Courses

Humanities First, a new program for first year students, celebrates the humanities and their role in society.  

In the Honors course "Abolishing Poverty," students untangle the interwoven complexities that lead to impoverishment.

A new sociology course explores self-tracking technology that captures our daily routines.

A new course explores rap music and its musical influences, with guest musicians and creative assignments.

It's time to think about autumn quarter! Check out these cool Arts & Sciences courses to be offered this fall.

UW senior Hunter Brown has  275,000 TikTok followers. A UW Communication course helped him build his online community. 

Students in "Introduction to 3D4M" had the option to take the fall quarter course in person. One catch: it was held entirely outside.

The humanities’ newest major, cinema and media studies (CMS), allows students to explore different modes of expression and their effects on a world increasingly dominated by mass media. “This new major should be especially relevant to incoming students,” department chair Eric Ames said. 

Lecturer of American Indian Studies Tami Hohn and her students Victor Andy and Shelby Cross discuss their experiences teaching and learning Southern Lushootseed.

Watch lectures online from the new interdisciplinary class "2020: The Course."

Think voting is simple? A new course co-taught by statistics and philosophy faculty explores the many complexities of the voting process. 

A psychology course on human sexuality is the largest UW class — ever. Revising the content has been a journey.

The chair of UW’s Printmaking Program designed a popular new class during the pandemic, stamping out doubt about how effective remote learning can be.

With support from a Flip Wilson Scholarship, Communication major Darius Presley (BA, 2020) helped with an innovative collaboration exploring race and privilege.

Strategists on opposites sides of the political aisle co-teach a course on political campaigns.Good thing they're close friends.