| The College of Arts and Sciences is the heart of the University of Washington, providing a liberal arts education of tremendous breadth and depth to more than 27,500 students while advancing research in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Core of the University. With more than 5,600 classes offered in the College annually, students can study everything from art to physics. Undergraduates pursuing non-Arts and Sciences degrees still take at least one-third of their credits in the College. Interdisciplinary Approach. The College has more than two dozen inter-disciplinary centers, bringing together scholars in diverse fields to collaborate on complex research questions in the humanities, demography, labor studies, law, astrobiology, and other areas. A Regional Arts Leader. All of the University’s arts units—including the Schools of Music, Art and Drama, the Dance Program, the Henry Gallery, the Burke Museum of History and Culture and Meany Hall for the Performing Arts—are part of the College. They offer roughly 400 performances and 20 exhibits annually. International Emphasis. The College teaches more than 50 languages and offers study abroad programs to London, Rome, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Prague. The Jackson School of International Studies encourages interdisciplinary, regionally-based analysis and research, in eight regional centers. No other university has more regional studies centers.
Two-thirds of UW Students. More than two-thirds of all students at the University of Washington are enrolled in Arts and Sciences, with 83 percent of undergraduate student credit hours and 90 percent of freshman credit hours in the College. 200,000 Visitors. In excess of 200,000 visitors attend performances and exhibits in the College each year. $90 Million in Research Grants. A&S faculty generate more than $90 million in research funds annually, through public and private grants.
The Advisory Board of the College of Arts
& Sciences is made up of community leaders. These volunteers
provide important bridges to the College’s constituencies:
prospective and current students and their families; alumni; donors;
local, state, and regional communities; business and professional
communities; state legislature and federal government. They are
the leading advisors and advocates for the College, assisting
in securing public and private support on many levels, and working
closely with department chairs, directors, and staff, as well
as with the Arts and Sciences development and executive leadership.
These volunteer activities are essential to academic divisions, departments and programs, and the College as a whole. We are grateful for their solid professionalism, guidance and efficacy in producing an environment to support fundraising and the College’s ability to sustain academic excellence.
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