Seminars by Interest: Fresh IntroSem This Year

MUSIC 10N: Bad Sounds
April 15, 2025
First-Year
Music
Way AII
PHIL 14N: Why Games Matter: The Philosophy of Play
Spring
First-Year
Philosophy
SOC 113Q: Asian Americans at the Margins: Exploring Asian Identities in the United States
August 14, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26
Sociology
Way SI
Way EDP
SOC 15N: China's Journey to the Present
June 3, 2025

Way SI
Winter
First-Year
Sociology
RELIGST 19Q: Does religion divide us? Legal, political, and cultural perspectives from across the world
Religious Studies
Way EDP
Way SI
SLAVIC 36N: Get Your Own Toothbrush: Experiments in Communal Housing and their Discontents
Slavic Studies
Way AII
Way EDP
RELIGST 18N: What is Called Living?
April 4, 2025

Application Deadline: February 10
Spring
First-Year
Religious Studies
RAD 24Q: Biology of Aging: deciphering Senescence
June 5, 2025

Way SMA
Winter
Sophomore
Radiology
PSYC 10Q: Unlocking the Mind: An Overview of Modern Psychotherapy Approaches
August 26, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26
Autumn
Sophomore
Psychiatry
POLISCI 33Q: Workplace Democracy: Are Workers the Citizens of their Workplace?
April 9, 2025
Sophomore
Political Science
Way ER
POLISCI 28Q: Is Privacy Dead? Privacy, Surveillance, and Freedom in the Digital Age
August 28, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26. Cross-listed: ETHICSOC 128Q
Autumn
Sophomore
Political Science
PHYSICS 11N: Lasers, lasers, nothing but lasers
August 30, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26
Autumn
First-Year
Physics
POLISCI 21N: Conflict and Climate Change
June 14, 2025

Way SI
Winter
First-Year
Political Science
PHIL 15N: Thinking About Death
April 10, 2025

Application Deadline: February 10
Spring
First-Year
Philosophy
PHIL 16N: External World Skepticism
June 15, 2025

Application Deadline: November 4
Winter
First-Year
Philosophy
MS&E 70N: How Ventures Work
September 3, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26. This course is expected to experience high student demand.
Autumn
First-Year
Management Science & Engineering
MED 22N: Getting ahead of Bias in AI Applications
June 24, 2025
Winter
First-Year
Medicine
LAWGEN 118Q: Re-Imagining U.S. Border Law and Policy
June 26, 2025

Application Deadline: November 4
Winter
Sophomore
Law, Nonprofessional
LINGUIST 20N: The Creativity of Language
Linguistics
First-Year
Autumn
LAWGEN 119Q: Inside the Courtroom: Criminal Justice on Trial
April 21, 2025

Application Deadline: February 10
Spring
Sophomore
Law, Nonprofessional
JEWISHST 33Q: Stanford Confronts the "Fascist Moment"
Cancelled for 2024-25.
Winter
Sophomore
Jewish Studies
ILAC 142N: Mexico in Ten Images
April 22, 2025

Cross listed: GLOBAL 142N
Iberian & Latin American Cultures
Global Studies
Way AII
INTNLREL 65Q: Soft Power and Geopolitics: the Art of Influence
September 9, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26
Autumn
Sophomore
International Relations
LAWGEN 117Q: The Anatomy of Asylum law: Who Gets It and Why?
September 7, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26
Autumn
Sophomore
Law, Nonprofessional
HISTORY 7Q: Pacifism and Nonviolent Resistance in History, Theory, and Practice
History
Way SI
Sophomore
HISTORY 82N: Development and Dispossession
April 23, 2025
History
Way EDP
Way SI
HISTORY 51N: Suing for Freedom
September 14, 2025

Application Deadline: August 26. Cross-listed: AMSTUD 51N
Autumn
First-Year
History
GERMAN 31Q: Das Auto: Car Culture in Germany and its Global Context
German Studies
Sophomore
Autumn
GENE 105N: The Baby Wars: who should control our ability to reproduce – the mother, the state, the fetus?
July 2, 2025

Way SMA
Winter
First-Year
Genetics
FILMEDIA 114Q: Reading Comics
July 3, 2025

Way AII
Winter
Sophomore
Film and Media Studies
ESS 35N: Ecosystem Restoration and the Carbon Cycle
Earth System Science
First-Year
Autumn
ENGLISH 32Q: Dickens on Growing Up and Growing Older: David Copperfield and Great Expectations
Cancelled for 2024-25.
Winter
Sophomore
English
ENGLISH 45Q: Pirates in the Western Imaginary: From Blackbeard to Jack Sparrow
English
Way AII
Sophomore
ENGLISH 29Q: Writing About Art
July 9, 2025

Way AII, Way CE
Winter
Sophomore
English
ENGLISH 14N: Stories Everywhere
July 11, 2025

Way CE
Winter
First-Year
English
EDUC 152Q: Improving Inclusive Higher Education: Students with Down Syndrome at Stanford?
Education
Way EDP
Way SI
CS 47N: Datathletics: Diving into Data Analytics and Stanford Sports
May 5, 2025

Application Deadline: February 10. This course is expected to experience high student demand.
Spring
First-Year
Computer Science
COMPMED 155Q: Microscopy in Animal Disease
May 8, 2025
Spring
Sophomore
Comparative Medicine
COMPLIT 77N: Ink and Resistance: Unraveling Latin American Narratives
Cross-listed: ILAC 77N, CHILATST 77N
Comparative Literature
Iberian & Latin American Cultures
Way AII
CLASSICS 21N: Did Women Travel? A Digital History
May 16, 2025
First-Year
Classics
Way SI
CEE 86Q: From the Foothills to the Bay: Perspectives on the Sacramento River & SF Bay-Delta
Cross-listed: OCEANS 86Q
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Oceans
Way AQR
BIO 28Q: The Importance of Temperature in Health, Disease, and Performance
Biology
Sophomore
Autumn
BIO 23Q: Cancer: Biology, History, and Therapy
August 3, 2025

Way SMA
Winter
Sophomore
Biology
APPPHYS 100N: Powering the Future: How Physics Drives Green Energy
May 25, 2025

Application Deadline: February 10
Spring
First-Year
Applied Physics
AMSTUD 139Q: Walking, Writing, and Freedom, the American Way
American Studies
Way AII
Sophomore

Seminars by Interest: Fresh IntroSem This Year

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MUSIC 10N: Bad Sounds

PHIL 14N: Why Games Matter: The Philosophy of Play

SOC 113Q: Asian Americans at the Margins: Exploring Asian Identities in the United States

SOC 15N: China's Journey to the Present

RELIGST 19Q: Does religion divide us? Legal, political, and cultural perspectives from across the world

SLAVIC 36N: Get Your Own Toothbrush: Experiments in Communal Housing and their Discontents

RELIGST 18N: What is Called Living?

RAD 24Q: Biology of Aging: deciphering Senescence

PSYC 10Q: Unlocking the Mind: An Overview of Modern Psychotherapy Approaches

POLISCI 33Q: Workplace Democracy: Are Workers the Citizens of their Workplace?

POLISCI 28Q: Is Privacy Dead? Privacy, Surveillance, and Freedom in the Digital Age

PHYSICS 11N: Lasers, lasers, nothing but lasers

POLISCI 21N: Conflict and Climate Change

PHIL 15N: Thinking About Death

PHIL 16N: External World Skepticism

MS&E 70N: How Ventures Work

MED 22N: Getting ahead of Bias in AI Applications

LAWGEN 118Q: Re-Imagining U.S. Border Law and Policy

LINGUIST 20N: The Creativity of Language

LAWGEN 119Q: Inside the Courtroom: Criminal Justice on Trial

JEWISHST 33Q: Stanford Confronts the "Fascist Moment"

ILAC 142N: Mexico in Ten Images

INTNLREL 65Q: Soft Power and Geopolitics: the Art of Influence

LAWGEN 117Q: The Anatomy of Asylum law: Who Gets It and Why?

HISTORY 7Q: Pacifism and Nonviolent Resistance in History, Theory, and Practice

HISTORY 82N: Development and Dispossession

HISTORY 51N: Suing for Freedom

GERMAN 31Q: Das Auto: Car Culture in Germany and its Global Context

GENE 105N: The Baby Wars: who should control our ability to reproduce – the mother, the state, the fetus?

FILMEDIA 114Q: Reading Comics

ESS 35N: Ecosystem Restoration and the Carbon Cycle

ENGLISH 32Q: Dickens on Growing Up and Growing Older: David Copperfield and Great Expectations

ENGLISH 45Q: Pirates in the Western Imaginary: From Blackbeard to Jack Sparrow

ENGLISH 29Q: Writing About Art

ENGLISH 14N: Stories Everywhere

EDUC 152Q: Improving Inclusive Higher Education: Students with Down Syndrome at Stanford?

CS 47N: Datathletics: Diving into Data Analytics and Stanford Sports

COMPMED 155Q: Microscopy in Animal Disease

COMPLIT 77N: Ink and Resistance: Unraveling Latin American Narratives

CLASSICS 21N: Did Women Travel? A Digital History

CEE 86Q: From the Foothills to the Bay: Perspectives on the Sacramento River & SF Bay-Delta

BIO 28Q: The Importance of Temperature in Health, Disease, and Performance

BIO 23Q: Cancer: Biology, History, and Therapy

APPPHYS 100N: Powering the Future: How Physics Drives Green Energy

AMSTUD 139Q: Walking, Writing, and Freedom, the American Way