This program introduces principles of marine biology, focusing on the marine life and marine habitats of the Pacific Northwest coast. We will study the environment, taxonomy, adaptations and ecology of marine organisms as well as the major oceanographic features of the northwest coast. There will be various field trips, including a camping trip to the Olympic Peninsula, and possibly an overnight sailboat trip.

Marketing in the 21st Century is an exciting 5-week immersion into the new world of marketing. Students will learn fundamental marketing principles, critically examine cases and apply strategic approaches for promoting products and services in our increasingly competitive marketplace. Round up all your bright ideas! This class will teach you how to put them into action with an effective and efficient marketing plan.

This course is for individuals interested in learning the mathematics required for an elementary education teaching certificate. We will cover topics in algebra, geometry, reasoning and proof, number and operation, mathematical representation and mathematical communication. We will also explore the history and early form of these fundamental ideas when they first arose.

Each student will begin working where their current skill level is.  Appropriate skill levels for the course include algebra, calculus, and any in between.  We will directly confront the fears and phobias that many of us feel and help us to move beyond those fears.  All students will support each other and also receive tutoring help from other students in the class.  Assignments will be tailored to individual and small group needs.  This course will count towards requirements for becoming elementary, middle or high school teachers.

This intensive class will explore three popular revolts in Mexico within the historical context of Mexico’s indigenous civilization, its 20th century social revolution and the NAFTA-driven, neo-liberal restructuring of the 1990s and early 21st century. We’ll learn about the Zapatista Army for National Liberation in Chiapas, the Machete Rebellion led by the farmers of San Salvador Atenco and the rise of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) led by the teachers union in the State of Oaxaca.

This offering provides internships at Mt. Rainier National Park for undergraduate and graduate (MES only) students. The focus of the internships changes each year, but recent interns have worked in aquatic ecosystems (amphibians, fishes, lakes and streams), plant propagation and restoration and air quality monitoring. Internships include a stipend and housing at the Park. Contact Carolyn Dobbs for application information and a list of projects for 2009.

This program provides instruction in the use of digital and analog recording studio equipment, microphone design, placement techniques, mixing console design, signal flow, monitoring techniques, room acoustics and signal processing. There will be written assignments based upon readings in Huber’s Modern Recording Techniques and students will present research on topics related to audio production. Students will do at least 90 hours of recording and familiarization work in the recording studios. They will record with local musicians and produce finished mixes of the sessions.