The Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford University

The Study of Undergraduate Education

at Stanford University

January 2012

The Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford University (SUES)

January 2012

? 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 1

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Table of Contents

Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Aims of a Stanford Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Requirements for Graduation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Writing and Oral Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Language Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Ways of Thinking, Ways of Doing: Fostering Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Sequencing a Liberal Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 The Freshman Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Beyond the Freshman Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Opportunities Outside the Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Residential Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Overseas Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Engaged Education and Community-Based Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Institutional Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Advising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Undergraduate Teaching and Student Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Managing General Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Topics for Future Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1 SUES Committee Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 2 SUES Committee Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 3 SUES Subcommittee Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 4 Stakeholders and Outreach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 5 Comparison of General Education Requirements with Selected Peers. . . . . 116 6 Thinking Matters Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 7 Residential Education Charts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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