Undergraduate Education

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

Varsha Govindaraju, a senior student majoring in anthropology and law, societies, and justice with minors in human rights and diversity was recently selected as a 2015-16 Luce Scholar.

Through immersive and intensive freshman study abroad in León, Spain you can take your first steps toward a transformative undergraduate experience at UW.

A&S Dean Robert Stacey discusses the College's plans to prepare undergraduates for employment—long before they graduate.

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.

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

Sweet Charity, the inaugural production of the UW's new interdisciplinary Musical Theater program, opens November 14.

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

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.

Dean Robert Stacey reflects on his stay in León, Spain, where he spent time with entering freshmen through a new Arts & Sciences program.

The Biology Department has redesigned its introductory courses so that students actively participate in class, even in its largest lecture courses.

Nine weeks to complete an independent research project? Students in the Summer Institute for the Arts and Humanities embraced that challenge.

Sixty entering freshmen launched their UW careers in León, Spain through a new study abroad program offered by the College.

"Learning another language is discovering another avenue for self-expression," says Joy Maa (Spanish, Japanese, 2014), who is fluent in four languages.

Ever heard of a student writing a second honors thesis "mostly just for fun"? Meet Kathleen Noll (History, Classics/Latin, 2014), a scholar of medieval history.