Current Courses

2023-24 Courses

What is a Community-Engaged Learning and Research (CELR) Course?

CELR courses give you hands-on learning experiences by partnering with campus and community groups to solve real-world challenges. These classes let you apply what you’ve learned, gain professional skills, and grow your network, all while making a positive impact in our community.

PB – Project-Based Course: students work individually, in small groups, or as a full class on a project or research-based question identified by a community partner in collaboration with faculty. Examples include: GIS mapping project, statistical analysis, video production, software design, survey development, business plans and consulting, etc.
PL – Placement-Based Course: individual or small group of students work at a campus or off site community organization for a specific number of hours outside of course time. Students choose from a pre-approved list of positions posted by community partners. Students also have the option to coordinate their own placement and supervisor. Examples include: tutoring programs, generating marketing resources, planting native species, program evaluation, outreach and promotion, etc.

Summer 2024

Last updated: 4/8/2024. This course list is subject to changes and additions.

Business

(PB) B BUS 441 A: Business Project Management – Nick Cuhaciyan – skills that prepare students for rules as business project leaders and team members. Topics include project selection, risk, definition, stakeholder analysis, communication plans, scheduling, software, resource allocation, monitoring, post-project assessment. Emphasis on critical thinking and analysis. Partner(s): TBD

Nursing & Health Studies

(PL) BHS 496 A: Health Studies Fieldwork – Eric Anderson – students participate in fieldwork experiences to explore career options and develop skills in population health practice. Students use critical reflection to synthesize knowledge and experiences from fieldwork and program courses to support their professional development. Partner(s): NAMI Eastside, HealthPoint, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, Bloodworks NW, Providence Regional Medical Center, and more. (Minimum 40 hours/quarter)

Education

(PL) BEDUC 495 A: Applied Experience – Gerard Holzman – integrates the knowledge and skills cultivated in prior B.A. in Educational Studies degree courses. Students participate in a hands-on experience in an educational fieldwork site, along with collaborative self-reflection on the challenges and opportunities of education in diverse settings. Partner(s): TBD

Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

BIS 162 A: Race, Gender, And Sexuality Through Film And Television – David S. Goldstein – Students examine representations of race, gender, and sexuality in films and television. Analyzes influence of media representations on cultural attitudes and vice-versa. (A&H, DIV) Partner(s): 48hr Film Project

Spring 2024

Last updated: 4/8/2024. This course list is subject to changes and additions.

Business (BUS)

BUS 320 A,B: Marketing Mangement – Ying Yang – Students focus on designing tools, concepts, and strategies for problem solving in marketing management. Partner(s): Vision Media
(PB) B BUS 441 A: Business Project Management – Nick Cuhaciyan – skills that prepare students for rules as business project leaders and team members. Topics include project selection, risk, definition, stakeholder analysis, communication plans, scheduling, software, resource allocation, monitoring, post-project assessment. Emphasis on critical thinking and analysis. Partner(s): Amazon, Weave.AI
(PB) B BUS 512: Strategic Management – Stephen Jones – Students focus on major top management decisions, emphasizing how competitive advantage is created and maintained through planning and strategy. Using readings and cases, demonstrates importance in diverse industries of external environments (customers, competitors, science and technology, laws), organizational phenomena (structure, processes, decision making), and an international perspective. Partner(s): Ironwood Manufacturing, Puget Sound Energy, Comet Creator Marketplace, TruCertificates
(PB) B BUS 491 A: Business Consulting – Nick Cuhaciyan – Students apply principles and methods of consulting to organizations. Teams work as consultants for local businesses, applying management theory and concepts to develop strategic and tactical solutions to client-driven problems involving multiple functions. Partner(s): City of Kenmore, Eat Happy Now, Buck One
(PB) B BUS 539: Market Intelligence – Ying Yang – Students focus on understanding design, data analysis techniques, and interpretation of market segmentation studies, customer satisfaction studies, user experience studies, product positioning research, and recommender system. Students have hands-on experience designing research projects and deriving marketing insights from various data analysis exercises and projects. Partner(s): TBD

Nursing & Health Studies (NHS)

(PL) BHS 496 A: Health Studies Fieldwork – Robin Fleming – Students participate in fieldwork experiences to explore career options and develop skills in population health practice. Students use critical reflection to synthesize knowledge and experiences from fieldwork and program courses to support their professional development. Partner(s): NAMI Eastside, HealthPoint, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, Bloodworks NW, Providence Regional Medical Center, and more. (Minimum 40 hours/quarter)
(PL) BHS 496 B: Health Studies Fieldwork – Cynthia Karlsson – Students participate in fieldwork experiences to explore career options and develop skills in population health practice. Students use critical reflection to synthesize knowledge and experiences from fieldwork and program courses to support their professional development. Partner(s): NAMI Eastside, HealthPoint, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, Bloodworks NW, Providence Regional Medical Center, and more. (Minimum 40 hours/quarter)

Education (SES)

(PL) BEDUC 220 A: Education and Society – Gerard Holzman – Students examine educational problems, policy, and practice from interdisciplinary perspective. They will explore the tensions between education values and goals throughout the history of public schooling in the United States and develops critical perspectives through which to evaluate current proposals for school reform. Partner(s): House of Wisdom, North Creek High School, Kenmore Middle School, etc.
(PL) BEDUC 495 A: Applied Experience – Gerard Holzman – integrates the knowledge and skills cultivated in prior B.A. in Educational Studies degree courses. Students participate in a hands-on experience in an educational fieldwork site, along with collaborative self-reflection on the challenges and opportunities of education in diverse settings. Partner(s): Communities of Rooted Brillance, Edmonds School District, Highline Big Picture School, Inglemoor High School, UW Bothell Sustainability, Washington Alliance for Better Schools and more. (Total 100 hours/one or more quarters)
(PB) BEDUC 409: Read, Write, Communication – Anthony Smith – The first in a two-course sequence that builds understanding about literacy development and instruction. Students will focus on early literacy, writing processes, and children’s literature. Partner(s): Frank Love Elementary

Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS)

(PL) BIS 175: Intro to American Government – Jason Frederick Lambacher – Examines the major institutions and processes of American government, including civil liberties and rights, federalism, Congress, the presidency, the judiciary, executive branch, political parties and elections, interest groups, and civic engagement. Partner(s) Snohomish County Government
(PL) BIS 316 Topics in Psychology: Asian American Psychology – Jaki Yi – Students examine a specific topic to provide a deeper understanding of Asian American Psychology Topics may include the history of psychology; human memory; dreaming; cognitive psychology. Partner(s): UW Bothell Health and Wellness Resource Center at the ARC , Korean Community Services Center
(PB) BIS 232 Data Visualization – Baaska Anderson – Introduces descriptive statistics and visual representations of quantitative data. Examines data sets using graphing and statistical software packages. Demonstrates how to present data in ways that are accurate, effective, and visually appealing. Partner(s): Edmonds School District
BES 312 A: Ecology – Martha Groom – Introduces major concepts of ecology and relates these concepts to current environmental issues. Topics include the relationship between organisms and the physical environment, evolutionary processes, the structure and function of ecosystems, population biology, forest management, pesticide use, and global warming. Partner(s): UW Bothell Environmental Education Reasearch Center at St. Edwards Park
BES 330: Liminology – Avery Shinniman – Students explore the interaction among physical, chemical, and ecological systems in lakes with a focus anthropogenic change in local and regional lakes. Entails collaborative fieldwork component in water quality. Partner(s): TBD
BIS 360 A: Pollinator Diversity and Conservation – Amy Lambert – Students examine the critical roles that animal pollinators play in maintaining biodiversity and healthy agricultural systems. Focuses on the study of plant-pollinator relationships, the threats facing pollinators and efforts to conserve, protect and restore pollinators and their habitats. Requires fieldwork and close observation of native bees and honeybees in an outdoor setting. Partner(s): TBD
BES 362 A: Introduction to Restoration Ecology – Amy Lambert – Introduces ecological restoration of damaged ecosystems. Develops a broad understanding of restoration ecology, including diverse ecological aspects of the practice of restoration, conceptual and philosophical issues underlying the field, and social and political factors that influence restoration outcomes. Includes field work, lectures, readings, and discussion. Partner(s): TBD
(PB) BIS 498 B Southeast Asian Pasts and Futures Program – Raissa DeSmet and Nhi Tran – Southeast Asian Pasts and Futures (SEAPF–pronounced “sea puff” 🙂 brings together AANHPI, Southwest Asian/MENA, other BIPOC, and first-gen students with diasporic communities to celebrate cultural strength and resilience. During Winter and Spring 2024, students will participate in critical conversations and community-building activities, while practicing indigenous research methods and developing their own student-led project. At its heart, this program is about decolonization: of knowledge, institutions, and ourselves. Partner(s): AAPI Chaya, Wing Luke Museum

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)

(PB) BST 205: Women in STEM – Karyn Miodnosky – Many women feel outside of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and continue to be underrepresented in these fields. This class explores challenges experienced by diverse women in STEM fields, and multiple strategies to surmount those challenges. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired tools needed to persevere and succeed as they pursue a career in the STEM fields. Partner(s): UW Bothell Campus Library
(PB) CSS 211: Computers and Society – Carol Shaw – Exploration and discussion of issues related to the development, support, and usage of computing technology in today’s society. Topics vary each quarter but may include coverage of areas such as intellectual property rights, cybersecurity, privacy, freedom of speech, liability, ethics, social justice, diversity, and labor. Partner(s): TBD
(PL) CSS 295: K-12 Computing Education – Nancy Kool – Collaboration with community partners to develop computing education opportunities for K-12 students. Curriculum development and basic computing education environments. Partner(s): House of Wisdom Coding Club
(PB) STMATH 493: Special Topics in Math: Mathematics in Industry – Thomas Humphries – Students cover special topics in advanced mathematics in a classroom setting not currently taught in the mathematics curriculum. Partner(s): Solid Ground, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

First Year Pre-Major Programs (FYPP)

BCORE 120 C: The Art and Politics of Comedy – Jason Frederick Lambacher – This course explores the role of comedy both as an art form and as a force for social and political commentary. Partner(s): Cory Michaelis, Comedy Night at the Historic Everett Theatere
BDATA 200 A: Intro to Data Studies – Jin-Kyu Jung – Introduces students to an understanding of foundational concepts, overview technical practices of data analysis and computational approaches as well as prepares them to navigate the sea of information. Learners will explore topics including data types, data structure, basic descriptive statistics, data visualization, machine learning, and communication. Partner(s): City of Lynnwood

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