Upper Division Courses With Easier Access
2024-25 Academic Year Course Offerings
Below is a list of upper division courses (300+ level) that have no or minimal
pre-requisite requirements.
Please note: This is not a comprehensive list of all Upper Division Courses.
*Only those listed with GUR attributes fulfill GUR requirements.
Many departments remove major restrictions at various times during Phase I and II.
For History classes, please email the Professor or Chair.
Class Number | Class Title | GUR* |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 301 | Anthropological Theory | |
| ANTH 303 | Qualitative Methods in Anth | |
| ANTH 308 | Prehist Hunter-Gatherer Society | |
| ANTH 310 | Monuments, Cities, and Taxes | |
| ANTH 314 | Archaeology of North America | |
| ANTH 325 | Reproduction and Physiology | |
| ANTH 335 | Quantitative Methods in Anthro | QSR |
| ANTH 345 | Energy in the Global South | |
| ANTH 350 | Ecology of Human Variation | |
| ANTH 353 | Sex and Gender in Culture | BCGM |
| ANTH 361 | American Indian Perspectives | BCGM |
| ANTH 362 | Perspectives on Asia | ACGM |
| ANTH 365 | Latin American Perspectives | ACGM |
| ANTH 366 | Perspectives on Africa | ACGM |
| ANTH 397A | Human Evolution in Sci-Fi Literature | |
| ANTH 410 | Archeol. Analysis and Interpretation | |
| ANTH 420 | Human Osteology/Forensic Anth | |
| ANTH 424 | Medical Anthropology | |
| ANTH 428 | Cultural Resource Management | |
| ANTH 484 | Intercultural Education | |
| A/HI 310 | Indigenous Arts Pacific NW | |
| A/HI 330 | Art and Texts of the Sacred | |
| A/HI 358 | Postwar Art and Culture | |
| A/HI 370 | Islamic Visual Cultures | |
| A/HI 381 | African Art and Politics | |
| A/HI 391 | Topics in Art History | |
| C/AM 305 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | |
| C/AM 331 | Geographics of Canada | |
| C/AM 355 | Can-AM Media Systems | |
| C/AM 368 | Decolonize across Medicine Line | |
| C/AM 369 | Settler Cities | BCGM |
| C/AM 375 | Indigenous Placemaking | |
| C/AM 379 | Canadian American Relations | |
| C/AM 405 | Adv Topics in Canadian-Am. Studies | |
| C/AM 406 | Canadian Gov and Politics | |
| C/AM 450 | Western Reads Canada | |
| CLST 350 | Greek Mythology | HUM |
| CLST 360 | Ancient Green Literature | HUM |
| CLST 370 | Literature of Rome and Empire | HUM |
| COMM 303 | Communication and Conflict | |
| COMM 318 | Professional Communication | |
| COMM 319 | Health Communication | |
| COMM 325 | Intercultural Communication | |
| COMM 327 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| COMM 330 | Environmental Rhetoric | |
| COMM 331 | Advanced Public Speaking | |
| COMM 342 | Video Workshop | |
| COMM 350 | Emerging Communication Tech | |
| COMM 365 | Nonviolent Social Change | |
| COMM 435 | Issues in Rhetorical Studies | |
| COMM 436 | Advanced Intercollegiate Debate | |
| CSCI 463 | Cyber Defense | |
| DISA 330 | Critical Disability Studies | BCGM |
| DISA 350 | Topics in Critical Disability | |
| DNC 332 | Dance in Popular Culture | HUM |
| DNC 431 | Dance History | |
| EAST 307 | Government and Politics of East Asia | |
| EAST 310 | Intern'l Security of East Asia | |
| EAST 333 | East Asia: Society and Environment | ACGM |
| EAST 360 | China and World Economy | ACGM |
| EAST 367 | Chinese Lit in Translation | ACGM |
| EAST 368 | Japanese Lit in Translation | |
| EAST 380 | Religion and Society in China | ACGM |
| ECON 301 | Economics Issues | |
| ECON 303 | History of Economic Thought | |
| ECON 310 | Public Sector Economics | |
| ECON 311 | Money and Banking | |
| ECON 315 | Health Economics | |
| ECON 317 | European Economic History | |
| ECON 325 | Labor Market Economics | |
| ECON 333 | Intro to Game Theory | |
| ECON 340 | Economics of Regulation | |
| ECON 343 | Population, Envro, and Workd Culture | |
| ECON 360 | Intro to International Econ | |
| ECON 361 | Intl Economic Policy & Bus | |
| ECON 365 | Canada's Economy in the World | |
| ECON 366 | Canadian Business Environment | |
| ECON 380 | Urban Economics | |
| ECON 381 | American Economic History | |
| ECON 383 | Environmental Economics | |
| ECON 384 | Energy Economics | |
| ECON 385 | Comparative Econ Systems | |
| ECON 386 | Electricity Economics | |
| ECON 389 | Economies of the Pacific Rim | |
| ECON 446 | Economics for the Teacher | |
| ECON 447 | Methods Teaching Public School | |
| EDUC 309 | Storytelling | BCOM |
| EDUC 465 | Hist of Native AM Ed & Policy | |
| ELED 310 | Education, Culture, and Equity | |
| ELED 311 | WATribalHistCult&GovSTI | |
| ENRG 330 | Energy from the Earth | |
| ENRG 344 | Comm Solutions Climate Change | |
| ENRG 350 | Energy Policy and Politics | |
| ENRG 352 | Climate Gov and Political Economy | |
| ENRG 354 | Energy in American History | |
| ENRG 384 | Energy Economics | |
| ENRG 386 | Electricity Economics | |
| ENRG 391 | Energy Speaker Series | |
| ENG 301 | Writing & the Public | |
| ENG 302 | Technical Writing | |
| ENG 307 | Seminar: Medieval | |
| ENG 308 | Seminar: Early Modern | |
| ENG 309 | Seminar: The Long 18th Century | |
| ENG 310 | Seminar: The Long 19th Century | |
| ENG 311 | Seminar: The 20-21st Century | |
| ENG 313 | Critical Theories & Prac I | |
| ENG 314 | Critical Theories & Prac II | |
| ENG 317 | Survey: Medieval | |
| ENG 318 | Survey: Early Modern | |
| ENG 319 | Survey: The Long 18th C. | |
| ENG 320 | Survey: The Long 19th Century | |
| ENG 321 | Survey: The 20-21st Centuries | |
| ENG 331 | Studies in Gender Theory | |
| ENG 334 | Texts/N.Am& Eur: | BCGM |
| ENG 335 | Lit. & Creative Expressions across | ACGM |
| ENG 336 | Scriptural Lit | ACGM |
| ENG 338 | Women's Lit N Am and Europe | BCGM |
| ENG 339 | Mythology and Literature | HUM |
| ENG 342 | Studies in Literary Genres | |
| ENG 344 | Film & Media: Asia, Africa, ME, & LA | BCGM |
| ENG 347 | Studies in Young Adult Literature | |
| ENG 350 | Introduction to Creative Writing | |
| ENG 364 | Introduction to Film Studies | |
| ENG 365 | Film History | |
| ENG 371 | Rhetorical Practices | |
| ENG 385 | Sustainability Literacy II | |
| ENG 427 | Queer Studies | |
| ENTR 346 | Intermediate Entrepreneurship | |
| ENTR 398 | Entrp & Innovation Practicum | |
| ENTR 498 | Adv Entrep & Innov Practicum | |
| ENVS 308 | Nat'l Parks: Hist of Amer | |
| ENVS 332 | The Pacific NW: Society and Enviro | |
| ENVS 333 | East Asia: Society and Env | ACGM |
| ENVS 342 | Geography of World Economy | SSC |
| ENVS 352 | Climate Gov Political Economy | |
| ETHN 301 | Ethnic Studies Theory | |
| ETHN 302 | ES Research Methods | |
| ETHN 315 | Contemporary Indigenous Issues | |
| ETHN 316 | Cont. African Am. Issues | |
| ETHN 317 | Contemporary Latinx Issues | |
| ETHN 318 | Cont. Arab American Issues | |
| ETHN 319 | Indigenous Feminisms Ethnic Studies | |
| ETHN 321 | Policing & Abolition | |
| EUS 450 | Russian Folklore | |
| FAIR 304A | Comparative Cultural Studies | BCGM |
| FAIR 311B | The United States Legal System | SSC |
| FAIR 330D | Nat Hist & Envir Issues of NW WA | |
| FAIR 353Y | Songwriting Workshop | |
| FAIR 368 | Decolonization Across Medicine Line | |
| FAIR 381G | Subject varies, see Browse Classes | |
| GEOL 303 | Dinosaurs & Their Environment | SCI |
| GLBL 302 | Global Citizenship | |
| GLBL 398 | Transnational Migration | |
| HLED 335 | Environmental Health | |
| HIST 310 | History of Ancient Mesopotamia | |
| HIST 311 | History of Ancient Egypt | |
| HIST 312 | History of Ancient Greece | |
| HIST 313 | History of Ancient Rome | |
| HIST 315 | Europe Early Middle Ages 300-1050 | |
| HIST 316 | Europe Middle Ages 1050-1450 | |
| HIST 327 | Soccer in Latin America | |
| HIST 331 | History of the Holocaust | |
| HIST 333 | Imperial Russia 1689-1917 | |
| HIST 349 | History of the U.S. South | |
| HIST 350 | American Colonial History | |
| HIST 354 | Energy in American History | |
| HIST 356 | Gender and History | |
| HIST 357 | United States in the Cold War | |
| HIST 364 | Film as History: People's Rep. China | |
| HIST 366 | Early American Republic | |
| HIST 369 | WGS in African History | |
| HIST 372 | Chinese History, 1800-present | |
| HIST 373 | Yokai in Japanese History | |
| HIST 374 | Premodern Japanese Hist | |
| HIST 379 | Canadian American Relations | |
| HIST 381 | Jewish Nationalism | |
| HIST 382 | U.S. Neocons, and Middle East History | |
| HIST 384 | Palestine, Zionism and Israel | |
| HIST 390 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | |
| HIST 391 | History of Pacific Northwest | |
| HIST 392 | Tribal Sov & WA History | |
| HIST 393 | Intro to Public History | |
| HIST 407 | Hist Israeli/Palest Conflict | |
| HIST 409 | World War II: The Pacific War | |
| HIST 424 | Polish-Jewish History | |
| HIST 451 | Env Hist of U.S. Agriculture | |
| HIST 461 | US Urban History | |
| HIST 490 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | |
| HGST 302 | Topics in Genocide Studies | |
| HUMA 302 | Methods of Interdisciplinary St. | |
| HUMA 322 | Religion, Reading, and Power | HUM |
| HUMA 360 | China and World Economy | ACGM |
| HUMA 390 | Women, Ritual & Christianity | HUM |
| IT 344 | Tech in Teaching and Learning | |
| IBUS 370 | Intro to International Business | |
| JOUR 305 | Photojournalism | |
| JOUR 330 | Principles of Public Relations | |
| JOUR 340 | History of U.S. Journalism | HUM |
| JOUR 350 | Mass Media Law | |
| JOUR 351 | Mass Media Ethics | |
| JOUR 355 | Can-Am Media Systems | |
| JOUR 365 | Publications-Concept to Design | |
| JOUR 375 | Diversity, MAss Media Soc Change | BCGM |
| LDST 301 | Theory & Application | SSC |
| LDST 340 | Adv Peer Leadership Educ | |
| LDST 408 | Sustainability Leadership | |
| LDST 416 | Topics in LDSP: Social Change | |
| LDST 450 | Leadership and Pedagogy | |
| LIBR 325 | History of the Book | |
| LIBR 341 | Academic Literacies Practicum | |
| LING 301 | Intro to Linguistic Science | LSCI |
| LING 304 | Languages in Contact | |
| LING 305 | Experimental Methods Lang Sci | |
| LING 306 | Structure of English | |
| LING 370 | Ling, Ed, and Social Justice | |
| MGMT 311 | Intro to Mgmt & Organztl Behav | |
| MGMT 315 | Career Preparation | |
| MGMT 319 | Communication Skills for Managers | |
| MIS 320 | Principles of Management Info | |
| MLE 441 | Lang., Cult. & Equity: Global to Local | |
| PHIL 310 | Theory of Knowledge I | |
| PHIL 320 | Ethical Theory I | HUM |
| PHIL 330 | Metaphysics I | |
| PHIL 350 | Political Philosophy | HUM |
| PHIL 363 | History of Philosophy: Chinese | ACGM |
| PHIL 367 | History of Philosophy: Empiricists | |
| PHIL 397A | Philosophy and Literature | HUM |
| PHIL 403 | Philosophy of Languages | |
| PLSC 301 | British Parliamentary System | |
| PLSC 307 | Gov't and Politics of Wast Asia | |
| PLSC 308 | African Political Systems | |
| PLSC 309 | Globalization | |
| PLSC 310 | Int'l Security of East Asia | |
| PLSC 311 | Intro to Law and Legal System | SSC |
| PLSC 313 | Law, Courts, Politics, Society | |
| PLSC 314 | US Supreme Court | |
| PLSC 315 | Why We Fight | |
| PLSC 321 | Queer/LGBT Politics | |
| PLSC 322 | Latino Politics | |
| PLSC 323 | Black Politics in the U.S. | |
| PLSC 326 | Policy Analysis | |
| PLSC 333 | Public Opinions and Mass Media | |
| PLSC 345 | Women and Politics | |
| PLSC 346 | Politics of Inequity | ACGM |
| PLSC 353 | State and Local Politics | |
| PLSC 357 | Health Policy | |
| PLSC 364 | Contemporary Political Theory | |
| PLSC 366 | Research in Politics | |
| PLSC 370 | Global Issues Intern'l Politics | |
| PLSC 376 | American Foreign Policy | |
| PLSC 378 | Communist Regimes | |
| PLSC 385 | Genocide and Global Politics | |
| PLSC 387 | Applied Skills in Political Sci | |
| PLSC 396 | Politics of Mexico | |
| PLSC 397 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | |
| PLSC 399 | Politics of Democratization | |
| PLSC 401 | Politics of Soccer | |
| PLSC 403 | The European Union | |
| PLSC 406 | Canadian Government & Politics | |
| PLSC 408 | Transnational Migration | |
| PLSC 415 | Civil Rights and Liberties | |
| PLSC 420 | Environmental Politics | |
| PLSC 422 | Race & Pol. Identification | |
| PLSC 423 | The American Presidency | |
| PLSC 425 | Politics of Policy Process | |
| PLSC 450 | Parties, Campaigns, and Elections | |
| PLSC 453 | Comparative Electoral Systems | |
| PLSC 472 | Comparative Political thought | |
| PSEC 309 | Storytelling, Oral Narrative | BCOMM |
| REL 303 | Methods: Study of Religion | |
| REL 331 | Religious Communes in America | BCGM |
| REL 332 | World Religions | ACGM |
| REL 333 | Religion in America | HUM |
| REL 336 | New Testament | HUM |
| REL 338 | Mystical Traditions | ACGM |
| REL 341 | Women in Islam | ACGM |
| REL 345 | Fierce Goddesses of India | ACGM |
| REL 380 | Religion and Society on China | ACGM |
| REL 390 | Comparative Contemplative Prac | ACGM |
| SALI 390 | Topics in Salish Sea Studies | |
| SALI 490 | Salish Sea Community Seminar | |
| SCED 370 | Science and Society | |
| SCED 481 | STEM and Society | |
| SOC 302 | Classical Sociological Theory | |
| SOC 304 | Statistics for Sociology | QSR |
| SOC 306 | Soc. Research Methods | |
| SOC 322 | Enslaving Others | |
| SOC 326 | Family Demography | |
| SOC 330 | Self, Emotions, and Society | |
| SOC 338 | Sociology of Sexual Behavior | |
| SOC 339 | Women, Sexuality, and Society | BCGM |
| SOC 340 | Sociology or Organizations | |
| SOC 341 | Sociology of Social Movements | |
| SOC 345 | Contemporary American Families | |
| SOC 347 | Gender and Development | |
| SOC 348 | Global Health | ACGM |
| SOC 351 | Polic, Soc Control & Democracy | |
| SOC 352 | Criminology | |
| SOC 354 | Dom Viol/Criminal Justice Syst | |
| SOC 356 | Law Enforcement and Society | |
| SOC 360 | Marital and Family Interaction | |
| SOC 364 | Social Stratification | |
| SOC 365 | Gender, Bodies, and Sports | BCGM |
| SOC 366 | Colonialism, Slav. Racism | ACGM |
| SOC 369 | Sociology of Race & Ethnicity | |
| SOC 372 | Animals, People and Nature | |
| SOC 376 | Criminal & Research Policy | |
| SOC 378 | Military Sociology | |
| SOC 381 | Sociology of Culture | |
| SOC 383 | Sociology of Risk | |
| SOC 384 | Sociology of Health | |
| SOC 385 | Homelessness & Housing Policy | |
| SOC 386 | Environmental Sociology | |
| SOC 397 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | |
| SPED 310 | Education, Culture, and Equity | BCGM |
| SUST 471 | Sustainability: Studio | |
| THTR 301 | Sound Design | |
| THTR 311 | Beginning Scene Design | |
| THTR 313 | Beginning Lighting Design | |
| THTR 316 | Intermediate Costume Design | |
| THTR 321 | 3D Digital Modeling and Design | |
| THTR 322 | Improv for Teaching Artists | |
| THTR 350 | Theatre for Youth | |
| THTR 370 | Play Direction | |
| THTR 380 | Theatre History I | HUM |
| THTR 383 | Costume History | |
| THTR 384 | Intro to Dramatic Writing | |
| THTR 385 | Topics: Interim Costume Tech & Constr | |
| THTR 452 | Secondary Theatre Techniques | |
| UEPP 302 | Env Research and Public Comm | |
| UEPP 314 | Food security, policy, pract | |
| UEPP 350 | Energy Policy and Politics | |
| UEPP 355 | Environmental Law and Policy | |
| UEPP 356 | Sustainable Housing Innovation | |
| UEPP 369 | Settler Cities | BCGM |
| UEPP 370 | History of Planning | |
| UEPP 374 | Land Use Regs & Writing | |
| UEPP 442 | Reg Enviro & Econ Research Modl | |
| UEPP 457 | Environmental Dispute Resolution | |
| UEPP 461 | Land Use Law | |
| UEPP 463 | Nat Am Planning | |
| UEPP 471 | Sustainability: Studio Urban | |
| UEPP 497B | Washington's Growth Mgt Act | |
| WGSS 314 | Gender Across Borders | ACGM |
| WGSS 317 | Women and War | |
| WGSS 320 | Subject Varies, See Browse Classes | BCGM |
| WGSS 335 | Queer, Comix & Graphic | BCGM |
| WGSS 339 | Women, Sexuality, and Society | BCGM |
| WGSS 348 | Masculinities in US History | |
| WGSS 356 | Gender and History | |
| WGSS 358 | Women of Color in the U.S. | |
| WGSS 363 | Feminist Food Justice | |
| WGSS 372 | Gender and Media | BCGM |