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ENTRE 579A: Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (4 credits).

SLN: 14392 (email for add code)

Mondays, 3:30-6:50pm

Course Description:  Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (Entre 579) explores big problems and opportunities facing society, ranging from healthcare and education, to poverty.  The course examines how solutions to these massive challenges can be researched, validated, and implemented using such entrepreneurial tools such as design thinking, business models, and lean entrepreneurship.  The class works best when there are students from across campus in it.

Students in the class will develop an  entrepreneurial mindset; when others see insurmountable problems, entrepreneurs look for opportunities to use technology and innovative thinking to solve real world problems. An entrepreneurial perspective is also a wonderful way of thinking in order to tackle new opportunities in entrepreneurship, whether it is in government, NGOs or for-profit companies. A key feature of this class is the interdisciplinary students from across campus.  If you have any questions, please email Professor Emily Pahnke at eacox@uw.edu

To Enroll, please email: MBA Registration <mbaregis@uw.edu> and cc Professor Pahnke, eacox@uw.edu.

UCONJ 624: Interprofessional Community Organizing Course (1 credit)

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:

  • Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different?
  • Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities?
  • Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.

  • Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.
  • Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal.
  • Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.
  • Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

Course details:

UCONJ 624A, SLN: 21515

Winter quarter 2019

Thursdays 5:30-7:20pm

Classroom: TBD

FAMED 556 Spanish for Health Professionals (1)

14724 A

T 530-650P

HST  T739

Open  18/  40E CR/NC

THIS COURSE IS OPEN TO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND GRADUATE HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH

PREREQUISITE: DEPARTMENT PERMISSION. CONTACT FMCLERK@UW.EDU

Instruction in interviewing/history taking Spanish-speaking patient. Prerequisite: Spanish fluency at intermediate level; current graduate health science student; permission of course coordinator. Credit/no-credit only. Offered: Sp.

View course details in MyPlan: FAMED 556

Registration is now open for Winter quarter Interprofessional Active Learning Series (iPALS) events. iPALS is an opportunity for students from across the health sciences to prepare themselves to practice effectively on interprofessional teams, through actively engaging together about topics of interest in healthcare and population health.

See below for Winter session topics and student registration links.

A One Health Clinic for Persons Experiencing Homelessness with their Animals

Friday January 25, 2019

10:30am-12:20pm in South Campus Center 221

Register for January 25, 2019 iPALS session: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/tbrazg/364813


Positive & Proactive Healthcare for Older Adults Across the Cognitive Continuum

Tuesday March 5, 2019

3:30-5:20pm in South Campus Center 316

Register for March 5, 2019 iPALS session: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/tbrazg/364820

Space is limited. Please sign up ASAP!

HSERV 555 Health Disparities, F 12:30 – 2:20, SLN 15390

Focuses on health disparities and health inequity in the United States. Course will cover both theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding patterns of health across social groups, with a focus on designing research and public health programs to addressing health disparities.

We have seats open in NUTR 512 United States Food Systems Policy taught by Jennifer Otten in WIN 2019. The course meets T Th, 1:00 – 2:20 in THO 125.

This course offers a broad introduction to food and nutrition policies in the United States and their impacts on population health. Real-world controversies and debates are used to illustrate policy principles, research tools, and policy analysis. It is taught with an undergraduate section, NUTR 412.

It is open to students from the following schools / colleges: Built Environment, Environment, Public Health, and Public Policy & Governance. Any others with interest may contact Susan Inman (206-685-9435) for access.

Space is still available in EDPSY 528, Achievement Motivation in Education with Matthew Kim. Please see the attached flyer for details.

EDPSY 528 Flyer WIN 19

The Graduate School is pleased to announce a new course for the Winter quarter entitled:

“Breaching Borders: Intersectional pathways towards equity and justice”

We invite graduate students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines to participate in this interdisciplinary course which seeks to engage and breach the boundaries between our various intersecting identities, and how these identities interact across issues of equity and social justice. Inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of “borderlands”, we introduce the concept of “breaching” to invite participants to engage with, resist, and transgress across these invisible lines that have been constructed to divide us (e.g. gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, language, ability, mental health, and nation/states). The course will work as a collaborative space to explore the meaning of such identities in our lives and society, and strategize for fostering intersectional pathways towards equity and justice.

Please see the attached flyer for more information, and distribute widely across your department/unit.

You may email Saejin Kwak Tanguay (sjk119@uw.edu) with any questions.

Winter 2019 Course Flyer

PUBPOL 569 A: Race & Public Policy (SLN 19560)

Instructor: Laura Evans, PhD

Meets: Tuesdays, 2:30pm – 5:20pm

This course analyzes racial disparities in social, economic, and political outcomes. In the course, students will examine the ongoing consequences of historical and institutional racism; evaluate contemporary racial attitudes and their consequences for policy and management; and consider the policy and management alternatives to reduce racial bias and racebased disparities.

PUBPOL 570 A: Foundations of Social Policy (SLN 19561)

Instructor: Bill Zumeta, PhD

Meets: Mondays & Wednesdays, 4:00pm – 5:20pm

This course is an introduction and overview of the broad field of social policy primarily within the U.S. The course will provide an overview of structural factors affecting the nature and evolution of social policies in the U.S. as well as some coverage of recent developments in demography, inequality and politics that are affecting social policy issues and policymaking today. We will consider the role of policy analysis tools and instruments in the social policy sphere and offer at least an overview of American approaches in the various specific policy areas that fall under the broad umbrella of social policy including: income transfer and antipoverty policies; policies relating to families and social services; health, housing and criminal justice policies (these three will be touched upon fairly briefly); and education policies from early childhood through postsecondary education.

PUBPOL 598 C: Citizen Behavior Change for Social Good: The Social Marketing Approach (SLN 19569)
Instructor: Nancy Lee

Meets: Wednesdays, January 9, 16, 30, February 6 from 10:30am – 12:50pm

This 1-credit course provides an in-depth and hands-on introduction to Social Marketing, a proven citizen behavior change discipline first distinguished in the early 1970s. It has had a profound impact on influencing citizen behaviors for social good, ones that:

  • Improve public health: Tobacco, HIV/AIDS, Obesity, Immunizations, Physical Activity
  • Prevent injuries: Traffic and Pedestrian Safety, Workplace Safety, Drowning Prevention
  • Protect the environment: Water Quality, Water Conservation, Air Quality, Alternative Transportation, Energy Conservation, Waste Management, Fish and Wildlife Habitats, Stormwater Runoff
  • Contribute to communities: Blood Donation, Crime Prevention, Literacy, Voting, Homelessness
  • Enhancing financial well-being: Retirement savings, College funding, Checking accounts for the poor.

It should be noted that Social Marketing is not the same as Social Media, which is only one tactic in the Social Marketer’s toolbox for behavior change for social good.

PUBPOL 599 E: Advanced Program Evaluation (SLN 19575)

Instructor: Carlos Cuevas, PhD

Meets: Thursdays, 2:30pm – 5:20pm

This course aims at preparing students to address performance monitoring and evaluation of programs they find already in progress when they enter professional practice, as well as familiarizing them with advanced topics in program design and evaluation. It does have a strong emphasis on implementation/process evaluation since this area of evaluation work seems dominant in professional practice. Students will have taken PUBPOL 526 Program Evaluation, and ideally advanced multivariate analysis. Please contact the instructor at cecuevas@uw.edu if you have questions regarding prerequisite requirements.

There are 5 spaces open in JSIS 578 A: Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy with Chris Seiple. This course meets on Mondays in winter 2019 from 11:30a-1:20p.

Finding solutions to global challenges demands different perspectives, as well as partnerships among individuals and institutions who do not share the same values. How does one build unity without uniformity across sectors—each of which possess believers and faith-based actors—in order to effectively lead in complicated times? Through theory, case study and the practical experience of both the instructor and the students, this course understands and wrestles with the role of religion in context—at least as an underexamined analytic factor, and perhaps even as tremendous force for the common good – and seeks to teach the skill sets of evaluation (self & contextual), communication, and negotiation as a means to mutual literacy and respect across cultures and countries.

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:

  • Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different?
  • Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities?
  • Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.

  • Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.
  • Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal.
  • Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.
  • Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

Course details:

  • UCONJ 624
  • Winter quarter 2019
  • Thursdays 5:30-7:20pm
  • Classroom: TBD

Contact Leonora Clarke at clarkel@uw.ed for an add code or with questions! 

This course will be open to all graduate students in Period II registration, beginning on Monday, November 19, with no add codes needed.

COM 597 D: Special Topics – Family Communication, Kristina Scharp, TTh 10:30-12:20, 5 credits

All families are discourse dependent. This means that every family requires communication to create a shared family identity. Yet, some families are more discourse dependent than others. When families lack blood or legal ties and/or deviate from cultural expectations, they require more communication to construct what it means to be a family both for themselves and to people outside of the family. In this course, we will not only explore the central theories and major processes that serve as the foundation for family communication, but also interrogate the ideologies that render certain families as more discourse dependent than others. Consequently, we will focus on the three “R’s” of (post-nuclear) family theorizing: remaking, resistance, and resilience. In doing so, we attend to the ways post-nuclear families are marginalized and stigmatized – both in public policy and in hearts and minds.

Below are some topics we will cover in this course:
Central Theories
·      Communication Privacy Management Theory
·      Family Communication Patterns
·      Intersectionality
·      Relational Dialectics Theory
Major Processes
·      Conflict and Divorce
·      Estrangement and Marginalization
·      Supportive Communication
·      Uncertainty Management
Discourse Dependent Families
·      Adoption and Foster Care
·      Arranged Marriage and the Diaspora
·      Infertility, Miscarriage, and Childfree Couples
·      Language Brokering

For questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Scharp at kscharp@uw.edu.

IECMH 555 RELATIONSHIP BASED MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN  (Online)

  • Quarter:  Winter 2019
  • Instructors:  Colleen O. Dillon, PhD
  • Credits:3 credits
  • SLN: 15595
  • Course Description:
  • This is a core course in the field of infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) practice, focused on building preliminary skills in the observation and diagnostic assessment of clinical concerns in young children. Using a culturally sensitive lens we will examine multiple influences, including current psychosocial strengths and stressors, prenatal and physical health history, developmental competencies, and primary caregiving relationships (current and intergenerational).

Registration information: http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2019/iecmh.html

Note for MSW students: If you’d like to substitute this for Soc W 571, please send a paragraph with how you feel it fits into your future work to Lin at linm@uw.edu.  Students may take this for an elective instead.

ENROLL NOW – UCONJ 550 Health Care in Underserved Communities. Please review attached flyer for enrollment details.

Winter Quarter (Jan 7-Mar 22, 2019) – 1 Credit, Tuesday 6:30-8:20 PM, K069

UCONJ 550 Flyer 2019

We want to promote the following graduate course from the Foster School of Business.

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs explores big problems and opportunities facing society, ranging from healthcare and education, to poverty.  The course examines how solutions to these massive challenges can be researched, validated, and implemented using such entrepreneurial tools such as design thinking, business models, and lean entrepreneurship.

Students in the class will develop an  entrepreneurial mindset; when others see insurmountable problems, entrepreneurs look for opportunities to use technology and innovative thinking to solve real world problems. An entrepreneurial perspective is also a wonderful way of thinking in order to tackle new opportunities in entrepreneurship, whether it is in government, NGOs or for-profit companies.

Please note that non-Foster MBA students will need to wait until December 17, 2018 at 8:00am before you can request for the class. You can email mbaregis@uw.edu with your request at that time.

ENTRE 579 Grand Challenges WIN19 Flyer

The Buerk Center has many ways for students to try their hand in entrepreneurship, and in fall quarter here are two ways to do just that!

(undergrads should register for 400 level credits, grads for 500 level credits.)

Register for Fall:  Two 2-credit classes

Open to all Undergraduate & Graduate students from any department. No experience necessary.

Environmental Innovation Practicum (2 credits) | Tuesdays | 4 to 5:50 pm (now CR/NC)

Cross-listed: ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A, ENVIR 495

In each weekly seminar, students will hear directly from the entrepreneurs solving some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. Past speakers included Amanda Sturgeon, CEO International Living Futures Institute and Chad Frischmann, VP Project Drawdown. Students then form interdisciplinary teams and create project-based solutions while receiving coaching from environmental professionals and entrepreneurs. Excellent preparation for the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. Questions? Email Cassie Maylor.

Health Innovation Practicum (2 credits) | Thursdays | 5 to 6:50 pm

Cross-listed: ENTRE 445/545

Students will hear inspiring guest speakers discuss the challenges every young business in healthcare or life sciences could face. By the end of the course students will have an awareness of the system of regulation of health technologies, the process of development, and the economics of healthcare. Great preparation for the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge or healthcare careers. Questions? Email Terri Butler.

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* The upcoming PSYCLIN 571 course for Fall 2018 will provide students with an in-depth, hands-on introduction to evidence-based, parenting interventions for use with children and families. The course will use the Helping the Noncompliant Child textbook to provide a solid foundation in evidence-based parenting approaches such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and The Incredible Years.  Students will learn the fundamentals of how to assess and treat behavioral problems in children and work with parents.  The course will also focus on adaptations to match client presentation, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and treatment setting. This course will include an integration of theory and practice.  A significant part of the course will involve opportunities for practice (e.g., role-plays, modeling in the classroom in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Practicing skills as homework will also be encouraged.  A goal of the class is for students to achieve competency on a subset of the skills via in-class skills demonstrations, and feedback from both the instructor and students will be given.  Still have questions or want an add code? Please contact the course instructor, Won-Fong Lau Johnson at fongj8@uw.edu. *

PsyCln 571A (3 credits)

Thursdays, 2-4:50pm

Offered C/NC (which is fine for MSW students for electives.)

My name is Ellie Qian and I am a Research Coordinator at the Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. I am writing to see if we could get your help with recruiting students for Psych 571 Fall Course on Parenting Interventions. No one has registered so far, so if you could spread the message to your department as well as students who might be interested, we would really appreciate it! I’ve had the instructor, Dr. Won-Fong Lau Johnson, prepare a description of the class below. It is open to all disciplines, but they do need to email Dr. Johnson directly for registration approval and an add code.

* The upcoming PSYCLIN 571 course for Fall 2018 will provide students with an in-depth, hands-on introduction to evidence-based, parenting interventions for use with children and families. The course will use the Helping the Noncompliant Child textbook to provide a solid foundation in evidence-based parenting approaches such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and The Incredible Years.  Students will learn the fundamentals of how to assess and treat behavioral problems in children and work with parents.  The course will also focus on adaptations to match client presentation, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic status, and treatment setting. This course will include an integration of theory and practice.  A significant part of the course will involve opportunities for practice (e.g., role-plays, modeling in the classroom in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Practicing skills as homework will also be encouraged.  A goal of the class is for students to achieve competency on a subset of the skills via in-class skills demonstrations, and feedback from both the instructor and students will be given.  Still have questions? Please contact the course instructor, Won-Fong Lau Johnson at fongj8@uw.edu. *

GRDSCH 630 AUT18 Flyer

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