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  • : Tropical Rainforests

    16.00 Credits
    The Evergreen State College

    Faculty: John T. Longino (biology), Paul Butler (geology) Major areas of study include ecology and evolution of tropical ecosystems, statistics for field biology, landscapes processes, weather and climate of tropical regions and introductory Spanish. Upper-division science credit will be awarded in all science areas. Class Standing: Juniors or seniors; transfer students welcome. Prerequisites: Introduction to Environmental Studies or one year of college-level science. Spanish is highly recommended. Faculty signature is required (see below). Faculty Signature: Students must submit an application. Assessment will be based primarily on writing skills and background knowledge in the sciences. Application forms are available from John T. Longino, (360) 867-6511, longinoj@evergreen. edu. Applications received by the Academic Fair, November 28, 2007, will be given priority. Qualified students will be accepted until the program fills. The tropics are the cradle of the world's biodiversity. This program will focus on Costa Rica, emphasizing biological richness, field ecology, the physical environment, statistical analysis of field data, conservation biology and Latin American culture. The first seven weeks of the program will be held on the Evergreen campus, followed by a three-week field trip to Costa Rica. The on-campus portion will include lectures and labs on global patterns of biological diversity, quantification and analysis of ecological diversity, an overview of major taxa of Neotropical plants and insects, and discussions of the physical environment of tropical regions. This material will be integrated with classes in introductory statistics and conversational Spanish. During the Costa Rica field trip, we will visit four major field sites, including coastal habitats, tropical dry forest, cloud forest and lowland rainforest. Students will learn about common plants and animals in each area, dominant landforms and ecological processes, conservation issues and current biological research activities. Students will also learn techniques of field research by participating in quantitative field labs, both faculty and student led. In the evenings there will be a series of guest lectures by research scientists. The field trip will require rigorous hiking and backpacking in remote locations. Total: 16 credits. Enrollment: 24 Special Expenses: Approximately $2,200 for a three-week field trip to Costa Rica. Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in environmental studies, ecology, conservation biology, evolutionary biology, geology, physical geography and Latin American studies. This program is also listed under Environmental Studies. A similar program is expected to be offered in 2009-10.
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  • : U. S. Foreign Policy Since Woodrow Wilson: Before and After

    16.00 Credits
    The Evergreen State College

    For an alternative option, refer to the program description for: The End of Prosperity Faculty: Alan Nasser (political economy, foreign policy) Major areas of study include political science, international relations, imperialism and U. S. foreign policy. Class Standing: Juniors or seniors; transfer students welcome. Prerequisites: Background in political economy and/or 20th-century American history preferred but not required. Faculty signature required (see below). From the United States' beginning, dominant groups have imagined the country to have a grand destiny. Woodrow Wilson portrayed the United States as a model of "freedom and democracy" for the entire world and put forward explicitly, for the first time in American history, the doctrine known as "liberal internationalism." Later administrations attempted to export this model globally, often aggressively. A prime example of this is the Cold War, which we shall study at length. The ensuing rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was one of the powerful forces shaping both international and intranational policy over the course of the 20th century. We will examine how the U. S. elite was led to reassert American global dominance more aggressively than ever after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the move to the political right of both the Democratic and Republican parties, the onset of global economic stagnation and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The result of these developments was the new foreign policy of the Bush administration. The test case for these policies was the 2003, U. S. -led invasion and occupation of Iraq. We will analyze in detail the origins and possible consequences, abroad and at home, of these developments. This is a rigorous, bookish program, emphasizing the close and critical reading of texts. Total: 16 credits. Enrollment: 25 Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in government, law, political science, education, international relations, political economy and history.
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  • : Undergraduate Research in Scientific Inquiry

    4.00 - 16.00 Credits
    The Evergreen State College

    Faculty: Clyde Barlow, Dharshi Bopegedera, Andrew Brabban, Judith Bayard Cushing, Clarissa Dirks, Betty Kutter, David McAvity, Lydia McKinstry, Donald Morisato, Nancy Murray, Jim Neitzel, Neal Nelson, Paula Schofield, Sheryl Shulman, Rebecca Sunderman, Richard Weiss, E. J. Zita Major areas of study include areas of student work, e.g., lab biology and chemistry, computer science, health sciences, teaching and environmental sciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy. Upper-division credit awarded for upper-division work. Class Standing: Sophomores and above; transfer students welcome. Prerequisites: Negotiated individually with faculty. Faculty Signature: Students must contact individual faculty to make arrangements. number of faculty members in this planning group are engaged in research projects that offer collaborative research opportunities for advanced students. These provide an important aspect of advanced work in the sciences that take advantage of faculty expertise and Evergreen's flexible structure and excellent equipment. In general, students begin by working in apprenticeship with faculty and laboratory staff and gradually take on more independent projects within the context of the specific program. Clyde Barlow (chemistry) works with biophysical applications of spectroscopy to study physiological processes at the organ level, with direct applications to health problems. Students with backgrounds in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics or computer science can obtain practical experience in applying their backgrounds to biomedical research problems in an interdisciplinary laboratory environment. Dharshi Bopegedera (chemistry) would like to engage students in three projects. (1) FTIR spectroscopy of free radicals. This project is for advanced chemistry students who are interested in using infrared spectroscopy to understand molecular properties of free radicals synthesized in situ in a microwave discharge. (2) An interdisciplinary study of drinking water in the South Puget Sound. Students who have completed general chemistry with laboratory can carry out this project. (3) Science and education. We will work with local teachers to develop lab activities that will enhance the science curriculum in local schools. Students who have an interest in teaching science and who have completed general chemistry with laboratory would be ideal for this project. Andrew Brabban (biotechnology) and Elizabeth Kutter (molecular biology) study microbiology and biotechnology, focusing particularly on bacteriophages-key model organisms in molecular genetics that play major roles in controlling microbial ecology worldwide. Their research involves approximately 12 students each year who explore bacterial metabolism and the infection process under a variety of environmental conditions, phage ecology and genomics and the application of phages as antibacterial agents in systems such as E. coli in infant diarrhea or the guts of livestock, Pseudomonas in human and dog-ear infections and Aeromonas salmonicida in furunculosis in local hatchery fish. Students are requested to commit at least a full year to the research project and to enroll for 6 to 16 credits each quarter. Judith Bayard Cushing (computer science) studies how scientists might better use information technology in their research. She would like to work with students who have a background in computer science or one of the sciences (e.g., ecology, biology, chemistry or physics), and who are motivated to explore how new computing paradigms, such as object-oriented systems and new database technologies, can be harnessed to improve the individual and collaborative work of scientists. Clarissa Dirks (biology) aims to better understand the evolutionary principles that underlie the emergence, spread, and containment of infectious disease by studying the co-evolution of retroviruses and their primate hosts. Studying how host characteristics and ecological changes influence virus transmiss
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  • : Vertebrate Evolution

    16.00 Credits
    The Evergreen State College

    Faculty: Heather Heying (evolutionary biology) Major areas of study include evolutionary biology, vertebrate zoology, comparative anatomy and philosophy of science. Class Standing: Juniors or seniors; transfer students welcome. Prerequisites: One year of college-level biology, preferably two. Evolution provides an explanation for the extraordinary biological diversity on this planet. In this program, we will focus on macro evolutionary processes-specifically speciation and the evidence it leaves behind. In doing so, we will address several philosophical questions including: How do we make claims of knowledge in a historical science such as evolution We will investigate questions that initially seem simple-for example "What is a species "-but turn out to have myriad, conflicting answers. It is this complexity, and our attempts as scientists to discern the pattern in that complexity, that will be our focus. We will use vertebrates as our model to study evolution. Innovations have marked the history of vertebrates, including the origins of cartilage, bone, brains, endothermy and the amniotic egg, which allowed for the invasion of terrestrial habitats. The transformation of existing structures to take on new functions has been another notable feature of vertebrate evolution: from swim bladder into lungs, hands into wings, and scales into both feathers and hair. In the second half of the quarter, we will review the history and diversity of vertebrates. Classroom work will include workshops and lectures in which active participation by all students will improve the learning community for all. In the wet lab, we will study the comparative anatomy of vertebrate skulls and skeletons, and dissect cats and salamanders. In the computer lab, we will use software designed for systematic character analysis, and students will generate and analyze morphological datasets. Students will present short lectures on topics in anatomy or physiology (e. g. circulatory system, muscle physiology). Students will also conduct extensive research on a current, unresolved topic in vertebrate evolution, and will present that research in both a paper and a poster. In the final week of the quarter, we will go on a multi-day field trip. Total: 16 credits. Enrollment: 25 Special Expenses: Approximately $130 for four-day field trip to Oregon and $50 lab specimen fee. Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in vertebrate zoology, veterinary medicine and evolutionary biology. Upper-division science credit will be awarded. This program is also listed under Environmental Studies. A similar program is expected to be offered in spring 2010.
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  • : War: Consequences and Alternatives

    16.00 Credits
    The Evergreen State College

    Faculty: Michael Vavrus (political economy), Steve Niva (political science, Middle Eastern studies) Major areas of study include literature, writing, cultural studies, history, political economy and philosophy/ethics. Class Standing: This Core program is designed for freshmen. Throughout history war has been a defining factor of the human condition. In the 21st century, war continues to dominate the international political and social landscape. With its promise to provide populations security in comparison to its actual consequences, war directly and indirectly affects the daily lives of nearly all people on the planet. From antiquity to our contemporary era, the influences of war on people are reflected culturally in many ways: through literature, poetry, film, music, schools, religious institutions, hospitals, economic standards of living and political expressions. Information from military handbooks, accounts from war journalists, the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. , insights from psychologists, revelations articulated by poets and novelists, films like The Battle of Algiers, and perspectives from war veterans and peace advocates all help us to think about the impact of war on human societies, our psychological well-being, and our purpose in life. This program asks students to think about the rationales for and the outcomes of war through interdisciplinary sources. What are the arguments for and against war What are political, economic and religious justifications for war What are the ethical dilemmas surrounding decisions to engage in either war or pacifism What is it in the human species that has historically attracted us to war To what extent are humans receptive to forms of pacifism How are war and pacifism represented and supported or not supported in popular culture In this one quarter program, students will explore these multiple perspectives on war with particular attention to the United States. We will examine how war has been ideologically framed and how contemporary institutions such as the United Nations were created with the hope of preventing war among nations. Students will investigate movements and actions that have attempted to counter the enactment of war. Students will regularly engage in writing assignments. These will include the academic social science essay and creative nonfiction along with writing strategies for note-taking and for critical inquiry. The program will be supplemented with a field trip and guest speakers who represent a variety of perspectives on the topic of war. Total: 16 credits. Enrollment: 46 Special Expenses: Approximately $15 for expenses related to field trip/museum fee. Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in literature, writing, cultural studies, history, political economy, philosophy/ethics and education. This program is also listed under A similar program is expected to be offered in 2008-09.
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