SoCo 2023 Courses
SoCo seminars provide an intensive and immersive learning experience, including field trips and activities outside class to engage in experiential learning, when faculty may choose to use evenings and weekends. Classes have 10-14 students.
SoCo runs from Sept 4 to Sept 22. Check out the SoCo Calendar to see how SoCo fits into your summer, and apply by April 11.
Discover Monterey Bay through Oceanography, Ecology, and Literature
Study spawning squid and feeding whales aboard the newly renovated research ship—Steinbeck's the Western Flyer!
An Exploration of Art Materials: The Intersection of Art and Science
Learn how egg yolks turn into paint you can use, from an artist and an engineer together.
Artificial Intelligence and Deliberative Democracy
Can AI support and enhance the democratic process? Collaborate with Stanford's Crowdsourced Democracy Team and the Deliberative Democracy Lab to examine the possibilities and challenges.
Classical California
How many ways do ancient Greece and Rome still show up in our lives today?
Dream It, Build It!
The world is filled with electronic devices! Wouldn’t it be cool to hack and build stuff? Bend electronics to your will? Cloud connect your own stuff?
Evolution: The Unity and Diversity of Life
Why do hammerhead sharks have a strange front end? Do flying squid really fly? Why do you have a vermiform appendix? Uncover how evolutionary principles help us understand and conserve the Earth's biodiversity.
Guaranteed Income: A Bold Experiment to Reduce Inequality
California is pioneering experiments in universal basic income—join the journey!
SoCo Humanities Research Intensive | Exclusive 1-week SoCo Seminar
Unlock the excitement and wonder of humanities research as you study and analyze objects from Mesopotamian clay tablets to materials from San Francisco's Chinatown. (Course runs from 9/16-9/22)
Learning Theater: From Audience to Critic at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
From the audience seats to backstage, immerse yourself in theater right at the heart of it.
Mining and the Green Economy
Delve into the issues, problems, and possibilities associated with sustainably obtaining the metals needed for the green revolution.
Natural History, Marine Biology, and Research
Zen and the art of marine biology.
Needs Finding in Healthcare
What does a patient in the healthcare system really need to make the experience better?
River and Region: The Columbia River and the Shaping of the Pacific Northwest
Explore the crucial role of the Columbia River in the past, present, and future of the Pacific Northwest.
Remix | Writing and Reading the DJ
Learn why sampling and remixing is today's unique artform—and learn to remix on a turntable.
Spanish Immersion | Community Stories: Ancient and Contemporary Culture, Tradition, and Work among Latinos in the Bay Area.
Learn to dream in Spanish, and work closely with the Spanish-speaking community in the Bay Area.
The Face of Battle
Travel to DC and Montana to walk the fields of Gettysburg and Little Bighorn, and recapture what it was like to be there.
Units and Grading Basis?
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