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.
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?
Coastal Resilience: Problems and Solutions to Extreme Weather Challenges on the West Coast
How do coastal communities up and down the West Coast prepare for and respond to extreme weather? What facilities, agencies, and infrastructure are needed to meet the challenge of climate change?
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!
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?
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.
LGBT History and Culture in the Bay Area
Study the evolution of queer culture in one of its most important birthplaces.
Mining and the Green Economy
Delve into the issues, problems, and possibilities associated with sustainably obtaining the metals needed for the green revolution.
Needs Finding in Healthcare
What does a patient in the healthcare system really need to make the experience better?
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.
Policing, Migration, and Violence in Latin America
Why is it so difficult for countries to build a police force that is professional, effective, and respects human rights?
Remix | Writing and Reading the DJ
Learn why sampling and remixing is today's unique artform—and learn to remix on a turntable.
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 9/14-9/20)
Spanish Immersion
Learn to dream in Spanish while exploring the Spanish-speaking community in the Bay Area.
The Cult of Happiness: Pursuing the Good Life in America and China
What does it mean to YOU to be happy?
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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