Summer 2011 Online Learning Communities

Summer Solutions: English 097 Online (7 credits) CSS 104/ENGL 097
Master online learning and English skills by combining College Success Skills and English 97. All work is online. You’ll finish this Learning community prepared to walk through the college doors with confidence, already in possession of the tools you need to succeed.  

English 104 Distance Education (10 credits) ENGL 104/HIST& 126 or PHIL 215 or SOC& 101
This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines.  

Hear No Evil, See No Evil (10 credits) SOSC 100/ CMST& 102
This Learning Community explores the relationship between global issues (conflict, poverty, globalization, and environmental issues) and mass communication (advertising, public relations, and popular media).

Fall 2011 Online Learning Communities

English 101: Writing by the Book (6 credits) ENGL& 101/READ 107 –online LC–
All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught ONLINE. 

Outlaws & Outcasts (D) (10 credits) ENGL& 101/ENGL 202 –online LC–
Through the study of fiction, poetry, and film, students will be exposed to some of the famous outlaws and lesser-known outcasts of American literature.  

English 104 Distance Education (10 credits) ENGL 104/BUS& 201 or PHIL 215 or SOC& 101 –online LC–
This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines.

Controlling the Chaos: Art and History in the Modern Era (10 credits) ART 144/HIST& 118 –online LC–
Goya, Picasso, Dali…Napoleon, Hitler, Kennedy. This Learning Community explores the birth and development of the “modern” sensibility of the western world amidst the chaos of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Winter 2012 Online Learning Communities

English 101: Writing by the Book (6 credits) ENGL& 101/READ 107 –online LC–
All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught ONLINE.  

English 104 Distance Education (10 credits) ENGL 104/BUS& 201 or SOC& 101 –online LC–
This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines.

Images of History (W) (10 credits) HIST& 118/HUM& 101 –online LC–
This online course combines the study of events and their causes and effects with the study of artistic images created to respond to or comment on those events. This is an interactive online class for which a headset is required. Skills Designated: Writing.

Spring 2012 Online Learning Communities

English 101: Writing by the Book (6 credits) ENGL& 101/READ 107 –online LC–
All students will read a book in common that is currently in the news. The course combination will sharpen reading and thinking skills while providing a forum for polishing college writing. READ 107 is taught ONLINE.  

Identity and Feeling in Native American Art (D) (10 credits) ENGL& 101/ART 141 –online LC–
This writing Learning Community explores art through the lens of Native American history, culture, and identity. One field trip is required: to Seattle Art Museum or art museum near where you live. 

English 104 Distance Education (10 credits) ENGL 104/ECON& 202 PHIL 215 or SOC& 101 –online LC–
This learning community explores the nature of research and writing as it is practiced in specific disciplines.

Falling Apples and Empires (D) (10 credits) PHYS& 100/HIST& 117 –online LC–
In this course we will explore the connection between scientific thinking and the social/political events of the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment.