Autumn DCX
A required course for all first year and pre-major students, the Autumn DCX will help students transition into UW Bothell, develop skills in writing and communication, information literacy, quantitative literacy and academic integrity, and foster connections across academic disciplines and between the classroom and wider world.
The Discovery Core Experience courses meet UW Bothell Areas of Inquiry (AOI) requirements such as Natural Sciences (NSc), Social Sciences (SSc), and Arts & Humanities (A&H). You may also see a designation for Writing (W), Composition (C), Diversity (DIV), or Community-Based Learning and Research (E). Each course is worth 5 credits.
Current Autumn DCX course offerings
To learn more about the DCX courses being offered this term, please explore our 60-Second Syllabi below. These pages offer you quick snapshots of each course, the faculty teaching them, and the kinds of experiences you can expect while taking them.
Arts & Humanities (A&H): BCORE 104
- A.I. & World Building (50% hybrid) (Lin)
- Art & Politics of Walking (50% hybrid) (Lambacher)
- Atoms in Art & Culture (meets E designation) (Doyle & Lovitt)
- Border Crossings: Stories of Cultural Encounter and Migration to the U.S. (meets DIV designation) (Janssen)
- Creativity, Courage, & Consequences (50% hybrid) (Carpenter)
- Dead Things & The Art of Fear (Doyle)
- Disability & Empowerment!! Exploring Our Connection to Global Narratives Through Digital Story Maps (Ronnie Thibault)
- Disability Representation in the Media (meets DIV designation) (50% hybrid) (West)
- Film & Video in the Digital Age: Big Dreams in Small Screens (Yum)
- Judge This Book By Its Cover (Borsuk)
- Learning Ecology Through Storytelling (Atkinson & Chang)
- Managing Mental Health: In the Classroom & Beyond (meets both DIV & E designations) (Umetsu)
- Philosophical Explorations of Science Fiction (Nixon)
- Place and Displacement in the Americas (meets DIV designation) (Padilla)
- Play/Things (Lee)
- Popular Culture and the Aesthetics of the A.I. Apocalypse (Georgia Roberts)
- Queer & Trans Cinema (meets DIV designation) (50% hybrid) (Kellejian)
- Red Riding Hood on the Rapid Ride: Storytelling, Fairytales, Folktales & Fantastical Literature (50% hybrid) (Spiegler)
- Rules for Rebels: Creative Forms for Resistance & Resilience (Dana Middleton)
- Science, Technology, and the Utopian Imagination (Romero)
- Seeing is Believing (50% hybrid) (Hsu)
- Urban Life and Nature: Crows & Other Birds Inhabiting the Cities (Valdez)
- Vampires in Literature, History, and Film (Jessica Campbell)
- Welcome to College, Now Take This Quiz! (Brooks)
Natural Sciences (NSc): BCORE 110
- Atoms in Art & Culture (meets E designation) (Doyle & Lovitt)
- From Lab to Shelf: The Business of Biotechnology (Lewis)
- Learning Ecology Through Storytelling (Atkinson & Chang)
- Putting the Earth in Play: Investigating the Impact of Sport on Our Spaces & Places (Shinneman)
- The Microbiology Time Machine: Historical Artifacts, Scientists, Sites & The Stories They Tell (Stefanie Iverson Cabral)
- Urban Life and Nature: Crows & Other Birds Inhabiting the Cities (Valdez)
- We Are What We Eat (Mlodnosky)
Social Sciences (SSc): BCORE 107
- Art & Politics of Walking (50% hybrid) (Lambacher)
- Diamonds to Algorithms – What has Marketing Done to Us? (Ceri Nishihara)
- Disability & Empowerment!! Exploring Our Connection to Global Narratives Through Digital Story Maps (Ronnie Thibault)
- Disability Representation in the Media (meets DIV designation) (50% hybrid) (West)
- Leadership & Its Societal Impacts (Shaw)
- Managing Mental Health: In the Classroom & Beyond (meets both DIV & E designations) (Umetsu)
- Philosophical Explorations of Science Fiction (Nixon)
- Place and Displacement in the Americas (meets DIV designation) (Padilla)
- Play/Things (Lee)
- Playbook for Life: Designing Your Life at UWB & Beyond (Hiukka)
- Putting the Earth in Play: Investigating the Impact of Sport on Our Spaces & Places (Shinneman)
- The Microbiology Time Machine: Historical Artifacts, Scientists, Sites & The Stories They Tell (Stefanie Iverson Cabral)
- Strategic Thinking in Business & Life (Francetich)
- The Science & Medicine of Harry Potter (Harkewicz)
- We Are What We Eat (Mlodnosky)
- Welcome to College, Now Take This Quiz! (Brooks)
Meeting Diversity (DIV) Requirements
- Border Crossings: Stories of Cultural Encounter & Migration to the U.S. (Janssen) – A&H course
- Disability Representation in the Media (West) – SSc or A&H course
- Managing Mental Health: In the Classroom & Beyond (Umetsu) – SSc or A&H course
- Place and Displacement in the Americas (Padilla) – SSc or A&H course
- Queer & Trans Cinema (Kellejian) – A&H course
Meeting Community Engaged Learning (E) Requirements
- Atoms in Art & Culture (Doyle & Lovitt) – A&H or NSc course
- Creativity, Courage, & Consequences (Carpenter) – A&H course
- Managing Mental Health: In the Classroom & Beyond (Umetsu) – SSc or A&H course
Hybrid Classes
50% hybrid only. All Fall DCX classes meet synchronously at least once each week.
- A.I. & World Building (Lin) – A&H course
- Art & Politics of Walking (Lambacher) – SSc or A&H course
- Creativity, Courage, & Consequences (Carpenter) – A&H course
- Disability Representation in the Media (West) – SSc or A&H course
- Queer & Trans Cinema (Kellejian) – A&H course
- Red Riding Hood on the Rapid Ride: Storytelling, Fairytales, Folktales & Fantastical Literature (Spiegler) – A&H course
- Seeing is Believing (Hsu) – A&H course