Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering

Announcements

• 01/01 The first day handout is available as a pdf or html version.
  
• 12/30  Welcome to Issues for Ethnic Minorites and Women in Science and Engineering.  Our first class meets Tuesday, January 6 at 12:30 pm in Smith 309.  All students interested in taking or auditing this class should attend the first class.
  
• 12/30  Link to campus map showing location of Smith Hall (on the southeast side of the quad, attached to Gowan, which is behind Suzzallo).
  
• 12/30 Note that assignment details and reading assignments are approximate, and not yet finalized.
  
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Schedules and Assignments

• Class Schedule
• List of Reading Assignments by class date (will be added to/updated regularly throughout the quarter).
• List of Written Assignments, with Due Dates
• Detailed Description of Grading and Assignments.
• Submit Assignments Electronically here.

Other Class Links

• Course Chat Room (GoPost).
• E-submit Area (Collect It Drop Box)
  
• First Day Handout (html or pdf)
  
• Assorted Web Links Relevant to the Class

PLEASE send suggestions for other links.

Peer Evaluation Forms

• Generic Form for planning your presentation (To be posted at a later date)
  
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TIME:

• Winter Quarter 2009. Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30-2:20 p.m

• Smith Hall: SMI 309, University of Washington (link to map)
  

INSTRUCTORS:

The seminar will be co-taught by a social scientist (Angela Ginorio) and a physical scientist (Marjorie Olmstead):

 

Prof. Angela B. Ginorio	Office hours: by appointment
Women Studies	Padelford B-110P (for office hours)	685-2238
	email:  ginorio@u.washington.edu
Prof. Marjorie A. Olmstead	Office hours: Tuesday 11-12 and by appointment	685-3031
Physics	Physics-Astronomy Bldg. B-433
	e-mail: olmstd@u.washington.edu

Seminar Goals:

• Inform students of issues faced by women and ethnic minorities in science and engineering, providing both a national and local context
• Introduce students to expert women and minority practitioners of science, as well as expert social scientists, who study and/or experience these issues
• Enable students to critically evaluate both the framing of issues facing women and minorities in science and engineering and the effectiveness of solutions
• Prepare students to address these issues in the context of their own disciplines and institutions

Seminar Topics:

For specific dates see Schedule.

Status of Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering:  Historical Context and Current Issues.

Climate Issues and Successful Interventions:  Identifying Problems and Solutions

Impact and Creation of Policy:  Agenda for Action

Seminar Structure:

The seminar will meet twice weekly. Classes will combine lecture presentations with class discussions (based on both presentations and assigned readings). Presentations will be made by invited UW faculty and staff, course instructors, and students. Each presenter will suggest related readings.

A Schedule of all classes.

Grading:

For more complete information, see First Day Handout and Assignment Detail Handout.
All students will be expected to participate in class discussions, write several short reports, and make a class presentation (as part of a group). Students taking the course for 5 credits will also do a research project with a corresponding paper. Students who wish to obtain W-credit may do so, but they should check early in the quarter with Profs. Olmstead and Ginorio.  They will have earlier deadlines for reports and papers to allow for feedback on their writing.

This is a reading, writing, and discussion course. These are the major requirements:

• participating in class discussion (with evidence of having completed the readings) (12% of final grade)
• leading/facilitating a class presentation, and a report on this presentation (28% of final grade, partly by peer evaluation)
• preparing four short reports (60% of final grade)

• The above requirements (renormalized to total 60% of the final grade).
• research and policy paper (40% of final grade)
  

Prerequisites:

One quarter of natural science or engineering (not including math, computer science, or technical writing).

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