Undergraduate Education

  • New Life for Aging Labs

    The UW's aging freshman chemistry laboratories have been described as "something out of Dickens." With renovations, they are now ready for the 21st century. 

    February 2008 Perspectives
  • Mixing Art and Nature at Willapa Bay

    The Willapa National Wildlife Refuge includes artworks created by UW students enrolled in a UW public art course. 

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • Journalism Goes Global

    Journalism students spent the summer interning at English-language newspapers abroad--in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, and China--through an unusual scholarship in the UW Department of Communication. 

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • Exploring Tolkien

    History professor Robin Stacey’s love of J. R. R. Tolkien’s work led to a popular course and now a five-part lecture series.

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • American Sign Language Introduced

    The UW Department of Linguistics is offering American Sign Language, with a full-time lecturer teaching two sections of ASL each quarter.

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • But How is Socrates' Jump Shot?

    The Husky men’s basketball team took a special five-credit course designed specifically for them and tied to an 11-day basketball tournament trip to Greece. 

    October 2007 Perspectives
  • A Celebration of Undergraduate Research

    More than 600 students participated in the 2007 Undergraduate Research Symposium, one of several opportunities to present undergraduate research to the community. 

    July 2007 Perspectives
  • Burke 101

    Students learn about hidden treasures at the Burke Museum and then design activities to share their knowledge with Burke visitors. 

    July 2007 Perspectives
  • A Week of Sharing in the Yakima Valley

    Through two School of Music courses, a group of UW students traveled to Washington's Yakima Valley to teach--and learn from--K-12 students. 

    March 2007 Perspectives
  • A Global Reach for Advisers

    Eighteen UW advisers joined students for Explorations Seminars in far-flung locations like China, Costa Rica, and New Zealand, to experience the seminars firsthand. 

    October 2006 Perspectives
  • Surviving the Senior Thesis

    For departments that require a senior thesis, the benefits for all involved are substantial. 

    July 2006 Perspectives
  • A Pow Wow Primer

    American Indian Studies offers a course on the history and significance of pow wow, which includes working on one of the University's two annual pow wow events. 

    March 2006 Perspectives
  • Dance for Everyone -- and Every Body

    A new class in integrated dance brings together dancers of varying abilities, including several who use wheelchairs. 

    October 2004 Perspectives
  • Exploring the World

    Through Exploration Seminars, UW faculty and undergraduates travel to various parts of the globe to study a subject in depth for one month. 

    October 2004 Perspectives
  • Students, Clients, and Dozens of Rugs

    Through a new course, School of Art students designed rugs for clients and had them woven in Nepal. 

    July 2004 Perspectives