In autumn 2022, the College of Arts and Sciences offered more than 5,400 courses and had an enrollment of 21,913 students, making it the largest college of the University of Washington.[2]
History
The College of Arts and Sciences is considered to have been established in 1861, when the University of Washington itself was founded. However, the College was technically incorporated when the Territorial Legislature enacted "An Act to Incorporate the University to the Territory of Washington". Section 9 of the Act stipulated that the university have four departments: literature, science and the arts; law; medicine; and a military department.[3] However, only literature, science, and music were available according to territorial newspaper advertisements announcing the opening of the university placed by Daniel Bagley in September 1861.[4]
Organization
Arts Division
The Arts Division includes all of the university's arts units. It includes two academic departments and three department-level schools:[5]
The College contains more than 30 centers and institutes, including the Center for Labor Studies, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Theory, and Simpson Center for the Humanities.
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