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Many students enter the UW with an interest in computers. There are a variety of ways you can gain an understanding of how computers work, and several majors (other than Computer Science and Computer Engineering ) that can prepare you for employment in a field where computers are used. Below are some suggestions:

• Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences ACMS is an interdepartmental program that combines higher math, computer science, probability and statistics, modeling, and applied math. Mathematics is used in a fundamental way in most fields of science and engineering, and its use is rapidly expanding in the social sciences and humanities as well. Recent increases in computing power have made mathematical modeling, computer simulation, and statistical analysis more important than ever. This degree offers several pathways, combining higher math courses with courses in computer science, probability and statistics, modeling, and/or applied math.
• Business at UW Seattle and Business at UW Tacoma The Business programs at UW Seattle and UW Tacoma offer concentrations in Information Systems that address the use of information technologies in business and organizational environments. The programs focus on the use and design of information systems to meet an organization's tactical and strategic needs. The curriculum includes programming and database management, information system analysis and design.
• DXARTS The goal of undergraduate education in Digital Arts and Experimental Media is to create opportunities for artists to pursue lines of inquiry within the scientific, technical and creative realms while discovering and documenting new areas of knowledge and practice in this emerging field. This inherently interdisciplinary curriculum requires all students to diversify their artistic practice across four major content areas (sound, video, 3D, and sensing and control systems) as well as compliment their study with relevant upper-division course work selected from related fields (computer science, music, drama, dance, art, engineering, architecture, cinema studies, etc.) Students are positioned to become leaders in the field, to pursue original creative and technical research, and to fully understand the responsibilities of their activity within the context of society and culture at large.
• Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineers design, produce, and operate devices and systems that use electric and electromagnetic energy. The program of study for Electrical Engineering includes areas such as power systems, communication systems, electronics, control systems, optics & acoustics, and computers. While all Electrical Engineering students must take courses that cover the full breadth of the discipline, it is possible to do an emphasis in computer architecture and hardware design.
• Geographic Information Systems - The Geography department at the UW offers a Geography degree with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A GIS degree gives its majors an understanding of the development, sources, and uses of geographic information. The GIS curriculum focuses on the following areas: geographic system analysis, map sources and map error, urban transportation GIs analysis, and natural resources and environmental analysis.
• Health Information Administration Offered through the Evening Degree program, H.I.A. is focused on the collection, organization, use and evaluation of data in health care in support areas such as direct care and disease prevention, planning, outcome evaluation, research, and reimbursement. The program prepares students for the Registered Health Information Administrator (R.H.I.A.) exam.
• The Information School offers a Bachelor of Science in Informatics. A degree in Informatics will prepare students for a wide range of endeavors in the information field including information management and technology, research and information services, interactive system design, human-computer interaction, and information science. Students will be qualified for jobs in the information and technology industry and in business, public service, and the various related professions. Also, the Information School offers a Master of Science in Information Management with full- and part-time enrollment options. Combining the information management and information technology perspectives, the program focuses on users and the use of information. Graduates will be able to identify and meet the information needs of human beings engaged in any type of endeavor.
• Technical Communication - The Department of Technical Communication offers a wide range of degree and certificate programs that encompass the design, creation, and testing of all kinds of print, online documents, and user interfaces. Special strengths of the Department include user interface design, software documentation, Web design, science writing, usability testing, and the management of information within organizations. Walk the halls of Microsoft, Amazon, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and you will find TC graduates working in both junior- and senior-level positions. The Department is very student oriented. Classes are never large, and there are many opportunities to carry out research projects with a professor or to work in industry as an intern. TC has the high-powered faculty you would expect from a major research institution like UW, but it feels like a department in a small university. Come by for a chat with the TC Advisor (tcadvise@u.washington.edu).
• Visual Communication Design - Visual Communications Design is the largest program in the Division and one of the largest in the School of Art. It has evolved over the last 20 years into an extremely professional program which is primarily aimed at visual communication in the corporate , institutional and municipal sectors. It is an intensive program emphasizing visual problem solving, organizational skills and information theory. The curriculum includes all phases of typography, information design, design systems, exhibition design, pa ckaging publications design, photography, new media, and visual methods and processes.
• UW Bothell offers a Bachelors of Science degree in Computing and Software Systems as well as a minor in IT and Computing and Software Systems.
• UW Tacoma offers a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computing and Software Systems.
• Any engineering, science, or technical major - Computer use is integrated into virtually all these majors, where computers are recognized as powerful tools for computation, design, modelling, and data manipulation.
• Any major, plus some computer coursework. The UW Computer Science & Engineering department offers a series of non-majors courses. The courses include: CSE 142 Computer Programming for Engineers and Scientists I, 143 Computer Programming for Engineers and Scientists II, 373 Data Structures and Algorithms, 410 Computer Systems, 413 Programming Languages and Their Implementation, 415 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and 417 Algorithms. These are described here.
• UW Computing & Communications, Catalyst, and the ASUW Experimental College all offer training courses in computing areas, including HTML, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, Desktop Publishing, etc.

• UW Extension offers certificate programs in many computer-related areas, as well as evening courses for credit and noncredit. You may reach them by calling (206)897-8939.

If you are NOT a current UW student, and want to take courses as a non degree-seeking student, please review the following information concerning Nonmatriculated Enrollment or visit the Non-Degree Enrollment site

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