Undergraduate Education

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

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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

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

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. 

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

UW students in a 200-level Spanish class have written books, in Spanish, for the children of Panajachel, Guatemala.