Specialization Course Descriptions
Holistic Perspectives
Students explore selected expressions and qualities of holistic insight and experience. Some of these expressions offer participatory, non-dual or systemic outlooks; some come from process philosophy; others consider the holistic idea of irreducibility: a relational world not reduced to subjects and objects. Topics for study include social and natural systems as well as the evolution of thought in art, science and philosophy.
Design Theory and Practice
In this design area, students learn to engage effectively with clients, developing clarity around purpose, creating and implementing new possibilities, as well as offering more specialization in setting or mode. Recent offerings have included: Design Languages, Designing With/In Community, Visual Literacy and Participatory Design.
Advanced Systems Theory and Philosophy
Classes in this area are specialized systemic courses that deepen the student’s conceptual understanding as a means for more effective engagement with human and natural systems. Recent courses included Systems Dynamics, Systemic Thinking: The Art of Making Distinctions and Autopoeisis: Myth and Science of Self-organization.
Sample Capstone Change Projects
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Students researched how the current environment of the American healthcare system is mirrored in the environmental atmosphere of the healthcare oversight organization.
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
This project
organized a community visioning workshop that drew upon the values and behaviors of those who lived and worked on the river to prepare the Georgetown neighborhood for future cleanup and shoreline restoration projects.
University Undergraduate Program
Students explored how listening can affect a collaborative design process by focusing on levels of listening and how they contribute to group creativity.
Seattle LGBT Center
This project focused on the strategic planning process of a community center as it determined its future role and purpose within the larger community.
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