UCOR Section Descriptions

Course Description

Should I change the way I eat and exercise or is everything pre-determined by the genes I was dealt so why bother? Daily we are bombarded by a myriad of “facts” attempting to convince us which product to purchase or which diet to follow. The scientific process will give you powerful a tool to assess evidence and critically evaluate it to inform your opinion on a topic.

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What threatens the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem? This course will focus on the ecosystem of the Puget Sound, the pollutants that can be found there, where they are coming from and how we can prevent them. Students will do their own investigations on effects specific chemical are having on animal health and how rain gardens and river repair programs can prevent pollution from reaching the Sound.

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This course focuses on one group of animals, the birds. Descended from dinosaurs, bird species have evolved to survive and reproduce in their natural environment and each displays numerous biological adaptations in anatomy, physiology, and behavior. Lectures will cover many aspects of bird biology and behavior and labs will give students hands-on experience with birds and their unique features and will include time on campus becoming familiar with local species.

Course Description

What threatens the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem? This course will focus on the ecosystem of the Puget Sound, the pollutants that can be found there, where they are coming from and how we can prevent them. Students will do their own investigations on effects specific chemical are having on animal health and how rain gardens and river repair programs can prevent pollution from reaching the Sound.

Course Description

Environmental sustainability gives us an extraordinarily relevant avenue to investigate the question: how do we know what we know about the natural world? We will explore the fundamental biology behind sustainability to better make informed choices about how to live in our only ecosystem, the earth. In lab, we will learn 'hands on' by exploring a question of personal interest using the methods of science as well as visiting environmental sustainability related locales.

Course Description

This course focuses on one group of animals, the birds. Descended from dinosaurs, bird species have evolved to survive and reproduce in their natural environment and each displays numerous biological adaptations in anatomy, physiology, and behavior. Lectures will cover many aspects of bird biology and behavior and labs will give students hands-on experience with birds and their unique features and will include time on campus becoming familiar with local species.

Course Description

Environmental sustainability gives us an extraordinarily relevant avenue to investigate the question: how do we know what we know about the natural world? We will explore the fundamental biology behind sustainability to better make informed choices about how to live in our only ecosystem, the earth. In lab, we will learn 'hands on' by exploring a question of personal interest using the methods of science as well as visiting environmental sustainability related locales.

Course Description

The nature, formation, and evolution of our Solar System and other planetary systems, and how we learn those, through scientific inquiry. Background physics will be introduced and explored in laboratory exercises and independent observational and computational work. Discussions of the methods, costs, and gains from robotic space exploration, leading up to the search for planets and life elsewhere in the Solar System and the Galaxy.

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In this course, you will explore career opportunities within your chosen major. We will begin by considering how your knowledge and skills can be transferred to a career. You will identify types of jobs available within your major and learn to decode a job description. During interactive in-person workshops and online modules, you will practice how to present yourself in writing and in speech when applying for a job. By the end of the course, you will have an updated resume, started a LinkedIn profile and set a plan for the next steps in your professional formation.

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