Courses

  • What is your class telling you?

    UW Biology's Ben Wiggins details how implicit bias negatively impacts classroom setting and what faculty can do to change that.
    01/26/2016
  • Graphic novels and the art of Jewish memory

    Tamar Benzikry, UW Class of 2005, returned to campus as the instructor for "Graphic Novels and Jewish Memory." Read more about Benzikry's passion for arts and education.
    12/15/2015 | Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
  • Comic Book Superheroes Head for Class

    An English Department course takes a serious look at comic book superheroes and what they tell us about history and our changing world.

    December 2015 Perspectives
  • UW Professors Ask: Are Lectures Racist?

    UW Biology's Scott Freeman discusses how the traditional college instructional style -- think large halls with lots of students -- isn't the best method for teaching students.
    09/21/2015
  • Finding Friday Harbor

    Take a look behind the Friday Harbor Laboratories where students can study everything from orcas to algae on the rocky shores of San Juan Island.
    09/08/2015
  • An anthropological view of gender and sexuality in China

    As its six cross-listings might suggest — ANTH 328 / GWSS 328 / JSIS 328 / ANTH 528 / GWSS 528 / JSIS 528 — Gender and Sexuality in China is no ordinary class.

    06/03/2015
  • College Confidence in the High School Classroom

    Texts and Teachers bridges the gap between high school and college through parallel courses and campus visits.

    March 2015 Perspectives
  • Medieval Scheming and Sabotage in Smith Hall

    In a new medieval history course, role playing is serious business as students learn about the past by living it.

    March 2015 Perspectives
  • Bio Art

    DXARTS graduate student Joel Ong from the University of Washington discusses his art and the broader implications of bio art on science, art, and society.
    02/04/2015 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Looking Out for the 12th Man

    Thunderous stadium noise is exhilarating for sports fans—and harmful for their ears. A class project aims to protect hearing without sacrificing team spirit.

    December 2014 Perspectives
  • A Bumpy Road for Citizenship

    Would you have been eligible for U.S. citizenship in the late 1700s? The late 1800s? A new course looks at evolving citizenship laws and what they say about our nation.

    December 2014 Perspectives
  • Jason and Walter's Excellent Arctic Adventure

    During a visit to the Canadian Arctic to study Inuktitut, the Inuit language, students experienced firsthand the language's connection to the land.

    October 2014 Perspectives
  • A Creative Marriage of Art and Math

    A mathematician and artist, married for decades, teach a course that explores the creative process at the core of both disciplines.

    October 2014 Perspectives
  • What the *#@$&*?

    Got your attention? Turns out swear words provide unique insights into how language works.

    October 2014 Perspectives
  • Experiencing the Real Tahiti

    Undergraduates in an immersive summer program in Tahiti looked beyond the tourist appeal of French Polynesia to the implications of it being a French colony.

    September 2014 Perspectives