Key Resources and Quick Links

Navigating UW means understanding both its large physical campus and the many digital tools and websites used across the university. Here are a few links to online tools and resources you may want to bookmark or be aware of. If you don’t know where to find something, don’t be afraid to do a quick web search or ask the team.

HAS Departments

Our Departments – https://hasc.washington.edu/about/our-departments

Academic Policies and Advising Resources

  • Academic Terms & Policies – one-stop shop for academic policies, procedures, and terms.
  • UW Calendar – has critical dates and deadlines, including adding/dropping courses, tuition payments, quarter duration, final exam dates, and more.

Degree & Course Planning 

  • UW General Elective requirements by college – chart comparing general elective requirements for different colleges.
  • Double degree and Double major – details the differences between double degree and major and also covers overlap policies for Areas of Inquiry.
  • Class Standing – explains how credits determine class standing.
  • MyPlan – allows students to search and filter through all UW courses to create an academic plan; where students run degree audits.
  • Time Schedule – lists all courses by departmental prefix with thorough course information, registration restrictions and policies.
  • Time Schedule Archive – shows time schedules from previous quarters, useful for seeing how often courses have been offered historically and if courses tend to fill.
  • Change of Grade Request – instructions for students on how to change course grading to Satisfactory/Non-Satisfactory (S/NS) or numerical grading.

Registration

World Languages

Transfer Credit & Study Abroad Resources

You’re not required to evaluate these, but it’s helpful to have language prepared in case students have questions or concerns.

Student Support Across Campus

Frequently Visited

  • Phone Guide – staff office phone numbers, key on-campus partners, and other essential contact information.
  • Time Schedule – provides current and upcoming class offerings; click the 5-digit Schedule Line Number (SLN) to view course notes, prerequisites, and real-time enrollment details.
  • EARS – student academic record system that includes personal information and academic information including transcripts, major(s), minor(s), course schedule, and more.
  • Undergraduate Class Standing – breaks down of how many credits define each class level (e.g., first year, sophomore) at the UW.
  • UW Equivalency Guide – helps determine how credits from Washington State community colleges transfer to the UW—especially useful when students want to continue a world language sequence or for prospective students exploring how their coursework will apply.
  • Advanced Placement (AP) – how AP exam scores earn credits UW. Primarily used more with AP Spanish and English, especially during Summer Advising & Orientation with newly admitted students.  
  • HAS Login Information – access to systems (like Constant Contact or ScheduleOnce) under the has-center email, here’s the document with the login information you'll need.