Courses

  • Cool Courses for Summer Quarter 2026

    It's time to think about summer quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Summer Quarter 2026.

    04/13/2026 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Opinion: To take advantage of your time at UW, you should take a language course

    The benefits of learning more languages go far beyond the positive classroom experience; there are substantial advantages in your career and personal life. Previous scholarship has demonstrated that bilingual job candidates have up to a 35% increase in job opportunities.

    03/11/2026 | The Daily
  • A Math Course Inspired by TikTok & Basketball

    After creating popular social media content analyzing basketball statistics, UW Mathematics doctoral student Maddy Brown created a course to help students present data through storytelling. 

    March 2026 Perspectives
  • Cool Courses for Spring Quarter 2026

    It's time to think about spring quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Spring Quarter 2026.

    02/06/2026 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • UW’s sex professor Nicole McNichols releases debut book ‘You Could Be Having Better Sex’

    PSYCH 210 has become a rite of passage for many UW students and as it is now the most popular course at UW with over 4,000 students taking it annually. But not everyone can take the class. So after five years of writing, McNichols is bringing her lessons to a wider audience with her first book “You Could Be Having Better Sex: The Definitive Guide to a Happier, Healthier, and Hotter Sex Life.”

    The Daily
  • Ctrl + Alt + Secure: The Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative

    At its heart, the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative is more than a program — it’s a community. From the get-go, the program builds a sense of community that carries students through their time at the University of Washington and well into their professional lives.

    The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
  • Cool Courses for Winter Quarter 2026

    It's time to think about winter quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Winter Quarter 2026.

    10/24/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Demystifying Quantum

    In a physics course for non-STEM majors, Professor Miguel Morales teaches quantum mechanics without the advanced mathematics most quantum courses require.

    October 2025 Perspectives
  • Q&A: How marginalized artists invented the Broadway musical

    A new book from David Armstrong, University of Washington affiliate instructor of drama, is an historical and cultural account of how the Broadway musical was predominantly created by people marginalized from mainstream society. The book, Broadway Nation: How Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists Invented the Broadway Musical, traces this history through four major eras.

    UW News
  • UW's American Indian Studies department celebrates 55 years of relationships and learning

    In the spring of 1970, a group of Native American students brainstormed ways to prioritize Native studies at the UW. By fall, the American Indian Studies Center was formed, with faculty from across campus teaching anthropology, art, and history from a Native perspective. Five faculty from the department share their thoughts on 55 years of Native knowledge at the UW.

    UW Magazine
  • Cool Courses for Autumn Quarter 2025

    While it's not yet summer, It's time to think about autumn quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Autumn Quarter 2025.

    05/09/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Cool Courses for Summer Quarter 2025

    It's time to think about summer quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Summer Quarter 2025.

    04/14/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Cool Courses for Spring Quarter 2025

    It's time to think about spring quarter course registration! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered Spring Quarter 2025.

    02/10/2025 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Confidence & Connection Through College Edge

    Through the College Edge program, first-year UW students can settle into college life and academics before the start of fall quarter. 

    February 2025 Perspectives
  • Soccer on the World Stage

    An international studies course highlights soccer's impact beyond the playing field, in areas ranging from economics to nationalism to human rights.

    February 2025 Perspectives