Individualized Studies is an interdisciplinary major option for students who wish to create a program of study by combining selected courses from two or more departments. Students are required to identify a central organizing theme for their major and design it under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member and an Individualized Studies adviser. The Individualized Studies major also currently supports two faculty-designed majors, Disability Studies and Musical Theater.
The Individualized Studies program is an interdisciplinary major option for highly motivated and self-directed students to pursue intellectual studies not available in current UW programs. Prospective students are required to construct an Individualized Learning Plan articulating the rationale, learning goals, proposed coursework, and a plan for assessing their learning, all under the guidance and supervision of at least two faculty members and Individualized Studies advising. The Individualized Studies program also houses a small number of faculty-designed majors in development, currently including a BA in Disability Studies and a BA in Musical Theater (BA).
Suggested First- and Second-Year College Courses: Varies, depending on student's area of concentration.
Before developing an Individualized Studies major, students should read "Designing an Individualized Studies Major," or obtain a copy from the UAA Advising, 141 Mary Gates Hall. Particular attention should be paid to the sections defining restrictions on themes and restricted access to courses. Individualized Studies majors are not possible in a number of subjects because the UW does not offer sufficient coursework. Upper-division courses in departments with competitive admission are generally not available to students not in that major and ordinarily cannot be included in Individualized Studies proposals.
After reading the guidelines, the student must go through the following steps to design a major:
The Individualized Studies program is an interdisciplinary major option for highly motivated and self-directed students to pursue intellectual studies not available in current UW programs. Prospective students are required to construct an Individualized Learning Plan articulating the rationale, learning goals, proposed coursework, and a plan for assessing their learning, all under the guidance and supervision of at least two faculty members and Individualized Studies advising.
55 to 70 credits, including completion of the approved curriculum and a 5-credit required senior study (minimum grade of 2.7 required for senior study). Awarding of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree depends on the content of each student's program.
The Individualized Studies program is an interdisciplinary major option for highly motivated and self-directed students to pursue intellectual studies not available in current UW programs. Prospective students are required to construct an Individualized Learning Plan articulating the rationale, learning goals, proposed coursework, and a plan for assessing their learning, all under the guidance and supervision of at least two faculty members and Individualized Studies advising.
55 to 70 credits, including completion of the approved curriculum and a 5-credit required senior study (minimum grade of 2.7 required for senior study). Awarding of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree depends on the content of each student's program.
Student Outcomes and Opportunities
The Diversity Minor is intended to engage students with a broad and critical understanding of human diversity and difference in domestic and transnational settings. It draws from a wide variety of courses in departments across the College of Arts & Sciences. Upon completion of the minor, students should have deep foundational knowledge of socially constructed identities—race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, age, ethnicity, and nationality—and the ways in which they intersect with each other through different relationships of power.
The Diversity Minor is intended to engage students with a broad and critical understanding of human diversity and difference in domestic and transnational settings. It draws from a wide variety of courses in departments across the College of Arts & Sciences. Upon completion of the minor, students should have deep foundational knowledge of socially constructed identities—race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, age, ethnicity, and nationality—and the ways in which they intersect with each other through different relationships of power.
25 credits
The Tri-Campus Minor in Human Rights is an option for students who are interested in the rapidly emerging field of human rights. The curriculum reflects the rising interest in human rights throughout the world – even as human rights violations persist, and debate continues over the meaning and realization of human rights. Understanding this complex subject requires an interdisciplinary approach, one that combines in a new way the study of philosophy, politics, economics, culture, and law. The University of Washington is fortunate to house one of the strongest human rights programs in the country. We offer a rich selection of courses taught by scholars from diverse schools, departments, and programs. The minor also includes a human rights-related experiential requirement through service learning, an internship, or study abroad.
The Tri-Campus Minor in Human Rights is an option for students who are interested in the rapidly emerging field of human rights. The curriculum reflects the rising interest in human rights throughout the world – even as human rights violations persist, and debate continues over the meaning and realization of human rights. Understanding this complex subject requires an interdisciplinary approach, one that combines in a new way the study of philosophy, politics, economics, culture, and law. The University of Washington is fortunate to house one of the strongest human rights programs in the country. We offer a rich selection of courses taught by scholars from diverse schools, departments, and programs. The minor also includes a human rights-related experiential requirement through service learning, an internship, or study abroad.
25 credits:
* The list of core courses and context courses is maintained by the Human Rights Advisory Committee (refer to website). Note: From time to time, the advisory committee adds, subtracts, or reclassifies courses on the approved list. Students who have planned their studies on the basis of an earlier list may fulfill the requirements of the minor as specified in that earlier list.
The human rights minor is offered at all three University campuses, allowing students to take advantage of the expertise available on the campuses where they are not regularly in residence, although the minor can be completed on any one campus.
The field of Labor Studies encompasses scholarship and teaching across a wide array of academic disciplines about work, workers, and worker organizations. Topics covered include unions and collective bargaining, immigrant workers, the impact of globalization on worker well being, worker rights in comparative and historical perspective, and unpaid caring and domestic labor. The Labor Studies minor brings together a variety of courses on labor and social justice. It provides students an interdisciplinary program of study focusing on the importance of labor to the economic, social, political, legal, and cultural development of modern societies.
The field of Labor Studies encompasses scholarship and teaching across a wide array of academic disciplines about work, workers, and worker organizations. Topics covered include unions and collective bargaining, immigrant workers, the impact of globalization on worker well being, worker rights in comparative and historical perspective, and unpaid caring and domestic labor. The Labor Studies minor brings together a variety of courses on labor and social justice. It provides students an interdisciplinary program of study focusing on the importance of labor to the economic, social, political, legal, and cultural development of modern societies.
25 credits