Undergraduate Academic Affairs

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


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2024: Dialogue, Disagreement and Democracy

In many ways 2024 is challenging our ability to engage across disagreement. This course will help students learn ways to navigate information, forge relationships and have productive conversations.

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Connecting, belonging, being well

Student well-being is top of mind for programs across Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

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UAA academic programs for students, faculty and staff

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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.

Academic Support Programs

 

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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.

First Year Programs

 

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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.

Honors Program

 

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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

 

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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.

Resilience Lab

 

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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.

Robinson Center

 

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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.

SAAS

 

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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.

Undergraduate Advising

Stories about academic programs and resources


  • Bridging science and humanity

    December 7, 2024

    Undergraduate Academic Affairs

    Daniel Chen’s journey into research began with a fascination for ancient cultures and extinct creatures. As a middle schooler, he was captivated by archaeology and paleontology, dreaming of working at excavation sites, unearthing ancient bones and tracing the histories of lost civilizations. Over time, that early curiosity shifted toward biology, particularly as computational modeling emerged as…

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  • Bridging histories in the American South

    October 16, 2024

    Undergraduate Academic Affairs

    What if learning about the American South meant building bridges to both the past and the future? Instead of merely skimming the surface of history, what if you could dive deep, discovering the connections between place, community and the resilience born from oppression? What if history became personal, revealing the stories of beloved communities shaped…

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  • The Robinson Center Husky Experience: A parent’s perspective

    September 27, 2024

    Undergraduate Academic Affairs

    Nearly 50 years ago, UW professors Halbert and Nancy Robinson envisioned a school to serve academically talented students with accelerated needs. Today, the Robinson Center stands as a refuge, a long-awaited home for scholars eager to embark on journeys of intellectual and self-discovery. The Center’s focus, experience and infrastructure in nurturing gifted young scholars within…

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