Calendar of Upcoming Reviews

Academic Program Reviews are mandated by state law and conducted at 10-year intervals according to University policy. Reviews may be conducted at shorter intervals when deemed appropriate. The following schedule lists program reviews by year.

Full reviews include peer review of all undergraduate and graduate programs as well as Graduate Certificate programs within the specific unit, unless otherwise specified.
An interim report is defined as any formal report back to the Graduate School Council in response to a prior program review.
A 5-year review is defined as a limited review of a graduate degree or graduate certificate program, held five years after approval by the Board of Regents.

2021–2022

Full Reviews

College of Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
Department of Linguistics

Graduate School – Interdisciplinary Programs

Molecular and Cellular Biology Group
Molecular Engineering and Sciences Ph.D. Program
M.S. in Data Science Program

School of Medicine

Department of Biochemistry
Department of Comparative Medicine

School of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy

School of Public Health

Public Health Genetics Program

UW Bothell

School of Educational Studies

5-Year Reviews

College of Built Environments — Department of Real Estate — Graduate Certificate in Real Estate
Graduate School — Interdisciplinary Developmental Disabilities Group — Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities
Graduate School — Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group — Graduate Certificate in Neural Computation and Engineering
School of Nursing — Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care
UW Tacoma — School of Urban Studies — Master of Arts in Community Planning

Interim Reports

College of Arts and Sciences — Department of Statistics
School of Medicine — Department of Bioethics and Humanities
School of Medicine — Department of Genome Sciences
School of Medicine — Department of Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine — MEDEX Northwest
School of Medicine — Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (MOT, MPO, DPT only)
School of Nursing — (A.B.S.N./B.S.N./Ph.D.)
School of Public Health — Department of Epidemiology
UW Bothell — School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
UW Tacoma — School of Education and School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
UW Tacoma — Social Work and Criminal Justice Program

2022–2023

Full Reviews

College of Arts and Sciences

Astrobiology Program
Department of Anthropology
Department of Astronomy
Department of Chemistry
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

College of Engineering

Department of Bioengineering (Including 5-Year Review of the Master of Applied Bioengineering)
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering

College of the Environment

Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
School of Oceanography

Foster School of Business

Foster School of Business (Including 5-Year Review of Master of Science in Entrepreneurship )

School of Medicine

Department of Biological Structure
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (Ph.D. Only)

School of Public Health

Master of Health Administration (MHA, EMHA) and Health Informatics and Information Management (HIHIM, MHIHIM)

School of Social Work

School of Social Work

UW Tacoma

School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership

5-Year Reviews

College of Education — Graduate Certificate in Education, Equity and Society
UW Bothell — School of STEM — Graduate Certificate in Electrical Engineering Foundations
UW Tacoma — Milgard School of Business — Master of Science in Business Analytics

Interim Reports

College of Arts and Sciences — Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media

2023–2024

Full Reviews

College of Built Environments

Department of Architecture
Department of Landscape Architecture

College of the Environment

Program on the Environment

College of Engineering

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

School of Medicine

Department of Microbiology
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Physiology and Biophysics

UW Tacoma

School of Education
School of Engineering and Technology

5-Year Reviews

College of Built Environments — Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation

Interim Reports

College of Arts & Sciences — Department of Biology
College of Arts & Sciences — Department of Communications
College of Arts & Sciences — Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
College of Arts & Sciences — Department of English
College of Arts & Sciences — Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
College of Arts & Sciences — School of Music
College of Built Environments — Department of Construction Management
UW Bothell — School of Nursing and Healthcare Studies

2024–2025

Full Reviews

Arts and Sciences

Department of Comparative Literature Cinema and Media
School of Drama
Department of History
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences

School of Dentistry

School of Dentistry

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Interdisciplinary Second Language Studies Group — Graduate Certificate in Second and Foreign Language Teaching
Statistical Genetics Group — Graduate Certificate in Statistical Genetics

School of Law

School of Law (including Ph.D.)

School of Medicine

Department of Pathology

School of Public Health

Department of Biostatistics

Interim Reports

College of Arts and Sciences — School of Art + Art History + Design
Graduate School — Interdisciplinary Individual (Ph.D.) Program

2025–2026

Full Reviews

Arts and Sciences

Department of Psychology
Center of Demography and Ecology — Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods
Department of Sociology

College of Built Environments

Ph.D. in the Built Environment

College of the Environment

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Program on Climate Change

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Interdisciplinary Computational Molecular Biology Group
Interdisciplinary Human-Computer Interaction + Design Group
Interdisciplinary Public Scholarship Group — Graduate Certificate in Public Scholarship
Interdisciplinary Urban Design and Planning Group — Urban Design and Planning Ph.D.

UW Tacoma

School of Education and School of Nursing in Healthcare Leadership — Ed.D in Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
School for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

2026–2027

Full Reviews

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Asian Languages and Literature
Comparative History of Ideas Program
Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
School of Music
Department of Physics

Education

College of Education

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Interdisciplinary Global Innovation Exchange Group — Master of Science in Technology Innovation Degree Program
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group
Interdisciplinary Science, Technology and Society Studies Group — Certificate of Science, Technology and Society Studies

The Evans School

Evans School of Public Policy and Governance

School of Public Health

Department of Global Health
Nutritional Sciences Program

UW Tacoma

School of Urban Studies

2027–2028

Full Reviews

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Economics
Department of French and Italian Studies
Law, Societies and Justice Program
Department of Mathematics
Department of Political Science

Dentistry

Department of Oral Health Sciences

College of Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Graduate School — Master of Science in Technology Innovation Degree Program (GIX)

Information School

Information School

School of Medicine

Department of Immunology

Nursing

School of Nursing

School of Public Health

Department of Epidemiology

UW Tacoma

UW Tacoma — Social Work and Criminal Justice Program

2028–2029

Full Reviews

College of Arts & Sciences

Dance Program
Department of Geography (Including Master of Geographic Information Systems)
Department of Scandinavian Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literature

College of Engineering

Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of the Environment

School of Marine and Environmental Affairs

School of Medicine

Department of Bioethics and Humanities
Department of Genome Sciences
MEDEX Northwest
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (MOT, MPO, DPT only)

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Museology Group

UW Bothell

School of Nursing and Health Studies

2029-2030

Full Reviews

College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Applied Mathematics
Department of Biology
Department of Classics
Department of Communication
Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Department of Statistics

College of Built Environments

Department of Construction Management
Department of Urban Design and Planning

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Interdisciplinary Individual (Ph.D.) Program

School of Medicine

Department of Laboratory Medicine

School of Public Health

Department of Health Services (including MHI & HIM 5-year review and the SPH Graduate Certificates)

UW Bothell

School of Business
School of STEM
School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences

2030-2031

Full Reviews

College of Arts & Sciences

Department of Art + Art History + Design
Department of English
Department of Germanics
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physics

College of Built Environments

Runstad Department of Real Estate

College of Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

College of the Environment

Quantitative Ecology and Resources Management Group
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Graduate School Interdisciplinary Programs

Biological Physics, Structure and Design Program
Near and Middle Eastern Studies Ph.D. Program

School of Medicine

Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

School of Public Health

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

UW Tacoma

Milgard School of Business