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UW Bothell Course Descriptions

UW Tacoma Course Descriptions

University of Washington Course Descriptions

The UW Course Descriptions are updated monthly during the academic year (Last updated May 21, 2013.) All announcements in the General Catalog are subject to change without notice and do not constitute an agreement between the University of Washington - Seattle and the student. Students should assume the responsibility of consulting the appropriate academic unit or adviser for more current or specific information.

For an explanation of the symbols and abbreviations used in the Course Descriptions, select the Glossary link on this page or any of the Course Description pages. The University of Washington - Bothell and University of Washington - Tacoma Course Descriptions are also available online.

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs

• Honors (HONORS)
• Program on the Environment (ENVIR) -- See College of the Environment
• Quantitative Science (Q SCI) -- See College of the Environment

College of Architecture and Urban Planning (See College of Built Environments)

College of Arts and Sciences

• African Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• American Ethnic Studies
  • Afro-American Studies (AFRAM)
  • American Ethnic Studies (AES)
  • Asian-American Studies (AAS)
  • Chicano Studies (CHSTU)
  • Swahili (SWA)
  • Tagalog (TAGLG)
• American Indian Studies (AIS)
• Anthropology
  • Anthropology (ANTH)
  • Archaeology (ARCHY)
  • Biocultural Anthropology (BIO A)
• Applied Mathematics (AMATH)
• School of Art
• Art (ART)
• Art History (ART H)
• Design (DESIGN)
• Asian Languages and Literature
  • Asian Languages and Literature (ASIAN)
  • Bengali (BENG)
  • Chinese (CHIN)
  • Hindi (HINDI)
  • Indian (INDN)
  • Indonesian (INDON)
  • Japanese (JAPAN)
  • Korean (KOREAN)
  • Sanskrit (SNKRT)
  • Thai (THAI)
  • Tibetan (TIB)
  • Urdu (URDU)
  • Vietnamese (VIET)
• Astrobiology and Early Evolution (ASTBIO)
• Astronomy (ASTR)
• Atmospheric Sciences (ATM S) -- See College of the Environment
• Biology (BIOL)
• Botany -- See Biology (BIOL)
• Canadian Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Center for Statistics and Social Sciences (CS&SS)
• Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
• Center for the Humanities (HUM)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• China Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Classics
  • Classical Archaeology (CL AR)
  • Classical Linguistics (CL LI)
  • Classics (CLAS)
  • Greek (GREEK)
  • Latin (LATIN)
• Communication (COM)
• Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)
• Comparative Literature (C LIT)
• Comparative Religion -- See Jackson School of International Studies Comparative Religion/Jewish Studies (JSIS C)
• Computer Science (See Computer Science and Engineering)
• Dance (DANCE)
• Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
• Disability Studies (DIS ST)
• Drama (DRAMA)
• Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) -- See College of the Environment
• Economics (ECON)
• English (ENGL)
• European Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS)
• General Studies
  • General Interdisciplinary Studies (GIS)
  • General Studies (GEN ST)
  • Individualized Studies (INDIV)
• Genetics -- See Genome Studies under School of Medicine
• Geography (GEOG)
• Germanics (GERMAN)
• Greek (Modern) -- See International Studies (Language) (JSIS C)
• Helenic Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• History
  • Ancient and Medieval History (HSTAM)
  • History (HIST)
  • History of Asia (HSTAS)
  • History of the Americas (HSTAA)
  • Modern European History (HSTEU)
• History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)
• Honors -- See Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs
• Humanities (See Center for the Humanities)
• Jackson School of International Studies
  • Note: the following prefixes are effective Autumn 2012
  • International Studies (Gateway/Core) (JSIS)
  • International Studies (Area Studies) (JSIS A)
  • International Studies (Global/Thematic) (JSIS B)
  • International Studies (Comparative Religion/Jewish Studies) (JSIS C)
  • International Studies (JSIS D)
  • International Studies (Language) (JSIS E)
  • Note: the following prefixes were effective through Summer 2012 only
  • European Studies (EURO)
  • International Studies (SIS)
  • International Studies (African Studies) (SISAF)
  • International Studies (Asian Studies) (SISA)
  • International Studies (Canadian Studies) (SISCA)
  • International Studies (Comparative Religion) (RELIG)
  • International Studies (East Asian Studies) (SISEA)
  • International Studies (Jewish Studies) (SISJE)
  • International Studies (Latin American Studies) (SISLA)
  • International Studies (Middle Eastern Studies) (SISME)
  • International Studies (Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies) (SISRE)
  • International Studies (South Asian Studies) (SISSA)
  • International Studies (Southeast Asian Studies) (SISSE)
• Japan Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Jewish Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies Comparative Religion/Jewish Studies (JSIS C)
• Korean Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Latin America and Caribbean Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Law, Societies, and Justice (LSJ)
• Linguistics
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Linguistics (LING)
• Mathematics (MATH)
• Microbiology (MICROM) -- See Microbiology under School of Medicine
• Music
  • Music (MUSIC)
  • Music - Applied (MUSAP)
  • Music Education (MUSED)
  • Music Ensemble (MUSEN)
  • Music History (MUHST)
  • Music Performance (MUSICP)
• Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
  • Akkadian (AKKAD)
  • Arabic (ARAB)
  • Aramaic (ARAMIC)
  • Egyptian (EGYPT)
  • Hebrew (HEBR)
  • Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NEAR E)
  • Persian (PRSAN)
  • Turkic (TKIC)
  • Turkish (TKISH)
  • Ugaritic (UGARIT)
• Neurobiology (NBIO)
• Philosophy
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Values in Society (VALUES)
• Physics (PHYS)
• Political Science (POL S)
• Psychology (PSYCH)
• Romance Languages and Literature
  • French (FRENCH)
  • Italian (ITAL)
  • Portuguese (PORT)
  • Romance Languages and Literature (ROMAN)
  • Romance Linguistics (ROLING)
  • Romanian (Romance) (RMN)
  • Spanish (SPAN)
  • Spanish Linguistics (SPLING)
• Russian and Eastern European Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Scandinavian Studies
  • Danish (DANISH)
  • Estonian (ESTO)
  • Finnish (FINN)
  • Latvian (LATV)
  • Lithuanian (LITH)
  • Norwegian (NORW)
  • Scandinavian (SCAND)
  • Swedish (SWED)
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS)
  • Bulgarian (BULGR)
  • Czech (CZECH)
  • Polish (POLSH)
  • Romanian (Slavic) (ROMN)
  • Russian (RUSS)
  • Slavic (SLAV)
  • Slavic Languages and Literatures (SLAVIC)
  • Slovenian (SLVN)
  • Ukrainian (UKR)
• Social Sciences (SOCSCI)
• Sociology (SOC)
• South Asian Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Southeast Asian Studies -- See Jackson School of International Studies
• Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHSC)
• Statistics (STAT)
• Women Studies (WOMEN) -- See Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS)
• Zoology -- See Biology (BIOL)

College of Built Environments

• Architecture (ARCH)
• Built Environment (B E)
• College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP)
• Construction Management (CM)
• Landscape Architecture (L ARCH)
• Urban Planning
• Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP)
• Real Estate (R E)
• Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructures (SPCI)
• Urban Planning (URBDP)

School of Business Administration

• Accounting (ACCTG)
• Business Administration
  • Administration (ADMIN)
  • Business Administration (B A)
  • Business Administration Research Methods (BA RM)
  • Business Communications (B CMU)
  • Business Economics (B ECON)
  • Business Policy (B POL)
  • Electronic Business (EBIZ)
  • Entrepreneurship (ENTRE)
  • Finance (FIN)
  • Human Resources Management and Organizational Behavior (HRMOB)
  • Information Systems (I S)
  • Information Systems Master of Science (MSIS)
  • International Business (I BUS)
  • Management (MGMT)
  • Marketing (MKTG)
  • Operations Management (OPMGT)
  • Organization and Environment (O E)
  • Program on Entrepreneurial Innovation (PEI)
  • Quantitative Methods (QMETH)
  • Strategic Management (ST MGT)

School of Dentistry

• Dentistry
  • Dental Hygiene (D HYG)
  • Dental Public Health Sciences (DPHS)
  • Dentistry (DENT)
  • Oral Surgery (O S)
  • Pedodontics (PEDO)
• Endodontics (ENDO)
• Oral Biology (ORALB)
• Oral Medicine (ORALM)
• Orthodontics (ORTHO)
• Periodontics (PERIO)
• Prosthodontics (PROS)
• Restorative Dentistry (RES D)

College of Education

• Curriculum and Instruction (EDC&I)
• College of Education (EDUC)
• Early Childhood and Family Studies (ECFS)
• Education (Teacher Education Program) (EDTEP)
• Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (EDLPS)
• Educational Psychology (EDPSY)
• Special Education (EDSPE)

College of Engineering

• Aeronautics and Astronautics (A A)
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering (CHEM E)
• Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering (NME)
• Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
• Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
• Electrical Engineering (E E)
• Engineering (ENGR)
• Human Centered Design and Engineering
• Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE)
• Technical Communication (T C)
• Industrial Engineering (IND E)
• Materials Science and Engineering (MS E)
• Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering (M E)
  • Mechanical Engineering Industrial Engineering (MEIE)

College of the Environment

• Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (FISH)
• Atmospheric Sciences (ATM S)
• College of the Environment (C ENV)
• Earth and Space Sciences (ESS)
• Program on the Environment (ENVIR)
• School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
• Bioresource and Science Engineering (BSE)
• Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM)
• Paper Science and Engineering (PSE)
• School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (CFR) (effective through Summer 2012)
• School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) (effective from Autumn 2012)
• School of Marine Affairs (SMA)
• Oceanography (OCEAN)
• Quantitative Science (Q SCI)
• Quaternary Sciences (QUAT)

College of Forest Resources -- See College of the Environment

The Information School

• Informatics (INFO)
• Information Management and Technology (IMT)
• Information School Interdisciplinary (INFX)
• Information Science (INSC)
• Information Technology Applications (ITA)
• Library and Information Science (LIS)

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

• Biomolecular Structure and Design (BMSD)
• Graduate School (GRDSCH)
• Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID)
• Individual PhD (IPHD)
• Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)
• Museology (MUSEUM)
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies (N&MES)
• Neurobiology and Behavior (NEUBEH)
• Nutritional Science (NUTR)
• Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM)
• Quaternary Sciences (QUAT) -- See College of the Environment

Interschool or Intercollege Programs

• Bioengineering
• Bioengineering (BIOEN)
• Medical Engineering (MEDENG)
• Pharmaceutical Bioengineering (PHARBE)
• Global Health (G H)
• University Conjoint Courses (UCONJ)

School of Law

• Law (LAW)
• Law A (LAW A)
• Law B (LAW B)
• Law E (LAW E)
• Law (Health) (LAW H)
• Law (Intellectual Property) (LAW P)
• Law (Taxation) (LAW T)

School of Medicine

• Anesthesiology (ANEST)
• Biochemistry (BIOC)
• Bioethics and Humanities (B H)
• Biological Structure (B STR)
• Comparative Medicine (C MED)
• Conjoint Courses (CONJ)
• Family Medicine (FAMED)
• Genome Sciences (GENOME)
• Global Health (G H)
• Human Biology (HUBIO)
• Immunology (IMMUN)
• Laboratory Medicine (LAB M)
• MEDEX (MEDEX)
• Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics (MEBI)
• Medicine, Department of
• Emergency Medicine (MED EM)
• Medicine (MED)
• Medicine Elective Clerkships (MEDECK)
• Medicine Required Clerkships (MEDRCK)
• Microbiology (MICROM)
• Neurological Surgery (NEUR S)
• Neurology (NEURL)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB GYN)
• Ophthalmology (OPHTH)
• Orthopaedics (ORTHP)
• Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OTOHN)
• Pathology (PATH)
• Pediatrics (PEDS)
• Pharmacology (PHCOL)
• Physiology and Biophysics (P BIO)
• Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PBSCI)
• Radiation Oncology (R ONC)
• Radiology (RADGY)
• Rehabilitation Medicine (REHAB)
• Surgery (SURG)
• Urology (UROL)

School of Nursing

• Nursing
  • Nursing (NSG)
  • Nursing (NURS)
  • Nursing Clinical (NCLIN)
  • Nursing Methods (NMETH)

College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences -- See College of the Environment

School of Pharmacy

• School of Pharmacy
  • Medicinal Chemistry (MEDCH)
  • Pharmaceutics (PCEUT)
  • Pharmacy (PHARM)
  • Pharmacy Practice (PHARMP)
  • Pharmacy Regulatory Affairs (PHRMRA)

Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

• Public Affairs (PB AF)

School of Public Health

• Biostatistics (BIOST)
• Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
• Environmental Health (ENV H)
• Epidemiology (EPI)
• Global Health (G H)
• Health Services
• Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM)
• Health Services (HSERV)
• Health Services Management (HSMGMT)
• Nutritional Science (NUTR) -- See Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
• Pathobiology (PABIO)
• Public Health Genetics (PHG)
• School of Public Health (SPH)

Reserve Officers Training Corps Programs

• Aerospace Studies (A S)
• Military Science (M SCI)
• Naval Science (N SCI)

Social Work

• Social Welfare BASW (SOC WF)
• Social Welfare (SOC WL)
• Social Work (MSW) (SOC W)