Are Smart Phones Killing a Generation? (WRI 1100)
This course builds off the habits of academic inquiry and writing skills of WRI 1000 to prepare you to write college-level academic papers and to develop the research and critical reading strategies that are central to whatever discipline you major in. Toward that end, the real subject of this class …
Interpersonal Communication (Com 1101)
In this fundamental course in communication between people, class sessions incorporate lectures with discussion and examples from popular culture and media. The focus of this course is on direct application of basic communication concepts essential to our daily lives. Topics include perception, gender, and culture and the effects on ourselves …
Digital and Online Media (JRN 1000)
Media are changing rapidly and the study of the relationship between society and communication technologies, as well as between culture and communication is foundational for today’s communication majors. These relationships are best approached in a course that not only tackles the literature of these changes, but requires students to interact …
Qualitative Analysis Software
Qualitative data analysis is the process of closely scrutinizing and interpreting qualitative data with the aim of transforming it into findings and conclusions, generally presented as thick descriptions, overarching themes, and detailed investigations of varying sociocultural realities. To engage in this process, a researcher must have a dataset that is …
When the Biology Lab is the Whole Island
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View From the Steps
View From the Steps is a multimedia and interactive presentation to take you inside some of the civil rights monuments in Montgomery, Alabama. The steps of the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery have long been the place for significant speeches and occasions. With few exceptions, Alabama Governors have been …
Blakely Island Project
Seattle Pacific University has run biology and engineering field experiences on Blakely Island (San Juan County, WA) for the past thirty-five years. This is a relatively remote place accessible only by boat or plane. A different biology class goes north every weekend between early April and late May, and in …