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Course Overview for 2026 - 2027 Academic Year
Autumn 2026
Curriculum Group
Courses
HONORS 100/496
HONORS 100 A :Introduction to Honors HONORS 100 B :Introduction to Honors
Honors Arts & Humanities
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 210 A :Art and Activism (DIV, W) HONORS 210 B :Artists' Books: Reading with the Mind and Body (A&H, W) HONORS 391 A :* The Art of Understanding Science (DIV, W) HONORS 391 B :* Talking Animals in Global Literature and Cultural Studies (DIV, W) HONORS 394 A :* The Geographic Imaginary: Creative and Critical Approaches to Mapping and Visualization (W)
Honors Natural Science
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 220 A :Storytelling in the Sciences HONORS 220 B :Evolution and Human Behavior (W) HONORS 220 C :Evolution and Human Behavior (NSc, W) HONORS 391 A :* The Art of Understanding Science (DIV, W) HONORS 391 B :* Talking Animals in Global Literature and Cultural Studies (DIV, W)
Honors Social Sciences
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 230 A :Environmental Politics in the Middle East (DIV, W) HONORS 230 B :The End of Empire (DIV, W) HONORS 230 C :Safety-Net Hospitals in the US: Past, Present, and Future (DIV, W) HONORS 230 D :Identity and Politics in the Modern Middle East (DIV, W) HONORS 230 E :Harnessing The Power of the States: The People and Practices Behind the Programs and Policies that Impact People's Lives (SSc, W) HONORS 391 A :* The Art of Understanding Science (DIV, W) HONORS 391 B :* Talking Animals in Global Literature and Cultural Studies (DIV, W) HONORS 394 A :* The Geographic Imaginary: Creative and Critical Approaches to Mapping and Visualization (W)
Honors Electives
Courses listed here may count only towards the Honors Electives.
BIOC 450 A :Honors Biochemistry (NSc) CHEM 145 A :Honors General Chemistry (NSc) CHEM 257 A :Honors Organic Chemistry (NSc) CSE 122 / CSE 390 HA :Introduction to Computer Programming II (NSc) CSE 123 / CSE 390 HB :Introduction to Computer Programming III (NSc) ENGL 182 K :Composition: Multimodal (C) ENGL 282 A :Honors Intermediate Multimodal Composition (C) LAW 100 H :Introduction to American Law (SSc) MATH 134 A :Accelerated Honors Calculus (NSc) MATH 334 A :Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (NSc) PHYS 141 A :Honors Physics Mechanics (NSc)
Winter 2027
Curriculum Group
Courses
HONORS 100/496
HONORS 496 A :Integration of the Honors Curriculum
Honors Arts & Humanities
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 211 A :Self-Defense and (Auto)biography (A&H, DIV, W) HONORS 211 B :Building Big in Pre-Industrial Rome (A&H, W) HONORS 393 A :* Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (A&H / NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 394 A :* Lovework: an unfinished syllabus (A&H / SSc, DIV, W) HONORS 394 B :* Sounding Resistance: Experimental Music and the Politics of Listening (A&H / SSc, DIV, W)
Honors Natural Science
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 221 A :The Science of Human Values (NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 393 A :* Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (A&H / NSc, DIV, W)
Honors Social Sciences
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 231 A :Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (SSc, DIV) HONORS 231 B :Courts in the Classroom: Justice(s) and Inequality in Education (SSc) HONORS 231 C :Human Rights and Inclusive Development (SSc, DIV, W) HONORS 231 D :How To Write the History of the Aztecs (SSc, DIV, W) HONORS 394 A :* Lovework: an unfinished syllabus (A&H / SSc, DIV, W) HONORS 394 B :* Sounding Resistance: Experimental Music and the Politics of Listening (A&H / SSc, DIV, W)
Honors Electives
Courses listed here may count only towards the Honors Electives.
BIOC 451 A :Honors Biochemistry (NSc) CHEM 155 A :Honors General Chemistry (NSc) CHEM 258 A :Honors Organic Chemistry (NSc) CSE 122 / CSE 390 HA :Introduction to Computer Programming II (NSc) CSE 123 / CSE 390 HB :Introduction to Computer Programming III (NSc) ENGL 182 H :Composition: Multimodal (C) ENGL 281 C :Honors Intermediate Expository Writing (C) HONORS 345 A :Writing Speculative Fiction from Life and Research (C, DIV) MATH 135 A :Accelerated Honors Calculus (NSc) MATH 335 A :Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (NSc) PHYS 142 A :Honors Electromagnetism (NSc)
Spring 2027
Curriculum Group
Courses
Honors Arts & Humanities
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 212 A :Native NW Online: Connecting Communities and Collections (A&H, DIV) HONORS 212 B :Songs of the Saints of India (A&H, DIV, W) HONORS 391 A :* Visions of the Future: How to Imagine, Explore, and Create a Liveable Future (A&H / SSc / NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 393 A :* Music, Birdsong, and the Limits of the Human (A&H / NSc) HONORS 394 A :* Displacement, Empire, and the Work of Spatial Justice (A&H / SSc, DIV, W)
Honors Natural Science
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 222 A :Drug Dilemmas: From Prescription Drugs to Psychedelics (NSc) (NSc, DIV) HONORS 222 B :Natural History and Culture Museums in the 21st Century (NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 391 A :* Visions of the Future: How to Imagine, Explore, and Create a Liveable Future (A&H / SSc / NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 393 A :* Music, Birdsong, and the Limits of the Human (A&H / NSc)
Honors Social Sciences
Courses listed here may count towards the Honors Core and the Honors Electives.
HONORS 232 A :The Record of Us All (SSc, DIV, W) HONORS 232 B :Ecology of Urban Seattle: Field and Classroom Experience (SSc, DIV) HONORS 232 C :Disability, Power, and the Making of Normal (SSc, DIV) HONORS 391 A :* Visions of the Future: How to Imagine, Explore, and Create a Liveable Future (A&H / SSc / NSc, DIV, W) HONORS 394 A :* Displacement, Empire, and the Work of Spatial Justice (A&H / SSc, DIV, W)
Honors Electives
Courses listed here may count only towards the Honors Electives.
CHEM 165 :Honors General Chemistry (NSc) CHEM 259 :Honors Organic Chemistry (NSc) CSE 122 / CSE 390 HA :Introduction to Computer Programming II (NSc) CSE 123 / CSE 390 HB :Introduction to Computer Programming III (NSc) ENGL 182 G :Composition: Multimodal (C) ENGL 281 D :Intermediate Multimodal Composition (C) HONORS 345 A :Plague, Print, and Pamphlet: Multimodal Communication in the History of Public Health (C) MATH 136 A :Accelerated Honors Calculus (NSc) MATH 336 :Honors Accelerated Advanced Calculus (NSc) PHYS 143 :Honors Waves, Light and Heat (NSc)