A Stanford course sampler
Biology 179H: Subtidal Communities
The Prof Jim Watanabe, '75
The Concept Survey marine habitats in the Monterey region. Students will learn to recognize and identify about 200 common subtidal species.
The Appeal Includes daily SCUBA dives near Hopkins Marine Station. Students keep detailed laboratory notebooks and dive logs of field observations.
English 32: The 19th-Century English Novel -- Readings from Britain's Haunted House
The Prof Wendy Goldberg
The Concept Explore how authors use the motif of haunting to organize their work. Consider the obviously supernatural, as well as characters dogged by memories.
The Appeal Ghost stories for adults. Includes classics like Charles Dickens's Great Expectations and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
Philosophy 61S: The Mystery of Consciousness
The Prof Peter Graham
The Concept Figure out what it really means to be conscious. Consider the relationship between consciousness and the larger meaning of life.
The Appeal Integrate philosophical attempts to understand the mystery of consciousness with what we know from other fields like psychology and neuroscience.
Psychology 116S: Emotion and Motivation
The Profs Nicholas Herrera, MA '98, and Carolyn Puccio
The Concept Remember the stir surrounding the 1995 publication of Emotional Intelligence? Delve deeper into the science of emotion and motivation by reading that and related psychological theories.
The Appeal For extra credit, you may volunteer as a research participant and take part in a psychological investigation.
