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Western Washington University is organized into seven colleges and a Graduate School. This organization not only accommodates Western’s size and complexity, but also enables flexibility and innovation in Western’s curriculum.
Some programs at Western are available through one department or college; some are interdisciplinary, involving several academic units; and some, the All-University Programs listed below, involve all or most of Western’s departments and colleges.
Institute for Global Engagement
360-650-7544
ige.wwu.edu
The Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) serves Washington State by providing internationally-focused educational experiences that prepare students to be global citizens and by supporting faculty and staff who are engaged inter-culturally.
The International Studies Minor is housed in IGE, with Leah Lippman, a faculty member of the institute, serving as the academic advisor and the International Studies Curriculum Committee advising on the minor’s content and focus. The institute also coordinates Western’s international partnerships with institutions around the world and works with faculty on internationalization initiatives at Western.
The Education Abroad office and International Student and Scholar Services are both located in IGE.
Education Abroad
The Education Abroad office offers students study abroad opportunities around the world, where students can take major and minor classes in English, study a foreign language, or explore new subjects. Classes can be taken for credit, and financial aid and scholarships are available. Students can study abroad for one or more quarters during the academic year and summer. Other opportunities include internships, teaching, field study, and volunteering abroad.
For more information, contact the Education Abroad office, Miller Hall 208, 360-650-3298, EdAbroad@wwu.edu; studyabroad.wwu.edu.
Global Learning Programs
Global Learning Programs are courses designed by WWU faculty within their departments that are discipline-specific or interdisciplinary, and often apply to a student’s major or minor. Courses may include field studies and service learning. Global Learning Programs are led by WWU faculty throughout the year to different countries around the world.
For more information, contact the Education Abroad office in Miller Hall 208, 360-650-3298, EdAbroad@wwu.edu; studyabroad.wwu.edu.
International Student & Scholar Services
The ISSS Office serves international students, scholars and faculty at Western by providing preparation and maintenance of immigration records as well as orientation sessions, advising, and co-curricular activities. In coordination with other university units and community resources, ISSS assists with academic, personal, financial, and employment issues for Western’s international population.
For more information, contact International Student & Scholar Services, Miller Hall 212, 360-650-6517; www.wwu.edu/isss.
Center for Community Learning
360-650-7542
www.wwu.edu/csl
Community-based learning offers students the opportunity to learn outside the classroom, explore the richness and diversity of their community, and examine social justice issues while applying classroom theory to the priorities of local, regional and global communities.
The practice of community-based learning can provide the means and proficiencies for seeing, understanding, and acting in the world in more purposeful, integrated, and ethical ways.
The Center for Community Learning provides resources—including development and program support—to students, faculty, and community partner organizations.
Field Experience Programs
Western Washington University recognizes that work experience outside of the classroom can enhance student learning by providing opportunities to put theory into practice. To this end, the University works closely with a wide variety of businesses and community and governmental agencies which offer internship opportunities, and many academic departments require or make academic credit available for field experience.
Students interested in exploring field experience opportunities should contact the Career Services Center, Old Main 280.
Pre-Professional Pathways
Law
Law schools require a baccalaureate degree. They do not require a specific undergraduate major, but seek students who are broadly educated. Admission is selective based primarily on GPA, LSAT scores and letters of recommendation. Law schools want students who excel in oral and written communication; understand economic, political and social institutions; and have well-developed objective and critical thinking skills. Western’s General University Requirements are intended to aid students in honing these skills.
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT), normally required of applicants to American and Canadian law schools, is offered throughout the year at various sites, including the Western campus. Applications and test schedule information may be obtained from the Testing Center and the Department of Political Science. Students should plan to take the LSAT late in their junior year or early in their senior year. Some law schools have begun letting students use GRE scores as a substitute for the LSAT.
Students are encouraged to explore academic and extracurricular opportunities provided by Fairhaven College’s Center for Law, Diversity and Justice (CLDJ). All WWU students are eligible to apply to join the Law, Diversity and Justice minor and participate in CLDJ internships. Fairhaven students are eligible to pursue a Law, Diversity and Justice concentration (major). For more information on the Center for Law, Diversity and Justice and the LDJ curriculum, contact Assistant Professor Ana Cecilia Lopez, Ceci.Lopez@wwu.edu, Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Advisors: Dr. Paul Chen, Department of Political Science, Arntzen Hall 436, 360-650-4876, Paul.Chen@wwu.edu.
Professional Transfer Programs
Students who plan to complete a baccalaureate program at another institution should seek advice from that institution for curriculum planning, test requirements and information on application procedures.
The institution to which the student is transferring determines admission to the program and makes decisions regarding the transferability of credit.
Programs undergo constant revision. The student, therefore, must bear responsibility for continued contact with the transfer institution.
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