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Title	Time Offered	Offering	Class Standing	Credits	Quarters
A People's Geography of American Empire Zoltan Grossman american studies native american and indigenous studies community studies geography history international studies	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Abnormal Psychology Susan Cummings psychology	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Spring 2019
Adornment: Tradition, Innovation, and Power Kristina Ackley; Julia Heineccius native american and indigenous studies art history history visual arts	Day	Program	FR-SO	16	Fall 2018
Advertising and Social Media Jon Baumunk; Carrie Margolin business and management communication consciousness studies cultural studies economics psychology	Day	Program	JR-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Africa Is Not a Country Sarah Eltantawi; Bradley Proctor cultural studies history religious studies	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018
Algebraic Thinking Allen Olson mathematics	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Alternatives in and to Capitalism: Hands-on from Cascadian Grain to Basque Cooperatives Revised Peter Dorman; Sarah Williams business and management cultural studies economics field studies gender and women's studies political economy political science study abroad	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Winter 2019 Spring 2019 (S)
American Lives: Immigration History, Law and Community Media Anne Fischel; Jay Stansell history law and government policy law and public policy media arts media studies moving image	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Winter 2019
American Sign Language I at SPSCC Kimberly Crites language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Anatomy and Physiology I Amanda Kugel biology health physiology	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Anatomy and Physiology II Amanda Kugel biology health physiology	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
Anatomy and Physiology III Amanda Kugel biology health physiology	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Spring 2019
Anthrozoology Michael Paros anthropology psychology zoology	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Winter 2019
Applied Innovation in the Public Sector (Online Hybrid class) TBA	Day and Weekend	Course	JR-GR	2	Summer 2019
Applied Microbiology and Organic Chemistry Andrew Brabban; Paula Schofield	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Spring 2019
Art of Helping Mary Dean sociology	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Arts and the Child: Early Childhood Hirsh Diamant education psychology visual arts	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Asian/American: Pop Culture Crosscurrents Chauncey (Chico) Herbison american studies cultural studies writing	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Spring 2019
Audio Recording I John Wilson media arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Fall 2018 (S)
Audio Recording II John Wilson media arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Winter 2019 (S)
Audio Recording III John Wilson media arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019 (S)
Becoming A Changemaker: Learning and Acting Locally and Globally Don Chalmers business and management communication community studies international studies political economy writing	Weekend	Program	FR-SR	8	Winter 2019 Spring 2019
Between Certainty and Doubt: Logic and Knowledge Stephen Beck philosophy	Evening	Program	FR-SR	8	Spring 2019
Birds: Inside and Out James Neitzel; Alison Styring biology ecology field studies natural history zoology	Day	Program	JR-SR	16	Winter 2019
Botany: Plants and People Frederica Bowcutt botany cultural studies environmental studies history natural history writing	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018
Business Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Dion Gouws; Glenn Landram business and management mathematics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (S)
Calculus and Analytical Geometry I Vauhn Foster-Grahler education mathematics	Day	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Calculus and Analytical Geometry II Vauhn Foster-Grahler education mathematics	Day	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
Calculus and Analytical Geometry III Vauhn Foster-Grahler education mathematics	Day	Course	FR-SR	4	Spring 2019
Caring for a Living Planet: Ecology and Ethics Stephen Beck; Karen Hogan ecology philosophy	Evening	Program	SO-SR	8	Fall 2018
Cartography of Story Dawn Barron native american and indigenous studies geography	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
Ceramics: Hand-building Bruce Thompson visual arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Fall 2018
Ceramics: Sculpting the Human Form Aisha Harrison visual arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019
Ceramics: Wheel-throwing Bruce Thompson visual arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Winter 2019
China and Japan: Traditional and Contemporary "Silk Roads" Revised Hirsh Diamant; Tomoko Hirai Ulmer art history international studies philosophy	Weekend	Program	FR-SR	8, 12	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 Spring 2019
Chinese - First Year I Lin Crowley cultural studies language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Chinese - First Year II Lin Crowley cultural studies language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
Chinese - First Year III Lin Crowley cultural studies language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Spring 2019
Cities and Suburbs: Advocacy and Writing for Social and Ecological Justice Nancy Parkes; Suzanne Simons american studies community studies history law and public policy literature writing	Evening	Program	SO-SR	8, 12	Fall 2018
Climate Justice Savvina Chowdhury; Shangrila Joshi economics environmental studies gender and women's studies international studies political economy sustainability studies	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Spring 2019
Combinatory Play: Creative Writing, Mathematics, and Improv Brian Walter; Steven Hendricks literature mathematics theater writing	Day	Program	FR-SO	12, 16	Winter 2019 Spring 2019 (S)
Common Ground: Politics, Faith, and Community Rita Pougiales; Andrew Reece anthropology community studies literature philosophy religious studies	Day	Program	FR-SO	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Communicating Science in the Disinformation Era Michael Zimmerman philosophy of science writing	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Winter 2019
Computer Science Foundations Wan Bae; Sara Rose; Richard Weiss computer science mathematics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Winter 2019 Spring 2019 (S)
Computer Science Internships Richard Weiss computer science	Day	Program	JR-SR	8, 12, 16	Fall 2018 (S) Winter 2019 (C) Spring 2019 (C)
Cons, Swindlers, and Cheats Zoe Van Schyndel business and management	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Consciousness, Dreams, and Everyday Life: Self, Other, World Cynthia Kennedy; Donald Middendorf consciousness studies cultural studies leadership studies psychology somatic studies	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (S)
Core Ballet (A) Catherine (Jehrin) Alexandria dance	Evening	Course	FR-SR	2	Fall 2018
Core Ballet (A) Catherine (Jehrin) Alexandria dance	Evening	Course	FR-SR	2	Spring 2019
Core Ballet (B) Catherine (Jehrin) Alexandria dance	Weekend	Course	FR-SR	2	Fall 2018
Core Ballet (B) Catherine (Jehrin) Alexandria dance	Evening	Course	FR-SR	2	Spring 2019
Cornerstone: Foundations for Success Wenhong Wang education writing	Evening	Course	FR-JR	4	Fall 2018
Cornerstone: Foundations for Success Stephen Beck writing	Evening	Course	FR-JR	4	Winter 2019
Cornerstone: Foundations for Success Cancelled TBD education writing	Evening	Course	FR-JR	4	Spring 2019
Critical Indigenous Studies I Toby Sawyer native american and indigenous studies communication community studies cultural studies writing	Evening and Weekend	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Critical Indigenous Studies II New Toby Sawyer native american and indigenous studies communication community studies cultural studies writing	Evening and Weekend	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
Critical Reasoning Stephen Beck philosophy writing	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Cuban Salsa (A) Scott Saunders cultural studies dance	Evening	Course	FR-SR	2	Winter 2019
Cuban Salsa (B) Scott Saunders cultural studies dance	Evening	Course	FR-SR	2	Winter 2019
Culture, Self, and Healing Toska Olson; Eric Stein anthropology health sociology	Day	Program	FR-SO	12, 16	Winter 2019 Spring 2019 (S)
Current Economic Issues and Social Movements Peter Bohmer; Elizabeth Williamson economics political economy political science	Day	Program	FR-SR	8, 16	Spring 2019
Dangerous Readings Stacey Davis; Leonard Schwartz history literature writing	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Data and Information: Computational Linguistics Wan Bae; Rachel Hastings; Richard Weiss computer science linguistics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018
Democracy and Free Speech Jay Stansell law and government policy law and public policy political science	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018
Designing for Social Good: Two-Dimensional Design and Board Games Revised Joli Sandoz; Lisa Sweet education visual arts writing	Day	Program	SO-SR	12	Fall 2018 Winter 2019
Dimensions of Inequality: Social Science and Statistics Allen Olson; Howard Schwartz economics law and public policy mathematics political science sociology	Evening	Program	SO-SR	8, 12	Winter 2019 Spring 2019 (S)
Diversity, Democracy, and Fake News: Making Our Way in the Time of Trump Jon Davies; Laurie Meeker gender and women's studies media arts media studies political economy	Day	Program	FR-SO	16	Fall 2018
Doing the Business of Nonprofits: Ideas to Realities through Grantwriting and Fundraising Don Chalmers community studies	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Fall 2018
Doing the Business of Nonprofits: Ideas to Realities through Grantwriting and Fundraising Don Chalmers community studies	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Winter 2019
Doing the Business of Nonprofits: Ideas to Realities through Grantwriting and Fundraising Don Chalmers community studies	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019
Drawing: Foundations Emily Adams visual arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Fall 2018
Drawing: The Human Form Aisha Harrison visual arts	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019
Drawing: The Portrait Emily Adams visual arts	Weekend	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019
EastWest Psychology: Destructive Mind/Emotion Jamyang Tsultrim consciousness studies philosophy psychology	Weekend	Course	FR-SR	4	Winter 2019
EastWest Psychology: Positive Mind/Emotion Jamyang Tsultrim consciousness studies physiology psychology	Weekend	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Ecological Agriculture: The Science, Justice, and Policy of Food Systems Prita Lal; Martha Rosemeyer agriculture botany ecology environmental studies geography history international studies sustainability studies	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (S) Spring 2019 (S)
Ecology of Grazing and Grasslands in the Pacific Northwest Michael Paros agriculture biology ecology	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Spring 2019
Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms Gerardo Chin-Leo biology ecology environmental studies field studies marine science	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018
Electronics in Music : Collaborating With Machines Ben Kamen music	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Fall 2018 (S)
Electronics in Music : Compositional Processes Ben Kamen computer science music	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Winter 2019 (S)
Electronics in Music : Projects Ben Kamen music	Evening	Course	SO-SR	4	Spring 2019 (S)
Environmental Analysis Abir Biswas; Robin Bond biochemistry chemistry environmental studies field studies geology hydrology	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (S) Spring 2019 (S)
Environmental and Social Justice Successes: How to Grow Hope in the Dark Nancy Parkes communication environmental studies media studies sustainability studies writing	Evening and Weekend	Program	FR-SR	12	Winter 2019
Environmental Biology and Chemistry Andrew Brabban; Paula Schofield biochemistry biology chemistry environmental studies	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (S)
Environmental Health, Public Health and Toxicology James Neitzel; Carolyn Prouty biochemistry biology chemistry environmental studies health physiology	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018
Environmental Science Foundations Carri LeRoy; Erin Martin; Melissa Nivala biology chemistry environmental studies mathematics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Fall 2018
Epic Journeys: From Homer to Dante Steve Blakeslee; Andrew Reece classics literature philosophy	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Spring 2019
Ethics: An Introduction at SPSCC Steve Dickerson language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
European Ethnobotany in Historical Context Frederica Bowcutt; Stacey Davis art history botany gender and women's studies history writing	Day	Program	FR-SO	16	Spring 2019
Evergreen Student Civic Engagement Institute Jodi Santillie; Jeannette Smith	Day	Course	FR	V	Fall 2018 (S)
Evolutionary Processes from DNA to the Fossil Record Angelos Katsanis; Pauline Yu biology environmental studies natural history philosophy of science zoology	Day	Program	JR-SR	16	Fall 2018
Existential Thought in Philosophy, Literature, and Arts Marianne Bailey literature philosophy	Day	Program	SO-SR	8, 12, 16	Winter 2019
Experiments in Text David Wolach aesthetics literature queer studies writing	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Film History at SPSCC Jason Salcedo language studies	Evening	Course	FR-SR	4	Fall 2018
Financial Sustainability for Non-profit Organizations Thuy Vu business and management community studies economics political economy	Evening	Program	FR-SR	8	Winter 2019 Spring 2019
First Peoples Multicultural Scholars Program Emily Pieper community studies cultural studies leadership studies queer studies	Day	Course	FR-SR	2	Fall 2018 (S)
Flight of the Firebird: What Ignites Russia's Imagination in Literature and Culture Patricia Krafcik cultural studies history literature	Day	Program	SO-SR	16	Fall 2018
Food Chemistry Melissa Nivala; Rebecca Sunderman chemistry mathematics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Winter 2019
Food Chemistry Melissa Nivala; Rebecca Sunderman chemistry mathematics	Day	Program	FR-SR	16	Spring 2019
Forests and Farms: The Systems that Sustain Us Revised Dylan Fischer; Steven Scheuerell agriculture ecology environmental studies field studies natural history sustainability studies	Day	Program	FR-SO	16	Fall 2018 Winter 2019 (C)