Undergraduate Studies

Explore the lives, arts, stories, experiences, and politics of African, African American, and African diasporic people.

Emerge as a leader in scientific research, regenerative farming practices, sustainable entrepreneurship, agriculture education, or farming policy.

Examine and illuminate the widest possible range of peoples, experiences, conflicts, artistic expressions, and politics that together produce the complex phenomenon that we call American culture.

Explore today’s archeological data collection tools to pursue careers in archeology, museum studies, archival and library work, cultural resource management, or public history.

Use sophisticated scientific equipment to conduct research and answer complex biological questions.

Immerse yourself in on-campus ecosystems, including 1,000 acres of temperate rainforest, teaching gardens, and an organic farm.

Learn to create and manage innovative for-profit and non-profit social and sustainable enterprises designed to address social and environmental change.

Use sophisticated scientific equipment to conduct research and answer complex biological questions.

Prepare for a career in science, medicine, or education through the study of chemistry.

Learn the methods of historians, philologists, archaeologists, art historians, and philosophers.

Seek to understand the relationship between human impacts on the Earth and its climate and social inequalities among human communities in order to identify just solutions to the climate crisis.

Learn about interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, and mass communication through multiple writing formats, small seminars, collaborative projects, and class presentations.

Conduct community-based research to learn history, philosophy, and modes of research vital to understanding the needs, challenges, and aims of specific communities.

Gain the knowledge and tools to design, build, and understand complex computer systems and apply your skills to practical problems.

Find your voice as a writer by mastering creative writing techniques for different genres and learning the professional skills you'll need to succeed in the literary world.

Examine African American studies, international studies, maritime studies, queer studies, and women’s and gender studies.

Participate in signature programs that focus on grasslands and wetlands, forests and woodlands, rivers and streams, oceans and estuaries, and urban landscapes.

Study foundations of economic theory and implications for economic policy, and the major debates among economists about the proper role of government and how to best end poverty and other problems.

Explore national, state, and local school policy; theories about learning and cognitive development; observe and engage in classrooms; and learn strategies for working with second language learners.

Deepen your knowledge of Latinx, Latin American, and immigrant communities and gain skills for careers in education through coursework, community-based learning, and study abroad.

Consider questions of belonging and othering in new ways by bridging academic disciplines and emphasizing holistic critical thinking.

Study media in its various social, cultural, and political contexts, while developing critical reading, writing, and media analysis skills.

Make media about the world to change the world; understand how filmmakers communicate; get hands-on with cameras and mics, software and studios; and collaborate with a community.

Get hands-on to design projects such as a cooperatively-run campus kitchen and pursue internships with community partners including local farms, food cooperatives, and other organizations working for food justice.

Celebrate and investigate what we hunger for and why, as food embodies histories, cultures, landscapes, and literatures.

Explore the multiple challenges of today’s globalized, industrial food system, including the growing of food, as well as the network of processors, distributors, markets, and government policy.

Examine how our expectations about gender and sexuality have been shaped by historical, social, scientific, artistic, and cultural contexts across time and place.

Integrate different academic disciplines, compare different parts of our planet, and understand how the past has shaped present-day places.

Examine a wide range of topics from human health, mental health, animal health, public health, and epidemiology.

Interpret evidence, create narratives, and develop sound arguments to create historical knowledge yourself by doing research and interpreting what you find.

Gain communication, critical reasoning, cultural, and analytic skills to thrive in our complex world.

Study language along with the history, literature, and culture of a particular region or country in stand-alone language courses or embedded in full-time programs with other areas of study.

Focus on diverse historical and contemporary experiences of Latinxs that reside in the U.S. and in Latin American Studies, examine cultures and histories of countries south of the Mexico-U.S. border.

Prepare for law school or graduate study in public administration or public policy; analyze and influence public policy; gain skills and knowledge needed for advocacy or policy work.

Study literature in combination with the arts, sciences, and social sciences, as well as in humanities-intensive programs and courses.

Work in labs to observe the natural world at the interface of land and sea, measure to determine health of environments and organisms, and engage in scientific inquiry of marine habitats.

Encounter mathematical and quantitative reasoning and statistics woven into interdisciplinary studies in science, sociology, psychology, economics, public policy, linguistics and the arts.

Use sophisticated scientific equipment to conduct research and answer complex biological questions.

Build your skills through multiple modes: performance, composition, technology, history, and cultural studies.

Examine the histories, cultures, politics, and contemporary experiences of Indigenous peoples in the Northwest and beyond.

Learn about land management, water, soils, plants, wildlife, conservation and restoration through internships, tailored programs, and hands-on experiences.

Pursue philosophical inquiry in connection with history, cultural studies, literature, and the arts to understand philosophical ideas, as well as how those ideas guide people’s lives.

Collaborate in an inclusive and hands-on approach to physics by working in small groups in labs and workshops to combine theoretical studies with practical applications.

Focus on economic processes, their relation to power and public policy, and their influence on people's lives and social institutions.

Explore the field in its social and historical context including learning about human development, social and community psychology, neuropsychology and cultural diversity.

Explore the intricate and complex relationships between individuals and social structures through the context of real-life concerns.

Engage in collaborative and independent art studio experiences; combine artistic practice with other fields of study; apply technical art skills to solve real-world problems; and explore new ideas.

Develop a broad understanding of animal biology in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems.