Table of Contents
Academic Calendar ..................................................................................... 3
Stanford University ..................................................................................... 6
Stanford's Mission ............................................................................... 7
University Governance and Organization ............................................ 9
University Requirements ........................................................................... 12
Admission and Financial Aid ............................................................ 12
Tuition, Fees, and Housing ................................................................ 18
Undergraduate Degrees and Programs .............................................. 23
Undergraduate Major Unit Requirements .......................................... 36
Coterminal Degrees ........................................................................... 41
Graduate Degrees ............................................................................... 43
Transfer Work .................................................................................... 54
Veterans and Military Benefits .......................................................... 55
Academic Policies and Statements .................................................... 57
Nonacademic Regulations ................................................................. 69
Undergraduate Education (VPUE) ............................................................ 88
Stanford Introductory Studies ............................................................ 88
Overseas Studies ................................................................................ 94
Undergraduate Advising and Research .............................................. 96
Center for Teaching and Learning ..................................................... 97
ROTC ................................................................................................. 97
Graduate Education (VPGE) ..................................................................... 99
Graduate School of Business .................................................................. 101
School of Earth Sciences ........................................................................ 103
Earth Systems .................................................................................. 104
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (EIPER)
................................................................................................ 124
Energy Resources Engineering ........................................................ 130
Environmental Earth System Science .............................................. 137
Geological and Environmental Sciences ......................................... 139
Geophysics ....................................................................................... 146
Graduate School of Education ................................................................ 151
School of Engineering ............................................................................. 155
Aeronautics and Astronautics .......................................................... 193
Bioengineering ................................................................................. 201
Chemical Engineering ...................................................................... 205
Civil and Environmental Engineering ............................................. 212
Computer Science ............................................................................ 223
Electrical Engineering ...................................................................... 244
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering ............ 251
Management Science and Engineering ............................................ 259
Materials Science and Engineering .................................................. 269
Mechanical Engineering .................................................................. 277
School of Humanities and Sciences ........................................................ 286
African and African American Studies ............................................ 287
African Studies ................................................................................ 302
American Studies ............................................................................. 306
Anthropology ................................................................................... 310
Applied Physics ............................................................................... 320
Archaeology ..................................................................................... 323
Art and Art History ......................................................................... 326
Astronomy ........................................................................................ 341
Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation ................................ 343
Biology, Hopkins Marine Station .................................................... 346
Biology ............................................................................................. 347
Biophysics ........................................................................................ 364
Chemistry ......................................................................................... 365
Classics ............................................................................................ 371
Communication ................................................................................ 384
Comparative Literature .................................................................... 389
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE) ....................... 395
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages ............................ 411
East Asian Languages and Cultures ................................................ 414
East Asian Studies ........................................................................... 426
Economics ........................................................................................ 433
English ............................................................................................. 440
Ethics in Society Program ............................................................... 450
Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies ......................................... 452
Financial Mathematics ..................................................................... 458
French and Italian ............................................................................ 460
German Studies ................................................................................ 476
History and Philosophy of Science .................................................. 482
History .............................................................................................. 485
Human Biology ................................................................................ 500
Iberian and Latin American Cultures .............................................. 503
International Policy Studies ............................................................. 509
International Relations ..................................................................... 519
Jewish Studies .................................................................................. 531
Language Center .............................................................................. 532
Latin American Studies ................................................................... 536
Linguistics ........................................................................................ 541
Mathematical and Computational Science ....................................... 546
Mathematics ..................................................................................... 549
Medieval Studies .............................................................................. 554
Modern Thought and Literature ....................................................... 554
Music ................................................................................................ 557