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-SI

Social Inquiry (SI)

Human beings are social animals. To understand human behavior and exercise responsible citizenship, you’ll need tools that allow you to explore and study the behaviors and propensities at the root of society as well as the ways in which those behaviors and propensities vary across space, time, and individual circumstances.

You’ll need to take two courses in Social Inquiry (SI).

Learn more about WAY-SI

Course Title	Instructor	Quarter	Notes	Fulfills:
2020 Election: Understanding the National, Participating in the Local	Michael Rosenfeld	Autumn		WAY-SI
A Comparative Exploration of Higher Education in Jamaica (Anglo-Caribbean) and South Africa	Chad O. Coates	Winter		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
A Way of Life: Historic Journeys to Sacred Places	Elaine Treharne	Summer		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
American Greed: From Gold Rush to Silicon Valley	Nicole Martin	Winter		WAY-SI
Belonging in a Diverse Society	Greg Walton	Spring		WAY-SI
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy	Michael Boskin	Spring		WAY-SI
Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Inequality	Luigi Pistaferri	Autumn	ECON 22N is CLOSED to enrollment in Axess with a waitlist. To be added to the waitlist, contact the instructor who will send a permission number to the next waitlisted student when space is available in the class. Students cannot enroll without a permission number. 9/1/20	WAY-SI
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine	Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.	Autumn		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past	Thomas Ehrlich	Spring		WAY-SI
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time	Ian Hodder	Winter		WAY-SI
Does Science Have Culture?	Duana Fullwiley	Spring		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Energy, the Environment, and the Economy	Frank Wolak	Summer		WAY-SI
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment	Londa Schiebinger	Autumn		WAY-ED, WAY-SI, Write-2
Government by the Numbers	Mark Duggan, Steve Ballmer	Autumn		WAY-SI
How to Learn Mathematics - and everything else!	Jo Boaler	Autumn		WAY-SI
Income and Wealth Inequality from the Stone Age to the Present	Walter Scheidel	Summer		WAY-SI
International Organizations and Accountability	Erica Gould	Autumn		WAY-SI
Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan	Yoshiko Matsumoto	Spring		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Neuroforecasting	Brian Knutson	Summer	Updated class schedule to Mondays, 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM.	WAY-SI
Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance	Rush Rehm	Autumn	Updated class schedule - Wednesdays, 4:00PM - 7:00PM (PT).	WAY-ER, WAY-SI
Psychology of Xenophobia	Rania Awaad, MD	Winter		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Public Policy and Personal Finance	Gregory Rosston	Spring		WAY-SI
Self Theories	Carol Dweck	Autumn		WAY-SI
Sexuality and Society	Lisa Medoff	Autumn		WAY-SI
Socialism vs. Capitalism: Russian and American Writers’ Responses	Yuliya Ilchuk	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
State-Building	Stephen Krasner	Autumn		WAY-SI
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 Missing Link	Jessica Riskin	Autumn		WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
The U.S. Congress in Historical and Comparative Perspective	Gary Cox	Autumn		WAY-SI
Thinking About War	Mark Lewis	Summer	This seminar had originally applied to meet in person, but will be meeting online instead. (Effective May 18, 2021)	WAY-SI
Understanding Children's Health Disparities	Donald Barr	Winter		WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Visible Bodies: Black Female Authors and the Politics of Publishing in Africa	Joel Cabrita	Winter	Effective January 11th, this class will be offered for variable units of credit, 3 - 4.	WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Were They Really “Hard Times”? Mid-Victorian Social Movements and Charles Dickens	Gabriel Wolfenstein	Spring	HISTORY 39Q APPROVED FOR WAY-SI AND WAY-ER EFFECTIVE MARCH 11, 2021.	WAY-ER, WAY-SI