Undergraduate Education

During her time at the UW, Ava Kloss-Schmidt (BS, Biology, 2022) has surrounded herself with plants — in a lab, in a greenhouse, and on mountaintops.

A new Classics course looks at conceptions of race in antiquity and how ancient racial categories “put the arbitrariness of race as we know it into relief.”

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

Anyone keeping an eye on the U.S. Congress senses that free community college across the country looks increasingly unlikely. However, one emerging model may provide a road map for other institutions. It’s the Path to UW — a transfer partnership between the Seattle Colleges Seattle Promise program and the University of Washington Seattle campus. The UW's Joslin Boroughs, associate director of undergraduate advising; Cynthia Caci, director of advising at the UW College of Arts and Sciences; and Michaelann Jundt, associate dean of undergraduate academic affairs, are quoted.

While studying the impact of the digital revolution on texts, students created digital editions using print publications in UW Special Collections.

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

Communication major Jean Wong shares the ups and downs of her UW study abroad experience in Rome. 

Professor Anand Yang grew up on Bollywood films. Now he uses this popular entertainment to teach colonial Indian history. 

Hoping for a scholarship? Check out this advice from the UW's scholarship office and Arts & Sciences students.

Thanks to a UW internship, students are contributing content about Black leaders in the sciences on BlackPast.org. 

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

Students in the Jackson School of International Studies delve into cybersecurity policy and its societal implications. 

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

Ten recent Arts & Sciences alumni offer advice on making the most of the UW through academics, campus life, and a productive mindset.

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