SoCo 2024 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 2 to Sept 20. Check out the SoCo Calendar to see how SoCo fits into your summer, and apply by April 16.
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.
Discover Monterey Bay through Oceanography, Ecology, and Literature
Study spawning squid and feeding whales while spending some time aboard the newly renovated research ship—Steinbeck's the Western Flyer!
LGBT History and Culture in the Bay Area
Study the evolution of queer culture in one of its most important birthplaces.
Parks and Peoples: The Challenges of Protected Area Conservation in East Africa
What are the pros and cons of parks and protected areas and how do they affect both wildlife and human inhabitants? Consider these questions and more as you travel through the world-famous landscapes of East Africa, including Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Rift Valley lakes of Tanzania.
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.