<p>Should I decided to attend the UW (which I haven’t quite yet; I’m still trying to choose between the UW and Williams), I would probably be taking predominately upper-division courses because I already have 2.5 years’ worth of credits, all of which are transferable, through Running Start. My question is whether upper-division courses, particularly in the political science and international relations departments, have significantly fewer students than typical UW classes. Does anyone here have experience with upper-division classes? What, in your estimation, is the typical number of students in an upper-division class?</p>
<p>Depends on the class. Also, with the budget cuts, the class sizes are going to increase dramatically, but usually upper division political science or international studies classes have around fifty students, but you can manage to find, at least some international studies seminars, classes with as few as fifteen students. So they are smaller compared to the three hundred person lectures you take as a freshman-- but it’s all relative.</p>
<p>I would look into the percentage of students that get into the upper division classes in you major. My daughter was on the Dean’s List 4 of seven terms and did not advance in her field. Friends son had 3.5 in first two years at UW and could not advance to the upper division in his major.</p>
<p>I have heard this from students with well above average grades in Landscape Architecture, Business, Civil Engineering and Nursing. It is a major shock to have done well in your first two years at college and then have to look elsewhere to continue my education</p>