All Online Courses

Browse the listings below to find online courses available through UW Seattle during summer quarter. 

Online Courses

American Indian Studies

• AIS 102: Introduction to American Indian Studies
• AIS 103: The Indigenous Pacific Northwest

American Sign Language

• ASL 134: Intensive First Year ASL

Anthropology

• ANTH 228: Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Anthropology
  
• ANTH 323: Human Rights Law in Culture and Practice
• ANTH 375: Comparative Systems of Healing

Architecture

• ARCH 150: Appreciation of Architecture I
• ARCH 151: Appreciation of Architecture II

Art History

• ART H 210: Arts of Japan
• ART H 212: Chinese Art and Visual Culture
• ART H 270: Art/Identity Politics: Issues of Representations in Contemporary Art
• ART H 273: History and Theory of Photography
• ART H 308: Representational Art of Imperial China

Astronomy

• ASTR 101: Astronomy
• ASTR 150: The Planets

Atmospheric Sciences

• ATM S 101: Understanding and Predicting the Weather

Biological Anthropology

• BIO A 484: Applied Human Growth and Development
• BIOL 118: Survey of Physiology

Comparative Literature

• C LIT 230: Introduction to Folklore Studies

Chemistry

• CHEM 110: Preparation for General Chemistry

Comparative History of Ideas

• CHID 120: Yoga: Past and Present
• CHID 206: Violence and Contemporary Thought

Classics

• CLAS 101: Latin and Greek in Current Use
• CLAS 205: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek
• CLAS 430: Greek and Roman Mythology

Communications

• COM 200: Introduction to Communication
• COM 220: Introduction to Public Speaking
• COM 231: Introduction to Rhetoric
• COM 270: Interpersonal Communication
• COM 304: The Press and Politics in the United States
• COM 340: History of Mass Communication
• COM 375: Communication Ethics
• COM 389: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Media
• COM 440: Mass Media Law
• COM 468: Media Ethics

Dance

• DANCE 100: Understanding Dance

Design

• DESIGN 250: Visualizing Ideas

Disability Studies

• DIS ST 360: Redesigning Humanity: Disability in Speculative Fiction
• DIS ST 402: Topics in Disability History

Drama

• DRAMA 103: Theatre Appreciation
• DRAMA 111: Backstage Pass: Technical Marvels in Popular Culture
• DRAMA 171: The Broadway Musical

Digital Arts and Experimental Media

• DXARTS 200: Digital Art and New Media: History, Theory, and Practice

Economics

• ECON 200: Introduction to Microeconomics
• ECON 201: Introduction to Macroeconomics
• ECON 300: Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECON 301: Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECON 382: Introduction to Econometrics
• ECON 422: Investment, Capital, and Finance
• ECON 424: Computational Finance and Financial Econometrics
• ECON 482: Econometric Theory and Practice
• ECON 485: Game Theory with Applications to Economics

Educational Psychology

• EDPSY 406: Learning and Teaching in our Changing World: Insights from Experience and Research
• EDPSY 490: Basic Educational Statistics

Special Education

• EDSPE 422: (dis) Ability, Education, and the Arts

Education

• EDUC 350: Education to Incarceration: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
• EDUC 440: Art, Education, and Climate Justice

English

• ENGL 111: Composition: Literature
  
• ENGL 131: Composition: Exposition
• ENGL 200: Reading Literary Forms
• ENGL 204: Popular Fiction and Media
• ENGL 206: Rhetoric in Everyday Life
• ENGL 207: Introduction to Cultural Studies
• ENGL 281: Intermediate Expository Writing
• ENGL 288: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
• ENGL 289: Business Writing
• ENGL 325: Early Modern Literature
• ENGL 349: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Program on the Environment

• ENVIR 100: Introduction to Environmental Studies
• ENVIR 310: Data Analysis in Environmental Studies
• ENVIR 420: People, Planet, and Profit in Sustainable Cannabis Production

Environmental Science and Resource Management

• ESRM 100: Introduction to Environmental Science
• ESRM 250: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources
• ESRM 320: Marketing and Management from a Sustainability Perspective
• ESRM 321: Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective

Earth and Space Sciences

• ESS 101: Introduction to Geology and Societal Impacts

Finance

• FIN 205: Personal Financial Literacy

French

• FRENCH 101: Elementary French
• FRENCH 102: Elementary French
• FRENCH 103: Elementary French

Geography

• GEOG 205: Our Global Environment: Physical and Human Dimensions
• GEOG 258: Digital Geographies
• GEOG 277: Geography of Cities
• GEOG 301: Cultural Geography
• GEOG 360: GIS and Mapping
• GEOG 373: Food and Community: Cultural Practices in the Hispanic World
• GEOG 445: Geography of Housing

German

• GERMAN 298: Topics in Literature and Culture

Greek (Modern)

• GREEK 103: Introductory Greek
• GREEK 300: Introductory Greek, Accelerated

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

• GWSS 200: Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
• GWSS 257: Psychology of Gender
• GWSS 272: Introduction to Gender and Fandom
• GWSS 302: Feminist Theories and Methods
• GWSS 374: Introduction to Transgender Studies

History of Africa and the Middle East

• HSTAFM 162: History of the Islamic World, Fifteenth-Eighteenth Centuries

Comparative and Transregional History

• HSTCMP 249: Introduction to Labor Studies

History of Latin America and the Caribbean

• HSTLAC 282: History of Mexico: Culture, Identity, and the Politics of Rule from the Aztecs to the Present

Informatics

• INFO 300: Research Methods
• INFO 310: Information Assurance and Cybersecurity
• INFO 340: Client-Side Development
• INFO 351: Information Ethics and Policy
• INFO 498: Special Topics in Informatics

Italian

• ITAL 101: Elementary Italian
• ITAL 102: Elementary Italian
• ITAL 103: Elementary Italian

Japanese

• JAPAN 325: Introduction to Japanese Cinema and Media

Jewish Studies

• JEW ST 362: Food and Community: Cultural Practices in the Hispanic World

Jackson School of International Studies

• JSIS 201: The Making of the Twenty-First Century
• JSIS 202: Culture and Power in International Studies
• JSIS A 207: Asian Civilizations: Traditions
• JSIS A 360: Contemporary Spain
• JSIS A 435: Japanese Government and Politics
• JSIS B 255: Technology and International Studies
• JSIS B 336: Political Violence
• JSIS B 351: The Global Environment
• JSIS D 323: Globalization and You
• JSIS E 134: Intensive Elementary Modern Greek

Latin

• LATIN 103: Introductory Latin
• LATIN 300: Introductory Latin, Accelerated

Linguistics

• LING 234: Language and Diversity

Law, Societies, and Justice

• LSJ 321: Human Rights Law in Culture and Practice
• LSJ 327: Women's Rights as Human Rights
• LSJ 375: Crime, Politics, and Justice

Mathematics

• MATH 394: Probability I
• MATH 395: Probability II

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

• MELC 101: Gateway to the Middle East
• MELC 309: Death and Afterlife in the Ancient World

Modern Hebrew

• MODHEB 100: Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture

Music

• MUSIC 116: Elementary Music Theory
• MUSIC 120: Introduction to Classical Music
• MUSIC 131: History of Jazz
• MUSIC 162: American Popular Song
• MUSIC 325: Music in Cinema

Oceanography

• OCEAN 102: The Changing Oceans

Philosophy

• PHIL 118: The Ethics and Psychology of Persuasion
• PHIL 120: Introduction to Logic

Political Science

• POL S 201: Introduction to Political Theory
• POL S 202: Introduction to American Politics
• POL S 203: Introduction to International Relations
• POL S 204: Introduction to Comparative Politics
• POL S 249: Introduction to Labor Studies
• POL S 270: Introduction to Political Economy
• POL S 303: Public Policy Formation in the United States
• POL S 304: The Press and Politics in the United States
• POL S 321: American Foreign Policy
• POL S 325: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• POL S 327: Women's Rights as Human Rights
• POL S 336: Political Violence
• POL S 368: The Politics and Law of International Human Rights
• POL S 451: Communication Technology and Politics
• POL S 461: Mass Media Law

Psychology

• PSYCH 101: Introduction to Psychology
• PSYCH 202: Biopsychology
• PSYCH 203: Introduction to Personality and Individual Differences
• PSYCH 205: Behavior Disorders
• PSYCH 210: The Diversity of Human Sexuality
• PSYCH 257: Psychology of Gender
• PSYCH 333: Sensory and Perceptual Processes
• PSYCH 345: Social Psychology
• PSYCH 355: Cognitive Psychology

Public Policy

• PUBPOL 201: Introduction to Public Policy and Governance

Quantitative Science

• Q SCI 381: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Real Estate

• R E 250: Introduction to Real Estate
• R E 361: Property Transactions

Comparative Religion

• RELIG 120: Yoga: Past and Present

Scandanavian

• SCAND 100: Introduction to Scandinavian Culture
• SCAND 230: Introduction to Folklore Studies
• SCAND 270: Sagas of the Vikings
• SCAND 330: Scandinavian Mythology

Sociology

• SOC 110: Survey of Sociology
• SOC 225: Data and Society
• SOC 266: Introduction to Labor Studies
• SOC 271: Introduction to the Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
• SOC 352: The Family
• SOC 360: Introduction to Social Stratification
• SOC 362: Race Relations
• SOC 371: Criminology

Spanish

• SPAN 360: Contemporary Spain
• SPAN 362: Food and Community: Cultural Practices in the Hispanic World

Statistics

• STAT 302: Statistical Computing
• STAT 390: Statistical Methods in Engineering and Science
• STAT 394: Probability I
• STAT 395: Probability II
• STAT 497: Internship