Across its twelve departments, the Humanities Division at UW offers 29 majors and 42 minors.  With course content ranging from parsing K-Pop's impact on the world and screenwriting to coding in the digital Humanities and learning American Sign Language, there is truly something for everyone.  Find your next major or minor by clicking through the accordions below. 

Asian Languages & Literature

Cinema & Media Studies

Comparative History of Ideas

English

French & Italian Studies

German Studies

Global Literary Studies

Lingustics

  • B.A. in Linguistics (minimum-requirements major).

    Thinking about majoring in Linguistics? A lot of students have questions about the major's language requirement. To learn more about what's involved, see here.

    A list of which languages the Department of Linguistics considers NIE vs IE for the purposes of the major's language acquisition requirement is available here

Scandinavian Studies

Spanish & Portuguese Studies