SoCo in the News

Recent SoCo News

John Steinbeck’s Western Flyer boat transformed into floating classroom on Monterey Bay (2024)

Stanford’s Bill Lane Center tackles coastal resilience in 2024 Sophomore College course (2024)

SoCo Spotlight: How to find happiness (2024)

Sophomore College helps undergrads bring their academic career into focus (2023)

SoCo Spotlight: Sophomores set sail in Monterey Bay (2023)

Program Updates

Sophomore College gears up for summer (2022) peek inside Cult of Happiness and French Immersion

Stanford’s Sophomore College program to resume this August (2021)

Peek Inside Recent Classes

Bridging Political Divides (2019)

Sophomore College Students Explore Clean Energy Technology and Policy in Hawaii (Video, 2019)

Stanford students explore the complexities of creating energy (2017, Water & Power in the Pacific Northwest)

Stanford course teaches students the science of art materials (2018)

Learning Through Doing in Alaska (2016)

Stanford students ease life in the zoo (2014)

From Days Past

Chip Blacker reveals why he can't say no to Sophomore College (2005)

Sophomore College: A decade of broadening horizons (2004)

A Bold Move Toward Better Learning. The Campaign for Undergraduate Education will fund a teaching and research program second to none. (2000)

Thinking Small: A new set of programs for freshmen and sophomores embraces seminar-style learning. Dubbed Stanford Introductory Studies, the curriculum reforms are based on a simple truth: bigger is not always better. (2000)

New office to focus on undergrads; expansion planned for Sophomore College (1999)

Education: ‘What remains after you’ve forgotten everything you learned’ (1999)