(PB) BBUS 307 A: Business Writing – Laura K. Umetsu – Students develop written pieces for community partner. Former partner: NAMI Seattle
(PB) BBUS 441: Business Project Management – Nick Cuhaciyan -Student groups collaborate with community partners to outline and execute a project management plan. Partners: Amazon, Earth Corps.
Education
(PB) BEDUC 495: Applied Experience – Antony Smith Students collaborate with a community partner to deepen learning and practice related to career interest in education. Partner: WA State Parks
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
(PB) BIS 340: Approaches to Cultural Research – Raissa DeSmet – Students work in groups alongside community members and organization staff to explore gentrification, heritage and memory. Partner: Latino Educational Training Institute (LETI)
(PB/COIL) BIS 490: Advanced Seminar: Smart City Seattle – Jin Kyu Jung – Students will explore how smart technology can impact a local Seattle neighborhood. Partner: Othello Commons
BISMCS 343: The City as Character – Minda Martin – Students work with archives to tell stories about specific issues in Seattle from more than 50 years ago and connect it to the present. Partners: Seattle Municipal Archives and MIPoPS
Nursing & Health Studies
(Optional PB) BHLTH 421: Food and Culture – C Michelle Kleisath – Students work in groups to support community partner projects. Partner: Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ)
(PB) BHLTH 437 Program Planning and Strategies for Health Promotion – Victoria Breckwich – Students work in groups to develop program plans for community-based health organization. Partner: Sea Mar CHC Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Workers (MSAW) Promotores Program
(PB) BNURS 424 Population Health Community Practicum – Mo West, Bonnie Blachly, Robin Fleming – Students work in groups to develop and provide health education programming to community members. Partners: YWCA Trinity Place, YWCA Angeline’s Shelter, and more
Spring 2020 Courses
Business
(PB) BBUS 307 A: Business Writing – Laura K. Umetsu – Students develop written pieces for community partner. Partner: NAMI Seattle
(PB) BBUS 423 A: Marketing Intelligence – Aparna Sundar – Student groups design, develop and present findings from a survey based on a community partner’s marketing challenge. Partners: DESC, 98point6, Ryan Art Gallery
(PB) BBUS 462: Negotiations and Conflict Management – Laura K. Umetsu – Students work in groups to develop contingency plans for community partner. Partner: Community Passageways.
(PB) BBUS 491 A, B: Business Consulting – Andrew Ballard, Nick Cuhaciya – Students groups collaborate with community partners to research and propose recommendations for projects. Partners: Amazon, Anna’s Home Furnishings, The Daily Herald, NetForce Global
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
(PB) BES 330 A: Limnology – Avery Shinneman – Students collect and evaluate lake and eco-system data, to support education and outreach efforts of community partner. Partners: King Co. Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Lake Advocates. Former partners include: Snohomish County Surface Water
(PB/PL) BES 464 A: Restoration Ecology 3 – Warren Gold – Students cohorts work in collaboration with community partner to implement final phase of capstone project. Former partners include: 21 Acres, Cities of Bothell, Seattle and Shoreline Parks Departments, Friends of North Creek Forest, Songaia Co-housing Community.
(PB) BISIA 230 A: Performing Arts Technique: Improvisation: Applied Theater – Deborah Hathaway – Students deepen learning and practice outside of class in setting related to career interest in health. Former partners include: Seattle Children’s Hospital Alyssa Burnet Adult Life Center
Nursing & Health Studies
(PB) BHLTH 301 A: Global Health Practice: Systems, Places and People – C. Michelle Kleisath – Students work collectively on a project or multiple projects to support the needs of a community-engaged global health organization. Partners: WA State Midwifery Covid 19 Response Coalition, Rainier Valley Community Clinic, NW Film Forum
(PB) BHLTH 435 A: Foundations & Principles of Health Education and Communication – Jody Early – Students groups create education and promotion campaigns for a community partner in the health field. Former partners include: King County Public Health, Eastside Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services and Teen Clinics, 21 Acres
(PL) BHS 496 A: Health Studies Fieldwork – Mabel Ezeonwu – Students deepen learning and practice outside of class in setting related to career interest in health. Former partners include: Alzeimer’s Association, HealthPoint, Providence Regional Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center
(PL) BNURS 424 A, B, C, D, E: Population Health in Community Practice – Mo West, Annie Bruck, Dale Fukura, Anna Winquist, Mabel Ezeonwu – Students learn about community health practice emphasizing nurses’ roles in population-based care through group projects in partnership with community agencies. Former partners include: school nursing sites, Mercy Housing
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
(PB) BME 496 A: Capstone Project in Mechanical Engineering – Imen Hannachi – Student teams work with a community partner over two quarters (winter and spring). Students complete the full-cycle design with their partner including problem definition, concept generation and feasibility study, engineering design analyses, prototype fabrication and testing. Former partners include: 21 Acres, Olympus, PAACAR.
Winter 2020 Courses
First Year & Pre-Major
(PB) BCORE 117 C: Front and Center: Images of Women in the Theatre and Film – Deborah Hathaway – Students work with community-based theatre or performance group to engage in performances or interactive projects. Former partners include: Arts West, Macha Theatre Works.
(PB) BCORE 117 F: Creative Activism: Inspiring Change Through the Arts – Gary Carpenter – Students and community members collaborate on arts-based projects on campus and in community-engaged settings which explore contemporary social issues and aspire to create meaningful social transformation. Former partners include: Compass Housing Alliance, MENAL, University Beyond Bars, UWB Diversity Center.
Business
(PB) B BUS 491 A: Business Consulting – Andrew Ballard – Students work in groups with community partners to research and propose recommendations for projects. Former partners include: City of Bellevue, Domestiv Violence Services of Snohomish Co., Lynwood Chamber of Commerce, and Workforce Snohomish.
Computing Education & Software Systems
(PB/PL) CSS 295 A: K-12 Computer Education – Nancy Kool – Students work as a class and in teams to develop Scratch coding curriculum which they use to teach elementary or middle school students in a free after-school coding program. Former partners include: Kenmore Middle School, Lynwood Elementary School, University Family YMCA (Jane Adams Middle School, Sand Point Elementary)
Earth System Sciences
(PB/PL) BEARTH 155 A: Introduction to Climate Science – Eric Salathe – Students work in groups to support projects at various organizations dedicated to sustainable solutions and climate science. Partners include: 350 Eastside, Sound Salmon Solutions, City of Kirkland/Public Works.
Education
(PL) BEDUC 441 A: Second Language Acquisition – Yue Bian – Students work outside of class with student(s) who are learning a second language. Former partners include: Asian Counseling and Referral Service, East African Community Services, Literacy Source, Northshore School District. (Minimum 20 hours/quarter)
(PL) BEDUC 456 A: Adolescents in Society – Cheryl Gordon – Students work outside of class with adolescent(s) in formal or informal educational setting. Former Partners include: AVID Program – Henry Jackson High School, Dale Turner YMCA, Voyager Middle School – North Star Program. (Minimum 20 hours/quarter)
(PL) BEDUC 495 A, B: Applied Experience – Rejoice Akapame, Antony Smith – Students work outside of class to deepen experience in educational setting of their choice. Former partners include: Friends of North Creek Forest, Imagine Children’s Museum, Seattle Children’s Alyssa Burnet Adult Life Center. (Total 100 hours/one or more quarters)
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
(PB/PL) BES 463 A/B: Restoration Ecology 2 – Warren Gold – Students form year-long cohorts who work with community-engaged partners to survey, plan, and execute environmental restoration projects. Former partners include: 21 Acres, Friends of North Creek Forest, Green Kirkland Partnership, and more.
(PB) BIS 175 A: American Government – Jason Lambacher – Students work in groups on quantitative and qualitative data collection and literature review, to support community partner strategic goals. Former partners include: Snohomish County Elections.
(PB) BIS 307 A: Environmental Justice – Melanie Malone – Student engage and explore enviromental justice issues and strategies with multiple community partners in class and off site. Former parnters include: Duwamish River CleanUp Coalition, Ma’Kah Tribe, Erin Goodling (Resting Safe).
(PB) BIS 352 A: Mapping Communities – Jin-Kyu Jung – Students work in groups on participatory community mapping projects proposed by community partner. Former partners include: City of Redmond, City of Bothell, North Urban Human Service Alliance (NUHSA), Phinney Neighborhood Center.
(Optional PL) BIS 356 A: Ethics and Environment – Jason Lambacher – Students work outside of classroom on environmental or sustainable agriculture project. (Minimum of 20 hours/quarter.) Former partners include: 21 Acres, 350 Eastside, Green Kirkland Partnership, Rent Mason Bees, Sound Salmon Solutions. (Minimum 20 hours/quarter)
(PB/PL) BIS 494: Youth Court Task Force – Camille Walsh – Students work as a class to provide research and direct service to high school restorative justice programming. Former partners include: Bothell Municipal Court – Youth Court.
(PL) BISCLA 380 A: Arts in Context Museum Cultures – Raissa DeSmet – Students are trained to conduct research on objects from the Southeast Asian collections at the Burke Museum’to support exhibits. Former partners include: Burke Museum.
(PB) BPOLST 513: Policy Studies Practicum – Charlie Collins – Students will explore social and policy issues with community stakeholders through direct service, informational interviews, events and/or other means. Former partners include: Washington Community Action Network (WA CAN), City of Bellevue/Livable City Year.
Nursing & Health Studies
(PL) BHS 496 A: Health Studies Fieldwork – Mabel Ezeonwu Students work outside of class to deepen experience in health setting of their choice. Former partners include: Alzheimer’s Association, Bloodworks NW, HealthPoint, Toxic Free Future, and more. (Minimum 40 hours/quarter)
(PB) BNURS 460 A, B, C: Translating Knowledge to Practice – Anna Winquist, Sunita Iyer – Students engage in participatory research and literature review to make recommendations for challenges and questions submitted by RNs in the field. Former partners include: Evergreen Health, Providence Medical Center.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
(PB) BME 481: Engineer Prof Dev 1: Citizen Engineer – Steve Collins – Students work in groups to conduct research, analysis, and documentation of current engineering projects in collaboration with a community partner organization. Former partners include: NW EcoBuilding Guild.
