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UW Tacoma Courses on Diversity

This list highlights courses at UW Tacoma that pertain to issues of diversity and/or diverse populations. All course title and instructor information is subject to change. Please consult the UW Tacoma Catalog for complete course descriptions, and the Time Schedule for the most current course schedule information. This course list is comprehensive but not necessarily exhaustive. If you have suggestions for a course that should be added to the list, please send an email to divrescn@u.washington.edu.

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Course information last updated in Summer 2007.

Business

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TMGMT 430	Managing the Workforce	Shankus	5
TMGMT 433	Managing Organizational Diversity	Chio	5
TMGMT 478	International Business	*	5
TMGMT 480	International Management	*	5
TMKT 480	International Marketing	*	5

Computing and Software Systems

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TINST 401	Technology in the Service of Global Society	*	5

Education

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TEDSP 520	Multicultural Issues in Special Education	Feuerborn	3
TEDUC 471	Diversityand Equity in Schools and Curriculum	Henry	3
TEDUC 520	Multicultural Education	*	3
TEDUC 521	Education and Inequity	*	3
TEDUC 522	Instructional Issues in Multicultural Classrooms	*	3
TEDUC 524	Secondary Students with Disabilities	*	3
TEDUC 540	At-Risk Students and Students with Disabilities	*	3
TEDUC 541	Literacy Instruction for Diverse Students	*	3
TEDUC 542	Structuring the Classroom for Success	*	3
TEDUC 543	Mathematic Challenges for Diverse Students	Stein	3
TEDUC 549	Teaching Students with Special Needs	*	3
TEDUC 553	Social contexts of adolescence: Perspectives on culturally diverse youth	*	3

Global Honors

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TGH 303	Global Challenges	*	5

Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits<
TCOM 430	Global Networks, Local Identities	*	5
TCOM 444	Gender, Ethnicity, Class, and the Media	McMillin	5
TCOM 460	Communication and National Development	*	5
TCOM 461	Media and Identity in Asia	*	5
TCSIG 265	Race and Ethnicity in the United States	*	5
TCSIG 339	Psychology of Women	West	5
TCSIG 452	Political Theory of Human Rights	*	5
TCSIIN 435	Popular Movements in Latin America	May	5
TCSIIN 441	Mexican Cinema and Society	*	5
TCSIUS 220	African American History 1619-1865	*	5
TCSIUS 221	African American History 1865-1945	Adams	5
TCSIUS 223	African American History	*	5
TCSIUS 335	Social Class and Inequality	Ignacio	5
TCSIUS 340	History of US-American Indian Relations	Nacy	5
TCSIUS 345	Women and Work in the United States	*	5
TCSIUS 347	History of Women in the United States	Nacy	5
TCSIUS 434	Women, Race, & Class: Identity & Intergroup Relations	Ignacio	5
TCSIUS 435	Sociology of Gender	*	5
TCSIUS 438	Environmental Law	*
TCSIUS 441	Black Freedom Movement in Perspective	Honey	5
TCSIUS 443	Ethnicity and the Urban Landscape	*	5
TCSIUS 447	AIDS and American Society	*	5v
TCSIUS 450	Black Labor in America	*	5
TCSIUS 452	Minorities & the Law	Bacho	5
TCSIUS 456	Community and Labor Organizing: A Multicultural Perspective	*	5
TCXG 301	Intensive Spanish: Reading Skills	Machine	5
TCXG 302	Intensive Spanish: Conversation Skills	Machine	5
TCXG 303	Intensive Spanish: Practical Writing Skills	*	5
TCXG 405	Cultural Identity and Art	*	5
TCXG 407	Art & the Public	Budge	5
TCXG 465	Writing for Social Change	*	5
TCXIN 281	Society, Self, and Worldview in the Arts of India	*	5
TCXIN 282	Society, Self, and Worldview in the Arts of China	*	5
TCXIN 283	Society, Self, and Worldview in the Arts of Japan	*	5
TCXIN 284	Society, Self, and Worldview in the Arts of Pacific	*	5
TCXIN 310	African Diaspora through Music: The Rhythm, the Blues and Beyond	*	5
TCXIN 376	Hispanic Film	*	5
TCXIN 377	Mexican Literature and the Search for National Identity	*	5
TCXIN 420	Contemporary World Cinema	*	5
TCXIN 461	Contemporary Mexican Culture	*	5
TCXIN 462	Women in Latin America	Duncan	5
TCXIN 463	Contemporary Cuban Culture	Duncan	5
TCXIN 464	The Arts, Cultures and History of Mexico	*	5
TCXIN 476	Latin American Women Writers	*	5
TCXIN 486	Feminist Perspectives in Film and Literature	*	5
TCXUS 238	Hispanics in the United States	*	5
TCXUS 245	Multi-Ethnic American Literature	Raynor	5
TCXUS 374	American Literary Movements, Genres, and Historical Periods (topic varies by quarter)	*	5
TCXUS 382	Cross-Cultural Studies in Contemporary Women’s Literature	*	5
TCXUS 384	African American Women’s Literature	Raynor	5
TCXUS 385	African-American Literature from Slavery to Present	Raynor	5
TCXUS 386	Black, Labor, and Protest Music in Historical Perspective	*	5
TCXUS 476	American Women’s Literature: 19th & 20th Century Texts	Raynor	5
TCXUS 478	Literature of the Harlem Renaissance	Raynor	5
TCXUS 479	Contemporary Native American Women’s Literature	Raynor	5
TESC 236	Plants and People: the Science of Agriculture	*
TESC 243	Geography of the Physical Environment	*
TESC 247	Maritime History & Science in the Pacific Northwest	*	5
TESC 304	Tropical Ecology and Sustainability	*
TESC 345	Pollution and Public Policy	Gawel
TESC 404	Costa Rica Field Studies: Ecology and Community	*
TESC 434	Biology, History, and Politics of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest	Eldridge	5
TEST 333	Environmental Policy Applications and Compliance	*
TEST 380	Study Abroad: Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment	*	5
TIBCG 452	Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust	*	5
TIBCG 453	Health, Illness & Culture	*	5
TIBCG 454	Seminar on Health and Culture	*	5
TIBCIN 220	Premodern East Asia	*	5
TIBCIN 221	Modern East Asia	*	5
TIBCIN 354	History of the Concept of Culture	*	5
TIBCIN 365	Hinduism and Buddhism	*	5
TIBCIN 366	Islam	Kayaoglu	5
TIBCIN 367	East Asian Religions: Zen & Taoism	Kalton	5
TIBCIN 456	Postcolonial Studies: African Perspectives	*	5
TIBCIN 461	Religion and Church in Latin America	May	5
TIBCIN 462	African Folklore and Literature	*	5
TIBCIN 463	God: East and West	*	5
TIBCIN 490	Society & Culture in Cuba	Duncan	5
TIBCUS 365	North American Indian Traditions	*	5
TIBCUS 459	African-American Culture & Consciousness	Adams	5
TIBCUS 460	African-American Religious History	*	5
TIBCUS 464	Native American Cultural Areas	Jacobs	5
TIBCUS 465	African-American History: 1945-Present	Adams	5
TIBCUS 466	Life & Thought: MLK, Malcolm X, & Angela Davis	Honey	5
TPOLS 203	Introduction to International Relations	*	5
TPSYCH 320	Race, Class, & Gender Contexts of Child Development	McKinley	5
TPSYCH 340	Mental Illness Across Cultures	*	5
TPSYCH 401	Family Violence	West	5
TPSYCH 403	Psychology of Black Women	*	5
TPSYCH 404	Psychology of Food and Culture	*	5
TPSYCH 407	Cultural Context of Developmental Psychology	McKinley	5
TPSYCH 412	Women’s Health: Power and Inequality	McKinley	5
TPSYCH 414	Psychology of Contemporary African-American Culture	Huckleberry	5
TPSYCH 415	Issues in Social Psychology (topics vary)	Huckleberry	5
TSMG 420	Women in the Global Economy	Ignacio	5
TSMG 424	International Business and Development	*	5
TSMG 440	Political Geography: Territory, State and Society	*	5
TSMIN 200	International Interactions	Reusch	5
TSMIN 224	Modern Latin America	*	5
TSMIN 229	Making of Modern Africa	*	5
TSMIN 311	International Human Rights	May	5
TSMIN 323	The Making of Mexico	Nacy	5
TSMIN 326	Modern Brazil	*	5
TSMIN 328	Third World Problems and Prospects	*	5
TSMIN 330	Globalization in Latin America	*	5
TSMIN 340	War and Empire in the Middle East	*	5
TSMIN 410	Caribbean Basin: Selected Topics	*	5
TSMIN 411	Human Rights and Violence in the Third World	*	5
TSMIN 412	History of Vietnam	*	5
TSMIN 413	Pre-modern Japan	*	5
TSMIN 414	Modern China	Hanneman	5
TSMIN 415	Modern Japan	Hanneman	5
TSMIN 416	Modern Korea	Hanneman	5
TSMIN 418	Interpreting Enigmatic India	D’Costa	5
TSMIN 424	Imperial China	Hanneman	5
TSMIN 425	Contemporary Issues in International Political Economy	D’Costa	5
TSMIN 433	Exploring Nazism	Preparata	5
TSMIN 434	The Pacific War	*	5
TSMIN 435	Contemporary Geopolitics	*	5
TSMIN 436	Contemporary Chinese Culture & Society	*	5
TSMUS 300	The Making of America	Williams	5

Nursing/Health

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TNURS 402	Families and Society	Lowenberg	3
TNURS 407	Diversity: Issues of Exclusion & Inclusion	Lowenberg & Tashiro	3
TNURS 414	Health, Communities & Populations I	Landenburger	3
TNURS 415	Health, Communities & Populations II	Landenburger	6
TNURS 510	Society, Justice and Health	Lowenberg	5
TNURS 588	Concepts of Health Promotion and Community Change	*	5
THLTH 425	Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships	Ladenburger	5
THLTH 485	Critical Issues in Global Health	Drevdahl	5
THLTH 501	Race, Racism and Health	Drevdahl	5
THLTH 530	Health and Aging in a Diverse Society	Tashiro	5

Social Welfare

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TSOCWF 354	Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity	Diehm	3
TSOCWF 404	Cultural Diversity and Social Justice	Holt	5
TSOCWF 420	Interpersonal Violence and Society	Laakso	5
TSOCWF 421	Cross-Cultural Grieving	Johnstone	5
TSOCWF 422	Aging in American Society	Emlet	5
TSOCW 501	Social Policy and Economic Security	*
TSOCW 504	Cultural Diversity & Societal Justice	Holt & Laakso	5

Urban Studies

Course Code	Course Title	Instructor	Credits
TURB 210	Urban Society and Culture	*	5
TURB 312	Race and Poverty in Urban America	*	5
TURB 314	Gender and the Urban Landscape	*	5
TURB 315	Homes, Housing, and Homelessness	Hoffman	5
TURB 316	Cities and Citizenship	Hoffman	5
TURB 330	City Worlds	Dierwechter	5
TURB 360	The African American Urban Experience	Ishem	5
TURB 401	Urban Change and Development	Pendras	5
TURB 410	Environmental Justice	*	3
TURB 430	Pacific Rim Cities	Hoffman	5
TURB 460	Urban Issues in the Developing World	Dierwechter	5

* Please check with the academic program for updated information on the instructor for this course

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