IntroSems quarters and schedules subject to change--check back often. Go to Re-Approaching Stanford for weekly updates on Academic Year 2020-21.

Check out the Summer Quarter IntroSems with Space Available and add yourself to the class in Axess starting May 23rd!

Look for the catalog of 2021-22 IntroSems to post here later this summer!

Seminars that Fulfill WAY-A-II

Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry

Every reflective person needs to confront the variety of cultural and artistic efforts to express and understand the human condition.

Through the study of history, philosophy, literature, the arts, and other cultural practices, you will develop the analytic and interpretive skills to understand both concrete and abstract achievements of human cultures – thereby nurturing a deeper conception of your own place in the universe.

You’ll need to take two courses in Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (A-II)

Learn more about WAY-A-II

Course Title	Instructor	Quarter	Notes	Fulfills:
A Way of Life: Historic Journeys to Sacred Places	Elaine Treharne	Summer		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Animal Poems: The Fascination of What's Different	Denise Gigante	Spring		WAY-A-II
Beethoven	Stephen Hinton	Winter	Effective December 9th, MUSIC 33N will be meeting online instead of in person.	WAY-A-II
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko	Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi	Spring		WAY-A-II
Being Reasonable	Krista Lawlor	Winter		WAY-A-II
Black Panther, Hamilton, Díaz, and Other Wondrous Lives	Jose Saldivar	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Character	Esther Yu	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-ER
Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias	Scott Bukatman	Autumn		WAY-A-II
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity	David Palumbo-Liu	Summer	Current Sophomores (Class of 2023) receive priority enrollment in this Sophomore WR2 IntroSem in Summer Quarter. Current Frosh (Class of 2024) who will have completed three quarters at Stanford and Writing 1 (e.g., PWR 1, ESF, ITALIC 95W, etc.) by Summer Quarter may receive second priority if not enough Sophomores sign up.	WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2
Documentary Film: Telling It Like It Is?	Jan Krawitz	Autumn		WAY-A-II
Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe	Michael Shanks	Winter Spring		WAY-A-II, Write-2
Family Drama: American Plays about Families	Peggy Phelan	Spring		WAY-A-II
Howard Zinn and the Quest for Historical Truth	Sam Wineburg	Winter		WAY-A-II
I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor	Edward Porter	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person	Valerie Miner	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2
Indigo	Hideo Mabuchi	Summer		WAY-A-II
It's the Freakiest Show: David Bowie's Intertextual Imagination	Tiffany Naiman	Spring		WAY-A-II, Write-2
Listening to Climate Change	Kirsten Paige	Winter		WAY-A-II
Love and Death	Patrick Phillips	Winter		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Mixed-Race Politics and Culture	Michele Elam	Autumn	Mixed-Race Politics and Culture (English 52N/AFRICAAM 52N) is certified for WAY-AII and WAY-ED only (not WAY-SI).	WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Other People's Words: Folklore and Literature	Gabriella Safran	Spring		WAY-A-II, Write-2
Performing America: The Broadway Musical	Thomas Grey	Spring		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Reading and Writing the Gendered Story	Valerie Miner	Winter	FEMGEN153Q (Write 2) is full and closed to enrollment in Axess. However, there is space on the waitlist for eligible Sophomores who have completed PWR1/WR1. Write to Prof. Miner to be added to the waitlist. vminer@stanford.edu	WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2
Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol	Lazar Fleishman	Summer	Updated schedule - Mondays 8:30am - 9:50am.	WAY-A-II
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context	Patricia Parker	Spring		WAY-A-II
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender	Patricia Parker	Winter		WAY-A-II
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Russian and American Writers’ Responses	Yuliya Ilchuk	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Sports Writing	John Evans	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop	Cintia Santana	Autumn	Updated weekly schedule - Monday Wednesday, 11:30am-12:30pm, remote synchronous. Newly cross-listed with Comparative Literature (look for COMPLIT 111Q)!	WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
The American Road Trip	Kai Carlson-Wee	Spring		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
The Artist in Ancient Greek Society	Jody Maxmin	Spring		WAY-A-II
The Detective and the City	Frederic Stout	Autumn		WAY-A-II
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality	Estelle Freedman	Autumn	New class schedule effective August 21--Monday Wednesday, 1:00pm-2:20pm.	WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
The Future Is Feminine	Shannon Pufahl	Summer		WAY-A-II, WAY-CE
The Literature of Adoption	Peggy Phelan	Autumn		WAY-A-II
The Missing Link	Jessica Riskin	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart	Blair Hoxby	Autumn		WAY-A-II
Thinking about Photographs	Terry Castle	Summer		WAY-A-II
Views of a Changing Sea: Literature and Science	William Gilly	Spring		WAY-A-II
Zionism and the Novel	Russell Berman	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2