The UW's Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Degree Programs

The following are the official program descriptions for the University of Washington's undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. Most academic departments and colleges maintain their own web pages with additional information. These can be reached from the official pages below, or from Departments - Academic and Administrative Offices.

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.

Architecture & Urban Planning | Arts & Sciences | Built Environments | Business | Dentistry | Education | Engineering | Environment | The Information School | Interdisciplinary Graduate Program | Interschool & Intercollege Program | Law | Medicine | Nursing | Ocean & Fishery Science | Pharmacy | Public Affairs | Public Health | ROTC | Social Work | Undergrad Interdisciplinary Program

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs

• Education, Learning, and Society
• Honors
• Marine Biology
• Program on the Environment -- See College of the Environment
• Quantitative Science -- See College of the Environment
• Values in Society

College of Architecture and Urban Planning -- See College of Built Environments

College of Arts and Sciences

• Afro-American Studies (see American Ethnic Studies)
• American Ethnic Studies
• American Indian Studies
• Anthropology
• Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences
• Applied Mathematics
• Art
• Art History
• Asian American Studies (see American Ethnic Studies)
• Asian Languages and Literature
• Asian Studies (see International Studies)
• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Sciences -- See College of the Environment
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Botany -- see Biology
• Canadian Studies (see International Studies)
• Chemistry
• Chicano Studies (see American Ethnic Studies)
• China Studies (see International Studies)
• Cinema Studies (see Comparative Literature)
• Classics
• Communication
• Comparative History of Ideas
• Comparative Literature
• Comparative Religion (see International Studies)
• Computer Science
• Dance
• Digital Arts and Experimental Media
• Disability Studies (see Law, Societies, and Justice)
• Diversity (see American Ethnic Studies)
• Drama
• Earth and Space Sciences -- See College of the Environment
• Economics
• Education, Learning, and Society (See Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs)
• English
• Environmental Studies (see Program on the Environment in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs)
• European Studies (see International Studies)
• French and Italian Studies (see Romance Languages and Literature)
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• General Studies -- See Individualized Studies
• Geography
• Germanics
• History
• History and Philosophy of Science (see Philosophy)
• Honors -- see Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs
• Human Rights
• Humanities (Evening Degree)
• Individualized Studies
• International Studies
• Japan Studies (see International Studies)
• Jewish Studies (see International Studies)
• Korea Studies (see International Studies)
• Labor Studies
• Latin American Studies (see International Studies)
• Law, Societies, and Justice
• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Microbiology
• Middle Eastern Studies (see International Studies)
• Music
• Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
• Neurobiology
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Romance Languages and Literature
• Scandinavian Studies
• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Social Sciences (Evening Degree)
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies (see International Studies)
• Southeast Asian Studies (see International Studies)
• Spanish and Portuguese Studies (see Romance Languages and Literature)
• Speech and Hearing Sciences
• Statistics
• Women Studies -- See Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• Zoology -- see Biology

College of Built Environments

• Architectural Studies
• Architecture
• Built Environment
• Community, Environment, and Planning
• Construction Management
• Landscape Architecture
• Urban Design and Planning

Michael G. Foster School of Business

School of Dentistry

College of Education

• Early Childhood and Family Studies
• Education, Learning, and Society (See Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs)

College of Engineering

• Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies Program
• Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Bioengineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Human Centered Design and Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

College of the Environment

• Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Earth and Space Sciences
• Program on the Environment
• School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
• School of Marine Affairs
• Oceanography
• Quantitative Science
• Quaternary Research Center

The Information School

Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs

• Astrobiology
• Biomolecular Structure and Design
• Biology Teaching
• Environmental Management
• Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies
• Health Services Administration
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Museology
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Neurobiology and Behavior
• Nutritional Sciences
• Pathobiology
• Public Health Genetics
• Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management
• Quaternary Research Center -- See College of the Environment
• Urban Design and Planning

Interschool or Intercollege Programs

• Bioengineering
• Global Health

School of Law

School of Medicine

• Anesthesiology
• Biochemistry
• Bioengineering
• Bioethics and Humanities (was Medical History and Ethics)
• Biological Structure
• Comparative Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Genome Sciences
• Global Health
• Immunology
• Laboratory Medicine (Medical Technology)
• MEDEX Northwest (see School of Medicine)
• Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics
• Medical History and Ethics -- see Bioethics and Humanities
• Medical Technology (see Laboratory Medicine)
• Medicine
• Microbiology
• Neurological Surgery
• Neurology
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Occupational Therapy (see Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedics
• Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacology
• Physical Therapy (see Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Physiology and Biophysics
• Prosthetics and Orthotics (see Rehabilitation Medicine)
• Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Surgery
• Urology

School of Nursing

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

School of Pharmacy

• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmacy

Evans School of Public Affairs

School of Public Health

• Biostatistics
• Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Global Health
• Health Informatics and Health Information Management (Evening Degree Program) (see Health Services)
• Health Services
• Health Services Administration (See Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs)
• Nutritional Sciences (See Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs)
• Pathobiology (See Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs)
• Public Health (see Individualized Studies)
• Public Health Genetics (See Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs)
• Extended M.P.H.

Reserve Officer Training Corps Programs

• Aerospace Studies
• Military Science
• Naval Science

School of Social Work