Unique/Interdisciplinary Majors at the UW

The University of Washington is a vast campus community with many academic departments working collaboratively to bring world-class undergraduate offerings to our students. As a result, many academic options are innovative, interdisciplinary and unique to our campus. By visiting the websites of the undergraduate programs listed below, and by talking with advisers in these departments, you may discover a unique major that ties to your personal interests, skills, values and goals.

Still not sold on the traditional menu of majors? Consider:

• Exploring academic and career paths of UW alumni
• Meet with one of our counselors or an advisor at the UW Center for Undergraduate Advising, Diversity and Student Success or UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity

• Arts and Humanities
  • Cinema Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)
  • Dance
  • DXArts
  • General Studies (Ethnomusicology)
  • Linguistics
• Science and Engineering
  • Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences
  • Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
  • Astronomy
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Earth and Space Sciences
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Forest Resources (Environmental Sciences and Resource Management)
  • Forest Resources (Paper Science and Engineering)
  • Informatics
  • Oceanography
  • Public Health (Health Informatics and Health Information Management)
  • Statistics
• Social Sciences
  • American Ethnic Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • Community, Environment and Planning
  • Law, Society and Justice
  • Social Welfare
  • Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
• Professional Majors
  • Construction Management
  • General Studies: Public Health
  • General Studies: Technical Writing
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Medical Technology (Laboratory Medicine)
  • Public Health (Environmental Health)
  • Prosthetics and Orthotics
  • Speech and Hearing Sciences