Out
of Class Events/Activities
Students will participate in three activities/events outside of class. After attending an activity, students will e-mail 500-600 word analysis of the event to the instructor (mailto:[email protected]). The reflection paper should comment on the activity / event as well as how it relates to what we have learned or discussed in class or in the course readings. One activity must loosely relate to politics, another to economics and the third to sociology. The responses are due no later than:
February 21,
April 1,
and April 29.
At least one of the out of class events/activities must take place off-campus, in a museum, theater, or other non-academic setting. Some of the off-campus activities that students have attended in the past are listed below. Please check with the instructor BEFORE attending an exhibit (if not listed below) or performance to ensure that it will count. At least one of the out of class events/activities should be a lecture, discussion, or other event at the university. These types of activities will be announced in class as they occur. Also, check the IPE website (http://www.ups.edu/ipe/home2.htm) for IPE events.
Ideas from off-campus out of class events/activities
from previous semester:
Seattle Underground Tour; Political rally for presidential candidate; Foreign
film at Grand Cinema; Mission Mill Museum in Salem, Oregon; Seattle Asian Art
Museum; Pike’s Place Market in Seattle; Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge;
Tour of Northwest Detention Center; Western Museum of Mining and Industry in
Colorado Springs, Colorado; Aberdeen Museum of History; Point Defiance Zoo and
Aquarium; Northwest Trek; Theatrical performance; Seattle Car Show; Tacoma
branch of Food Not Bombs; Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum in
Stevenson, Washington; Seattle Art Museum; Pearl Harbor memorial for the S.S.
Arizona in Honolulu, Hawaii; Science Museum of Minnesota; Rosicrucian Egyptian
Museum in San Jose, California; Minneapolis Institute of Arts
In addition to these, many students went to the
following museums:
Camp 6 Logging Museum - Point Defiance Park (253)
752-0047 www.camp-6-museum.org/c6.html
Admissions: Museum's grounds is free
Hours: Outdoor exhibits are
accessible as long as
Tacoma Art Museum - 1701
Pacific Ave (253) 272-4258 www.tacomaartmuseum.org/
Admissions: Adults $6.50, Students & Military $5.50, Third Thursday of each
month - FREE ALL DAY
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday
Admissions: Adult (18 & over) $7.00, Student (6-17 yrs) $5.00
Hours: M-W & F-Sa: 10:00am-5:00pm, Thursday 10 am – 8pm (Free from 5 pm – 8 pm) Sunday 12 – 5 pm