UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS AT ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY Seattle

Get to know our BA programs from the comfort of your own home. ​

Even though you can’t come to campus just yet, you can still explore what it’s like to join a learning community like Antioch University Seattle.

Our faculty have recorded videos that represent some of the things you would learn at a campus open house — browse through the content below to discover more about our learning community, small classes, transfer, and prior learning credits, and what it’s like to learn at Antioch right now.

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Our small, interactive classes are offered in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats.

A Different Sort of Learning at Antioch

The Seattle campus, located in the heart of Belltown in a modern, sustainable building, offers two types of undergraduate degree programs: the flexible Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree with eight concentration options (or you can create your own individualized course of study) and the BA in Health Counseling and Psychology.

For more than 45 years, Antioch University Seattle has helped adult students like you complete a bachelor’s degree while staying true to our social justice mission. Whether you want to advance your education, your career, or both, Antioch invites you to join an active and engaged community of learners.

Education for Social Change

An Antioch education inspires our students to transform themselves, connect with others, and harness their talents to win victories for humanity. During their studies and throughout their careers, Antioch students actively reflect on their values, biases, and behaviors. In classroom communities and beyond they seek diverse perspectives and confront dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression. They engage with the complex, interconnected systems comprising our world, challenging the status quo and advancing social, environmental, and economic justice.

Classes for Adults

Every student at Antioch is here with one common goal: to better themselves through education. Antioch’s powerful combination of individualized advising and flexible learning is tailored to your strengths and goals. By studying alongside peers on a similar life path, you have the benefit of collaborating with other students who take learning seriously. At Antioch, you’ll join a supportive network of like-minded individuals.

Our undergraduate programs were created with adult learners in mind. We value the experience you bring to the classroom. Instead of taking exams, you’ll write papers and create hands-on projects. You’ll receive a narrative evaluation for every class, with the option of a letter grade if you need it.

Transfer Credit & Prior Learning

Our admissions process focuses holistically on your life experience, taking into consideration the possibility you may be returning to formal education after many years. Antioch gives your transcripts a careful review to help you maximize transfer credits and save on time and tuition costs.

We want to help you re-enter college and finish your degree as quickly, easily, and successfully as possible. We believe that hands-on, experiential learning is vital to personal and professional growth. You can convert your lived, earned knowledge into academic credit through Antioch’s renowned Prior Learning program. In some cases, your technical training, military experience, or work experience can be applied to your education. In classes and internships, you’ll learn skills that are directly translatable to your field.

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Our collaborative environments emphasize learning through meaningful interactions with other adult learners.

Choose Your Path, We’ll Guide You

Intimate classes and professors who care about their students are part of the DNA at Antioch University. Our faculty are responsive, knowledgeable, and ready to help you throughout your studies. Individualized attention allows you to build outstanding rapport with professors who are trained to adapt to each individual’s learning style.

We recognize that it’s not possible to put life on hold while you go back to school. By offering a personalized course structure and a robust selection of evening and weekend courses, as well as remote courses, you’ll be able to find a degree that fits your busy schedule and gives you the learning outcomes you need to succeed.

One Option: A Liberal Arts BA

Develop the skills you need to be successful in whatever career path you choose with a BA in Liberal Studies. Skills like leadership, communication, social justice, and sustainable business—all grounded in a foundation of the humanities with a multicultural focus to give you a well-rounded education to succeed. Choose from eight areas of concentration, or create your own Individualized course of study

Or a Specialized Degree in Health Counseling and Psychology

The Bachelor of Arts in Health Counseling and Psychology is an applied completion program for those with an interest in working at the intersection of wellness and mental health. It is an integrated perspective, connecting biological, psychological and social processes as they relate to developing and maintaining overall wellness. It also addresses how culture, geography, race, and experiences can factor into physical and psychological wellness.

Success Stories

Antioch students experience diverse perspectives, gather knowledge and learn the needed skills to achieve their professional goals, take action that advance justice and lead to positive change.

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Cara Mia Villalobos

BA Student

When Sleeping Women Wake: A Voyage in Five Movements

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Dante Roussos

BA’20

Bringing Treatment to Prisoners, Guided by Empathy and Service

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Rachel Stewart-MacTavish

BA’20

Compassion for Foster Youth Leads to Love of Play Therapy

Classes Cultivate Community

We are committed to social justice, individualized learning, and cultivating a supportive community of learners. Our collaborative environments emphasize learning through meaningful interactions with other adult learners.

Cool Courses

The foundation of learning at Antioch is the classroom — and we strive to give our students some of the most interesting and engaging learning experiences of their lives. Our instructors’ enthusiasm can give you a taste of just how cool these courses are.

Our Admissions Team is here for you

Applying to Antioch University should be easy—and we do everything we can to make it that way. Don’t hesitate to reach out to our admissions team for guidance and assistance. And in the meantime, enjoy these two videos. In one our Associate Director of Admissions breaks the application process down into three easy steps. In the other, one of our writing teachers demystifies the process of writing the application essay, breaking it down into do-able pieces: brainstorming ideas, outlining, writing a first draft … and, perhaps most importantly, quieting the internal critical voice.

Your time is now

Don’t Wait. Now is a great time to finish what you’ve started—complete your bachelor’s from Antioch University Seattle.