In addition to the two-hour daily scheduled class instruction, you are actively involved in your seminar topic and classmates throughout each entire day. Depending on the discipline and focus of the seminar, you may be conducting research, working in labs, participating in service learning, and going on field trips to engage the discipline in its applied context.
“We met with experts who came to our class or we visited on field trips. Seeing course concepts applied in a real-world context was exciting and invigorating.”
Students explore how individuals, property owners, and developers have shaped two of the world's greatest cities with Professor Tyack in A Tale of Two Cities: London and San Francisco.
SoCo students visit the National AIDS Grove Memorial in San Francisco while learning about responses to the AIDS epidemic.
Students in American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century met with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
SoCo students spend the weekend in San Francisco with their Sophomore College Assistants and faculty members.
Students stop and visit the site of The Battle of Little Bighorn while in Montana.
The SoCo Spanish Immersion class took a Spanish-spoken tour on the the murals in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Marine Biology students look out at the Pacific Ocean from Monterey, California.
Students studying protected area conservation in Tanzania visit Tarangire National Park to take a safari and see what they're learning about first hand.
Students in Learning Theater: From Audience to Critic at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival spend two weeks attending, studying, analyzing, and learning about Shakespeare, as well as meeting with actors, designers, and artistic and administrative directors of the festival.
President-Emeritus Gerhard Casper introduced SoCo students to Stanford history in the Stanford Safari class.