Humanities & Social Sciences

LEARNING COMMUNITY/CSP

Q. What is a CSP?

A. CSP stands for Coordinated Studies Program and is a type of learning community that explores a major theme from a variety of academic disciplines.  For the entire quarter, a team of faculty and students use creative and critical thinking to explore important issues and concerns.  Students enroll for the total program (13 to 18 credits) which is generally considered a full course load.  Each program is taught by a team of two or more diverse faculty members who conduct lectures, lead student seminars, field trips and group projects.  Additionally, these interactive programs may include use of the internet, music, video, guest speakers – anything but your traditional classroom fare. CSPs count as IS credits toward your AA transfer degree.

 

Examples of Previous CSP Classes:-

 

CSP 100.01: 13 Credits — Women’s Voices /  Women's Lives

First-time comparative study of former French colonies in West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. Women address their experience and struggle with post-colonial issues of class……………….

 

CSP 125:01 13 Credits —Disappearances: a Cultural Inquiry

Is a cooperative venture with the Richard Hugo House. Each fall, Hugo House hosts a cultural inquiry, a sequenced event to explore a major topic. Seattle Central and Hugo House have an ongoing relationship where we interact and share resources…………

 

CSP 150.01 A 13 Credits-Voices From Holocaust

Although World War II has been over for more than 55 years, hardly a week passes that there is not something in the news that reminds us of the Holocaust.  This learning community combines literature and research. It will explore the Holocaust through literature, the voices of survivors, and scholars. It will include a historical context for WWII. Students will learn what happened to six million Jews and other persecuted groups by reading memoirs of survivors., and preparing a research paper……….

 

 

CSP 250 .01 18 Credits: Climbing out the Well

This learning community, located three days a week at the University of Washington, helps us discover the cause and effect of society’s many different social constructions. It connects biology, English, humanities and sociology — and explores patterns of activity that hold the living world….

 

 

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