FRESHMAN DIRECT ADMISSION You can become part of our community right from the beginning of your time at the UW. Incoming freshmen are welcome to apply to the Informatics major. Simply make Informatics your first-choice major on the UW application to ensure automatic consideration for direct admission. The admissions process is competitive, and a limited number of students are admitted each year. Applicants who are denied as incoming freshmen are encouraged to apply to the major again in subsequent years.
INFORMATICS MINOR You may wish to augment another major with an Informatics minor. This option will
At the iSchool, we celebrate inclusion and connectedness as essential components of academic excellence. Students’ educational, intellectual and social engagements are far richer and more meaningful when connecting with people with different points of view and life experiences. We define diversity broadly, to include not only race but also class, sexual orientation, religion and many other dimensions of the diversity among us. The iSchool Office of Diversity can provide resources and support if you are: • American Indian/Native Alaskan/Indigenous • Black/African American • Asian/Pacific Islander American
teach you how to apply data, information
• Latino/Hispanic
and technology to solve problems within
• LGBTQ
your primary area of study. The 25-credit minor is open to all UW students. The Informatics minor includes required components in data, design, policy and ethics, and software development, as
• A person with a disability • A first-generation college student in your family, or are from a low socioeconomic background • A veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces
well as the opportunity to take additional
• Any other underrepresented minority in higher education
courses at the 300-level or above in
• Or if you are interested in diversity and inclusion
Informatics, or within your own discipline related to technology.
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME
As a student, there are many ways to get involved with diversity in the iSchool and throughout the UW. We invite you to participate in our
To find out more, visit ischool.uw.edu/
many diversity events, activities and programs, and to join a student
informatics/minor.
group or serve on the iSchool Diversity Committee.
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