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 Winter IntroSems with Space Available. Sign up for priority enrollment in Spring IntroSems in the IntroSems' VCA between January 15th and February 12th at 8AM PT.
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).
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2020 Election: Understanding the National, Participating in the Local | Michael Rosenfeld |
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A Comparative Exploration of Higher Education in Jamaica (Anglo-Caribbean) and South Africa | Chad O. Coates |
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American Greed: From Gold Rush to Silicon Valley | Nicole Martin |
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Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy | Michael Boskin |
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Causes and Consequences of the Rise in Inequality | Luigi Pistaferri |
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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 | |
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Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine | Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D. |
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Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past | Thomas Ehrlich |
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Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time | Ian Hodder |
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Energy, the Environment, and the Economy | Frank Wolak |
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Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment | Londa Schiebinger |
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Government by the Numbers | Mark Duggan, Steve Ballmer |
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How to Learn Mathematics - and everything else! | Jo Boaler |
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Income and Wealth Inequality from the Stone Age to the Present | Walter Scheidel |
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International Organizations and Accountability | Erica Gould |
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Joys and Pains of Growing Up and Older in Japan | Yoshiko Matsumoto |
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Neuroforecasting | Brian Knutson |
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Noam Chomsky: The Drama of Resistance | Rush Rehm |
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Updated class schedule - Wednesdays, 4:00PM - 7:00PM (PT). | WAY-ER, WAY-SI | |
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Psychology of Xenophobia | Rania Awaad |
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Public Policy and Personal Finance | Gregory Rosston |
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Self Theories | Carol Dweck |
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Sexuality and Society | Lisa Medoff |
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Socialism vs. Capitalism: Russian and American Writers’ Responses | Yuliya Ilchuk |
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State-Building | Stephen Krasner |
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The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality | Estelle Freedman |
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New class schedule effective August 21--Monday Wednesday, 1:00pm-2:20pm. | WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | |
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The Missing Link | Jessica Riskin |
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The U.S. Congress in Historical and Comparative Perspective | Gary Cox |
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Thinking About War | Mark Lewis |
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Understanding Children's Health Disparities | Donald Barr |
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Visible Bodies: Black Female Authors and the Politics of Publishing in Africa | Joel Cabrita |
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Effective January 11th, this class will be offered for variable units of credit, 3 - 4. | WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
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