Academic resources
More than 30,000 UW undergraduates means more than 30,000 individual sets of experiences, interests and goals. Undergraduate Academic Affairs is here to provide each of our 30,000 students with a supportive ecosystem to help them reach their unique goals. UAA’s academic programs meet students wherever they are on their academic journey, ensuring our Huskies’ experiences will be meaningful long into their future. Providing the University community with evaluation tools to assess its own work leads to a better understanding of best practices in teaching and learning and, ultimately, better student outcomes. And, better student outcomes lead to better retention and graduation rates.
What you’ll find here: Academic programs for students, faculty and staff // Stories about academic programs and resources
Unlearning Poverty
Honors director Vicky Lawson brings her 30 years of research on poverty to the classroom, leading students through examining the complex issues that have created Seattle’s homelessness crisis.
Connecting, belonging, being well
Student well-being is top of mind for programs across Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
UAA academic programs for students, faculty and staff
Academic Support Programs
Academic Support Programs helps UW students realize their potential through the Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment (CLUE) and academic success coaches. CLUE offers free drop-in tutoring, class discussions, exam review and a writing center. Academic success coaches help students identify challenges and develop study skills.
First Year Programs
Empowers entering students to become engaged and confident learners poised to succeed at the UW. Programs focus on increasing a sense of belonging and help students connect to the University. These include Advising & Orientation, Dawg Daze, First-year Interest Groups, Commuter & Transfer Commons and faculty led Collegium Seminars.
Honors Program
Honors brings together students and faculty from all across campus to learn through cross-disciplinary curriculum, experiential learning, research and critical reflection. Honors’ curriculum offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary education, while Departmental Honors programs provide deep disciplinary education.
Office of Educational Assessment
Provides a variety of evaluation and assessment services to the UW and outside organizations. The Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) facilitates student course evaluations, classroom test scoring and proctored test administration. OEA researchers also conduct assessment of student and program outcomes and evaluate grant-funded programs.
Office of Educational Assessment
Resilience Lab
The Resilience Lab promotes stress management skills and self-compassion among students, staff and faculty at the UW. Through leading-edge research, education, social-emotional learning, skills group, seed grants and programs, the Resilience Lab aims to support the mental health and well-being of the campus community.
Robinson Center for Young Scholars
The Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars prepares younger students for college and provides them with challenging, accelerated learning opportunities in a vibrant, intellectual community at the University of Washington. We also provide professional development and outreach through Saturday, summer and online programs.
Student-Athlete Academic Services
Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) empowers student-athletes to pursue excellence in school, sport and life by encouraging active goal-setting and development; creating individualized support plans to help achieve goals; providing career opportunities to prepare for life after graduation; and building connections across local and global communities.
Undergraduate Advising
Advisers partner with undergraduates to help them identify and articulate their academic and personal goals, pick majors and plan their course schedule. They educate students about tools, opportunities and resources to connect to the UW and navigate their Husky experience.
Stories about academic programs and resources
Uplifting one another
March 20, 2024
Reese Johnston’s early childhood years were spent in traditional schools studying standard curriculums. Yet at a young age, he knew something was missing.
Celebrating the 2022–23 Undergraduate Medalists
February 8, 2024
From the thousands of undergraduate students at the University of Washington, three are selected each year for the prestigious President’s Medalist Award. Sayako Mitchell, Ayush Agrawal and Cin Dacey Ahrens are the medalists for 2022–23, selected by a committee for their high GPAs, rigor of classes and numbers of Honors courses. All three are students…
Belonging: My Husky experience through UW Honors
November 7, 2023
UW undergraduate student Samantha-Lynn Martinez delves into the world of wildlife cinematography, science communications and belonging. In this commentary, Martinez discusses the importance of representation in the field and reflects on her growth and the support she received from the UW Honors Program and her community. Martinez emphasizes the power of belonging, recognizing the value…