Husky Prevention & Response (HPR) is a foundational, required online prevention and response course about sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
At the University of Washington, we remain committed to fostering environments where you feel valued and supported and have the opportunity to learn and grow. As a UW student, you also have an important role to play in ensuring a respectful environment for your peers.
Throughout this online course, the strategies offered are meant to create and support positive UW climates and endeavor to stop sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination before they happen. The course includes tailored content based on your role as an undergraduate or graduate student.
After completing the HPR course, students will have an enhanced ability to:
- Contribute to respectful learning and social environments.
- Identify dynamics of healthy relationships, healthy sexuality, and affirmative consent.
- Recognize sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
- Intervene in situations where problematic behavior may be occurring.
- Respond empathetically when a peer discloses an experience of violence, harassment or discrimination.
- Understand resources, reporting processes, and UW policies on sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
Husky Prevention & Response student course
Student course completion expectations
Completion of the HPR course is required for:
- New students entering any UW campus or location, including first-year, transfer, graduate, and professional students.
- Returning students who have not previously completed the HPR course.
New and returning students who do not complete the course will be blocked from registering for their second quarter at the UW. Incoming students are made aware of this requirement at the same time they learn of other UW requirements and activities, such as orientation programming or vaccination requirements.
The following students are not required to complete the course but may access it voluntarily:
- Non-matriculated students, including high school students, most certificate program participants, and those enrolled in non-degree offerings.
- Continuing students admitted before the 2022-23 academic year.
Course FAQs
Click the Husky Prevention & Response student course link to be directed to the online course. You must be a current UW student and use your UW NetID to sign in to the course platform.
If you are experiencing any challenges accessing the course, please email tixcourse@uw.edu. This email is monitored Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. We will attempt to respond within two business days.
It takes about 60 minutes to complete all the modules. The course is self-paced, so completion time varies. You can complete one module at a time, and the program will save your progress. You can then return to complete additional modules at a future time.
The course was built to be trauma-informed, but it may bring up strong emotions for individuals who have experienced violence or harassment, or recently supported someone impacted by violence or harassment.
To learn about alternative course completion options, contact tixcourse@uw.edu. You do not need to share personal details when you send an email inquiring about the alternative course option.
If you would like to seek support related to sex- and gender-based violence or harassment before completing the course, learn about options at Sexual Misconduct & Sex-Based Discrimination.
In August 2019, the University of Washington’s Title IX Steering Committee charged a working committee to develop university-wide courses on the prevention of and response to sex- and gender-based misconduct. This course was developed by and for students, staff, faculty, and other academic personnel at UW. It went through an extensive review with stakeholders across all UW locations.
To learn more about the 2019 Title IX Training & Education Working Committee charge and a previous committee report that informed this project, please review:
- Title IX Training and Education Working Committee charge
- Title IX Education and Outreach Work Group report
The Title IX Training & Education Working Committee members who developed these courses included:
- Co-Chair: Kiana Swearingen, Office of the Title IX Coordinator, UW Tri-Campus
- Co-Chair: Elizabeth Wilmerding, Violence Prevention & Advocacy Program, UW Bothell
- Erin O’Connell, Athletics, UW Seattle (Title IX Steering Committee Liaison)
- Deanna Blanchfield, Human Resources, UW Tacoma
- Erin Casey, Professor, UW Tacoma
- Michelle Cabrera, Associate Professor, UW School of Medicine
- Lisa Hanna, Campus Operations/Human Resources, UW Tri-Campus
- Lauren Lichty, Associate Professor, UW Bothell
- Jon Payne, Human Resources, UW Medicine
- Jessica Rashid, Student Life, UW Seattle
- Jaye Sablan, Core Programs, UW Seattle Graduate School
- Paige Sechrest, SafeCampus, UW Tri-Campus (and graduate student representative)
Technical and project support:
- Joel Tobin, Compliance Services
- Jonathan Beck, Ph.D. Candidate, 2021 (student employee)
- Sarah Park, BA, 2020 (student employee)
Voice actors:
- Vincent Milay
- Marquis Julian Hill, English B.A., UW, 2016
- Akhila Narayanan, Computer Engineering, UW, 2024 (expected)
Recommended citation:
Swearingen, K., Wilmerding, E., Sechrest, P., Lichty, L., Sablan, J., Hanna, L., Cabrera, M., Rashid, J., Casey, E., Payne, J., Tobin, J., Beck, J., Blanchfield, D., O’Connell, E. (2021). Husky Prevention & Response Course [Online Course]. University of Washington. https://www.washington.edu/titleix/title-ix-education-and-outreach/
The following groups and UW units offered support during this project:
- The Title IX Steering Committee provided guidance and support for this endeavor
- Groups of key stakeholders (students, staff, and faculty) conducted curriculum reviews at key stages throughout this project.
- Over 1,300 individual UW community members provided information about their priorities, needs, values, and dreams for courses like these.
- UW-IT, HR Benefits, Analytics & Information Services (HRIS), and the Integrated Service Center (ISC) provided technical support.
- The Office of Educational Assessment provided a nuanced and critical analysis of data from the 2019 UW Climate Survey.
- The Office of the Title IX Coordinator (now part of CRC) offered ongoing leadership and expertise.
Please submit any feedback or questions about the course to tixcourse@uw.edu.
Completion expectation FAQs
The UW takes sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination very seriously and expects all students to do the same.
It is very likely you either know a survivor of sexual or relationship violence or will meet someone with that experience during your time at the UW. We want to ensure you have the vital information you need to support that individual or seek support for yourself.
If you are required to complete the HPR student course and do not complete it, you will have a registration block placed on your student account, and you will be unable to register for your second quarter at the UW. Once you complete the course, the block will be lifted within approximately an hour.
A student who has completed the course will have a completion certificate emailed to their UW email address and can always return to the course to view information and save or print their certificate.
To verify if you have completed the HPR student course, enter the student course. On the homepage (where all the modules are listed), click MENU on the top right-hand side. A menu will pop out, and your certificate will be available.
If you do not have a completion certificate, you have not completed the course. Proceed to an open module on the home screen to complete the course requirement.
If you have a completion certificate but are blocked from registering for classes, please contact tixcourse@uw.edu.
No, you will only need to take the HPR student course one time.
If you become a UW employee, you will also need to complete the HPR employee course.
Yes, this course is specific to the University of Washington and contains information that every UW student needs. This course may build on the information you have learned in other classes or training.
If you are also a UW employee, you are required to complete the HPR employee course and the student course. The employee and student courses have unique information that is relevant to those respective roles.
The employee course contains a unique track for student employees, which takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. The abbreviated version presumes you have already completed the student version of the course and provides additional specific information for students now operating in an employment context. The abbreviated student employee track has been available since July 2022.
If you are in a UW staff or faculty role, you will be required to complete the entire 90-minute HPR employee course.
If you are a student who is also an employee, you are required to complete the HPR employee course and the student course. The employee and student courses have unique information that is relevant to those respective roles.
Returning students are individuals who have utilized the Returning Student Process, which is designed for undergraduate or professional-level students wishing to return to the University of Washington after an absence of one quarter or more. Returning students who have not previously completed the HPR course are required to complete the course.