By the numbers
Tour Trivia
Beyond campus
What should I study?
Wildcard
100

The number of majors

8

100

SAFS and MARBIO advising.

Fisheries Teaching Building

100

The names of 2 UW research vessels

R/V Rachel Carson, R/V Thomas Thompson, R/V Kittiwake

100

Why are some coral reefs more resilient to bleaching than others?

Marine Biology

100

At around 22 months, this animal has the longest gestation period of any mammal on earth.

Elephants

200

The most populated major

Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management

200

Forestry Buildings (3)

Anderson, Bloedel, and Winkenwerder

200

The purpose of this field station is to discover, teach and demonstrate the concepts of sustainable forestry. Located at the foot of Mt. Rainier.

Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest

200

How do changing ocean pH levels impact the ability of plankton to form shells?

Oceanography

200

The deepest part of the ocean is approximately this many feet deep.

34,876

300

The smallest major

Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering

300

ESS advising 

Johnson Hall

300

This field station provides scientific information to address critical issues and solve problems concerning forestry and marine sciences in the region. Located in Forks.

Olympic Natural Resources Center

300

How can prescribed burns be used to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires?

Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management

300

The only living structure visible from space

Great Barrier Reef

400

Half are minimum requirement. Half are open.

Open: MARBIO, OCEAN, ACE, ESS

Min Requirement: ESRM, ENVIR, SBSE, ATMOS

400

Location of the Fish Collection

Fisheries Research Building

400

This mission is to sustain managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit through plant research, display and education. The living plant collection contains 10,013 specimens representing 4,190 distinct taxa.

UW Botanic Gardens

400

What strategies are most effective for reducing food waste in large urban areas?

Environmental Studies

400

Half of the world's geothermal features, and two-thirds of all the world's geysers, are found in this national park.

Yellowstone

500

The number of undergraduate students in COENV majors

2100

500

Pacific Seismic Network, DawgCast, ATMOS and ESS Advising

Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Building (ATG)/Johnson Hall

500

A collection of remote field stations in the Bristol Bay region and is the site of extensive field research on the biology and management of Pacific salmon for the past 50 years—the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems.

Alaska Salmon Program

500

How will climate change impact the frequency of atmospheric rivers hitting the West Coast?

Atmospheric and Climate Science

500

The only 2 letters that do not appear on the periodic table.

J and Q

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