Sarah MacKenzie stops by to discuss her new course for Spring 2009, Health Services 100: “Wellness, Body, Mind, and Spirit”. Listen in as Sarah talks about the way she will personalize a broad issue like public health for students in her class!
Latest Episodes
New Course Recommendation! HSERV 100
February 26th, 2009 · Filed under: Academic Planning, Registering for Classes
Enhanced Podcast [8:37m]: Humanities 209: Ethics and Climate Change
February 9th, 2009 · Filed under: Academic Planning, I'm a Freshman, Registering for Classes
Human-induced climate change is one of the most important international problems facing the world today. Yet our scientific understanding of the impacts of global warming is just emerging. Projections of how much the Earth will warm under various energy-use scenarios are fraught with uncertainty. Far-reaching decisions on energy policy are being made on the basis of imperfect scientific knowledge. This course will explore a variety of scientific and philosophical questions: How serious is climate change relative to other pressing global problems? What are the scientific uncertainties around global warming? What can economic analysis tell us—or not tell us—about such long-term problems as climate change? How might we address global intergenerational issues such as climate change in a just way?
Ethics and Climate Change is designed to accommodate students of any background, from the committed physics or philosophy major to students whose primary interests are directed toward art, literature, history, language, or the social sciences.
The Danz Courses in the Humanities are made possible by the generous financial support of Fredric Danz, who attended the University of Washington and is a longtime benefactor of the humanities.
What on earth are you going to do with a major in ________ ??!!
January 28th, 2009 · Filed under: Academic Planning, Finding a Job, Meet UW's World Class Advisers
In celebration of Career Discovery Week, Lynnea and Cara from the UW Career Center stop by for a little role play. How do you talk to friends and family about your major when all they seem concerned about is whether you’ll ever find a job? And maybe you’re concerned about how you’ll find a job, too! This particular conversation uses History as an example, but it models a great conversation for just about any Humanities or Social Sciences major. Listen in, and get some great pointers about how to approach this conversation.
Be an Orientation Leader!
January 20th, 2009 · Filed under: Finding a Job, I'm a Freshman, I'm a Transfer Student
First Year Programs is dedicated to providing incoming students and their
families with all of the information and resources necessary to ensure that
their transition to the University of Washington is a smooth and enjoyable
one. We need you to help make this happen. Each year we recruit current
University of Washington students to become part of the First Year Programs
Orientation Leader staff. Orientation Leaders play a vital role in this
exciting process, working closely with new students and their families on a
wide variety of topics including academics, student involvement, housing
options, and more.
Applications are due by Friday, January 30th. For more information and an
Orientation Leader application, please visit the FYP website.
California Western School of Law
January 14th, 2009 · Filed under: Pre-Law
Peg and Chanira continue their review of West Coast Law Schools with their review of the California Western School of Law.
Lewis & Clark Law School
January 8th, 2009 · Filed under: Pre-Law
Peg and Chanira, University of Washington’s lead pre-law advisers, walk us through Lewis & Clark Law School. This one has pictures!
University of Washington – Tacoma
December 9th, 2008 · Filed under: I'm a Freshman, I'm a Transfer Student, Meet UW's World Class Advisers
Noell Bernard sits in today to discuss her favorite things about the University of Washington – Tacoma. Listen in, and perhaps you’ll discover your own favorite thing!
Humanities 207: Science and its Critics
November 13th, 2008 · Filed under: I'm a Freshman, I'm a Transfer Student, Registering for Classes
Prof. Phillip Thurtle visits the podcast to discuss his Winter quarter 2009 class, “Humanities 207: Science and its Critics.” In describing his course, he says, “we’re ALL going to need to know science at some level, in order to engage in science as the dominant belief system in society.” This is a team-taught course, with Prof. Maynard Olson (Medicine and Genome Sciences) and Prof. Phillip Thurtle (Comparative History of Ideas and History) engaging students in a stimulating examination of the position that science occupies in society. Does science have the answers for issues like global warming, hunger, and disease prevention and cure? What do we as a society expect of science?
The Danz Courses in the Humanities are made possible by the generous financial support of Frederic Danz, who attended the University of Washington and is a longtime benefactor of the humanities.
Pre-Law: Peg’s Review of Tulane University Law School
October 22nd, 2008 · Filed under: Finding a Job, Pre-Law
Peg Cheng spends a few minutes talking about Tulane University Law School. On the one hand, “a strange trip,” but on the other “never at a loss for help” and “an amazing variety of study abroad opportunities.” You CAN make a difference in New Orleans, and that may very well start with a career at Tulane University Law School.
What should I major in? Maybe R.E.M. can help!
October 11th, 2008 · Filed under: Academic Planning, I'm a Freshman, I'm a Transfer Student
While it may be the most un-singable karaoke song in the history of music, “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” is actually very informative about all of the possibilities of majors at the University of Washington. Take a listen, and sing loud and proud! Leonard Bernstein! Leonid Breshnev! Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs!