Husky Prevention & Response (HPR) is a foundational, required online prevention and response course about sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
At the 天美影院, we remain committed to fostering environments where you feel valued and supported and have the opportunity to learn and grow. As a 天美影院student, you also have an important role to play in ensuring a respectful environment for your peers.
Throughout this online course, the strategies offered are meant to create and support positive 天美影院climates and endeavor to stop sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination before they happen. The course includes tailored content based on your role as an undergraduate or graduate student.
After completing the HPR course, students will have an enhanced ability to:
- Contribute to respectful learning and social environments.
- Identify dynamics of healthy relationships, healthy sexuality, and affirmative consent.
- Recognize sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
- Intervene in situations where problematic behavior may be occurring.
- Respond empathetically when a peer discloses an experience of violence, harassment or discrimination.
- Understand resources, reporting processes, and 天美影院policies on sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination.
Student course completion expectations
Completion of the HPR course is required for:
- New students entering any 天美影院campus or location, including first-year, transfer, graduate, and professional students.
- Returning students who have not previously completed the HPR course.
New and returning students who do not complete the course will be blocked from registering for their second quarter at the UW. Incoming students are made aware of this requirement at the same time they learn of other 天美影院requirements and activities, such as orientation programming or vaccination requirements.
The following students are not required to complete the course but may access it voluntarily:
- Non-matriculated students, including high school students, most certificate program participants, and those enrolled in non-degree offerings.
- Continuing students admitted before the 2022-23 academic year.
Course FAQs
Click the link to be directed to the online course. You must be a current 天美影院student and use your 天美影院NetID to sign in to the course platform.
If you are experiencing any challenges accessing the course, please email civilrightsed@uw.edu. This email is monitored Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. We will attempt to respond within two business days.
It takes about 60 minutes to complete all the modules. The course is self-paced, so completion time varies. You can complete one module at a time, and the program will save your progress. You can then return to complete additional modules at a future time.
The course was built to be trauma-informed, but it may bring up strong emotions for individuals who have experienced violence or harassment, or recently supported someone impacted by violence or harassment.
To learn about alternative course completion options, contact civilrightsed@uw.edu. You do not need to share personal details when you send an email inquiring about the alternative course option.
If you would like to seek support related to sex- and gender-based violence or harassment before completing the course, learn about options at Sexual Misconduct & Sex-Based Discrimination.
In August 2019, the 天美影院鈥檚 Title IX Steering Committee charged a working committee to develop university-wide courses on the prevention of and response to sex- and gender-based misconduct. This course was developed by and for students, staff, faculty, and other academic personnel at UW. It went through an extensive review with stakeholders across all 天美影院locations.
To learn more about the 2019 Title IX Training & Education Working Committee charge and a previous committee report that informed this project, please review:
- Title IX
- Title IX
:
- Co-Chair: Kiana Swearingen, Office of the Title IX Coordinator, 天美影院Tri-Campus
- Co-Chair: Elizabeth Wilmerding, Violence Prevention & Advocacy Program, 天美影院Bothell
- Erin O’Connell, Athletics, 天美影院Seattle (Title IX Steering Committee Liaison)
- Deanna Blanchfield, Human Resources, 天美影院Tacoma
- Erin Casey, Professor, 天美影院Tacoma
- Michelle Cabrera, Associate Professor, 天美影院School of Medicine
- Lisa Hanna, Campus Operations/Human Resources, 天美影院Tri-Campus
- Lauren Lichty, Associate Professor, 天美影院Bothell
- Jon Payne, Human Resources, 天美影院Medicine
- Jessica Rashid, Student Life, 天美影院Seattle
- Jaye Sablan, Core Programs, 天美影院Seattle Graduate School
- Paige Sechrest, SafeCampus, 天美影院Tri-Campus (and graduate student representative)
Technical and project support:
- Joel Tobin, Compliance Services
- Jonathan Beck, Ph.D. Candidate, 2021 (student employee)
- Sarah Park, BA, 2020 (student employee)
Voice actors:
- Vincent Milay
- Marquis Julian Hill, English B.A., UW, 2016
- Akhila Narayanan, Computer Engineering, UW, 2024 (expected)
Recommended citation:
Swearingen, K., Wilmerding, E., Sechrest, P., Lichty, L., Sablan, J., Hanna, L., Cabrera, M., Rashid, J., Casey, E., Payne, J., Tobin, J., Beck, J., Blanchfield, D., O鈥機onnell, E. (2021). Husky Prevention & Response Course [Online Course]. 天美影院.
The following groups and 天美影院units offered support during this project:
- The Title IX Steering Committee provided guidance and support for this endeavor
- Groups of key stakeholders (students, staff, and faculty) conducted curriculum reviews at key stages throughout this project.
- Over 1,300 individual 天美影院community members provided information about their priorities, needs, values, and dreams for courses like these.
- UW-IT, HR Benefits, Analytics & Information Services (HRIS), and the Integrated Service Center (ISC) provided technical support.
- The Office of Educational Assessment provided a nuanced and critical analysis of data from the 2019 天美影院Climate Survey.
- The Office of the Title IX Coordinator (now part of CRC) offered ongoing leadership and expertise.
Please submit any feedback or questions about the course to civilrightsed@uw.edu.
Completion expectation FAQs
The 天美影院takes sex- and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination very seriously and expects all students to do the same.
It is very likely you either know a survivor of sexual or relationship violence or will meet someone with that experience during your time at the UW. We want to ensure you have the vital information you need to support that individual or seek support for yourself.
If you are required to complete the HPR student course and do not complete it, you will have a registration block placed on your student account, and you will be unable to register for your second quarter at the UW. Once you complete the course, the block will be lifted within approximately an hour.
A student who has completed the course will have a completion certificate emailed to their 天美影院email address and can always return to the course to view information and save or print their certificate.
To verify if you have completed the HPR student course, enter the . On the homepage (where all the modules are listed), click MENU on the top right-hand side. A menu will pop out, and your certificate will be available.
If you do not have a completion certificate, you have not completed the course. Proceed to an open module on the home screen to complete the course requirement.
If you have a completion certificate but are blocked from registering for classes, please contact civilrightsed@uw.edu.
No, you will only need to take the HPR student course one time.
If you become a 天美影院employee, you will also need to complete the HPR employee course.
Yes, this course is specific to the 天美影院 and contains information that every 天美影院student needs. This course may build on the information you have learned in other classes or training.
If you are also a 天美影院employee, you are required to complete the HPR employee course and the student course. The employee and student courses have unique information that is relevant to those respective roles.
The employee course contains a unique track for student employees, which takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. The abbreviated version presumes you have already completed the student version of the course and provides additional specific information for students now operating in an employment context. The abbreviated student employee track has been available since July 2022.
If you are in a 天美影院staff or faculty role, you will be required to complete the entire 90-minute HPR employee course.
If you are a student who is also an employee, you are required to complete the HPR employee course and the student course. The employee and student courses have unique information that is relevant to those respective roles.
Returning students are individuals who have utilized the , which is designed for undergraduate or professional-level students wishing to return to the 天美影院 after an absence of one quarter or more. Returning students who have not previously completed the HPR course are required to complete the course.