How do the arts re-imagine cities? How has Seattle’s geography and history – including as the incubator of grunge music and Pacific Northwest hip hop – engage with aesthetics and urbanism? Learn more...

An introduction to modern Japan through films. Learn more...

How do artists approach problems? Where do ideas come from? Read more...

This course explores how and why people—including you!—music around the world and here in Seattle. Learn more...

Explore how multiple meanings of life are explored in literature, art, cinema, and philosophy from different world regions and eras. Read more...

College Edge features a broad range of UW undergraduate course options. Whether you want to delve into an interdisciplinary seminar, get a…

This writing-intensive course will help develop your writing fluency and grow your confidence as you prepare to tackle college composition courses. We’ll introduce you to what it means to read, write and learn at a highly competitive, global institution.

Most people never have access to legal education. This course explores civil rights in the United States from the perspective of our legal system. Learn more...

Did you know that the algorithms that fuel AI and Search engines like Google aren’t neutral, benign, or objective? Quite the contrary! Learn more...

This is a class designed by Indigenous faculty specifically for first-year Indigenous students. Learn more...