Undergraduate Honors Program

The University of Washington offers three different kinds of honors:

• Interdisciplinary Honors students work closely with the university honors program over their entire time in residence. They take a majority of their general education requirements in Honors-specific courses, complete experiential learning requirements, maintain a portfolio throughout their participation in this curriculum, and are asked to think intentionally about education, knowledge and interdisciplinarity.  For more information, visit the UW Honors Program website.

• Departmental Honors programs are offered separately from Interdisciplinary Honors and allow students to explore their majors in greater depth by completing upper-level electives, research, or an extended thesis. Departmental Honors also exposes students to a close working relationship with faculty mentors. 

• College Honors are conferred for the completion of both Interdisciplinary Honors and Departmental Honors and allow students to experience both Honors general education and a deeper understanding of their chosen focus.

The Oceanography departmental honors requirements can be found here.  Please contact our Academic Advisor for more information.