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Great Reasons to Take A Discovery Seminar

Whether it's learning about global warming, crime scene forensics or how to write your own autobiography, these intensive, five-credit, month-long classes are designed to smooth the transition between high school and college as well as give you a jump start on Autumn quarter.

Here are some reasons why you are going to love taking a Discovery Seminar:

  • Take a lighter load during Autumn Quarter. The 5 credits you earn during the Discovery Seminar count toward Autumn Quarter, which means you only have to enroll in 10 credits to be considered a full-time student for fall term.
  • Be ahead of the game. Unlike all of the other freshmen who will be adjusting to college life at the beginning of Autumn quarter, you will already know the shortest route to class, what college classes are like, and where to grab a cup of coffee.
  • Explore your options. Did you know that UW offers over 140 majors? Discovery Seminars are the perfect opportunity for you to learn about a subject area you've considered as a major, or a topic you know nothing about.
  • Build connections. With classes limited to 25 students, you have the chance to work closely with UW faculty as well as make friends with other incoming freshmen.

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Bad Love  
Comparative Animal Behavior  
Contracts of the Heart: Gift and Sacrifice  
CSI: Seattle  
Digital Expression  
Digital Improvisation  
Exploring Cultural Diversity Through the Performing Arts  
Fictionalizing Autobiography: A Writing Studio  
Food for Thought: An Ethics for Living  
Fossils, Evolution, and Creationism  
From Jerusalem to Seattle: Discovering the Middle East in our Midst  
From Quarks to the Cosmos  
Global Warming: Introduction to the Science  
Indistinguishable from Magic: New Technologies, Science Fiction, and Us  
Last Stands: Little Big Horn or the Battle of Greasy Grass  
Learning From Ants and Bees: The Science of Biological Swarms  
Modeling the Universe  
Modern Topics in Astronomy for Non-Science Majors  
Negotiating the City: Studies in Fiction  
Numbers and Reason  
Oceans and the Global Environment: Taking Physics and Chemistry Outdoors  
Perception and the Arts  
Slavery and Slave Trading in the 21st Century  
The Creative Process  
The Tourist Gaze: Understanding Global Communication  
When Politics, Religion, and Biology Meet: The Controversy Over Stem Cell Research  
Why Lance Always Wins: The Physiology of Exercise  

 

 

 


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