What’s New

Students from Cornelius Partsch’s GERM 331 “Civilization of Germany Through the Nineteenth Century” class hold minor declaration cards for the new Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor in Red Square on Western’s campus. (Photo courtesy of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.)

Catalog Policy Updates

Policies effective fall 2017

Policies effective fall 2018

105 Credit Hold: The Declaring a Major and Insufficient Progress Towards Degree and Registration Holds sections have been updated with more clarification regarding the 105 credit holds processes. There are no changes to the 105 credit policy. For additional information, please go to the following Academic Advising Center website: www.wwu.edu/advising/declaring_major.shtml.

Global Humanities and Religions

The Liberal Studies department has changed its name to Global Humanities and Religions effective 2019-2020 academic year. The reasons for the name change are to communicate more clearly the department’s mission, as well as to provide more focus in future development of curriculum and courses. This change also includes the creation of two new subject codes - HUMA (Humanities) and REL (Religion) - and the cancellation of the LBRL subject code, as well as substantive updates to the department’s programs of study. Go to the Global Humanities and Religions department page for more information.

Modern and Classical Languages

Nearly all courses in the Modern and Classical Langauges department have changed to 5 credits. Reasons for the change are to improve instruction in listening, speaking, reading and writing, and overall depth to the courses. This also has streamlined much of the department’s curriculum, including its programs of study. Go to the Modern and Classical Languages department page for more information.

New departments/programs (including name changes)

Global Humanities and Religions (was Liberal Studies)
Linguistics (now a department; was an academic program)
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Marine and Coastal Science
Outreach and Continuing Education (was Extended Education)

New programs of study/certificates

Energy Science and Technology, BS
Environmental Justice Minor
Holocaust and Genocide Studies Minor
Illustration Certificate
Latin American Studies, BA
Master in Teaching, Bellingham, MIT and Master in Teaching, Everett, MIT (program was originally Master in Teaching, Non-Thesis, MIT and split into on-campus and off-campus)
Media and Digital Literacy Certificate
Salish Sea Studies Minor

Programs of study with title changes

Humanities: History of Culture, BA
(was Humanities — History of Culture Concentration, BA and Humanities — History of Culture Concentration, Thesis, BA)
Humanities: History of Culture Minor
(was Humanities Minor)
Kinesiology — Exercise Science Specialization, BS
(was Kinesiology — Movement Studies Specialization, BS)
Professional Writing, Literacies, and Rhetoric Minor
(was Professional Writing Minor)
Religion and Culture, BA
(was Humanities — Religion and Culture Concentration, BA and Humanities — Religion and Culture Concentration, Thesis, BA)
Religion and Culture Minor
(was Study of Religion Minor)
Recreation Management and Leadership, BA
(was Recreation, BA)

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