiments of color theory, color film, electronic flash and the mechanics of the color darkroom. Through assignments and critiques, students will develop the tools to pursue their own projects. There will also be slide viewing of historical and contemporary artists. In addition, students can continue to pursue their work through
independent study or as part of a group contract for the second session.

Comparing Indigenous Nations is a four-credit class offered as an elective to the MPA cohort in advanced studies in tribal government. Readings focus on First Nations and their relationship with the Canadian government as compared to US tribal relations with federal and state governments. The class will be conducted during 2 intensive weekend sessions, July 24-26 and Aug. 14-16. The second session will involve a field trip to Victoria, BC, with meetings at the Univ. of Victoria campus with the 1st Nations Governance Program.

Students will engage with significant mathematical content and participate in exploratory and reflective practices with regards to teaching and learning. The mathematics is loosely organized into four areas: thinking and writing about mathematics; sets, functions and relations; combinatorics and probability; and graph theory. This discrete mathematics course is designed for students who have an interest in mathematical reasoning and for those who are preparing for further study in mathematics, computer science and math education. The classroom will be student-centered with a strong emphasis on collaborative learning and active reflective practices.

This course will take a critical look at controversial issues in the criminal justice system, including police misconduct and interrogation, mandatory minimum sentencing, decriminalization of medicinal marijuana and prostitution, needle exchange programs, the insanity defense, children tried as adults, privatization of prisons and physician-assisted suicide. It will be taught via the Internet through a course Web site, an electronic message board, a chat room for seminars and e-mail. For more information: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/criminaljustice/home.htm

We will explore the media and its intricate relationship to crime, and examine the effect of tabloidization on public opinion and perception regarding crime and how those opinions translate into tougher laws and harsher punishment. We will study the effects of media on behavior, glamorization of violence and the characteristics of “responsible” and “irresponsible” programming. Students will explore issues surrounding free speech, governmental intervention and parental authority in great depth.

This course will explore cultural competencies relevant to health-care delivery and policy. Issues that present barriers to access of appropriate quality of care will be explored. Evidence-based theories and promising practices will be examined. Students will analyze unique models and strategies that integrate culturally competent methods in delivery systems and policies. Guest speakers will present their work in subject area, including practices that have resulted in successful programs and policies.