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S T Office of Undergraduate Admission A Stanford University Montag Hall N 355 Galvez Street F Stanford, California 94305-6106 O T 650.723.2091 R Stanford F 650.725.2846 D Email: [email protected] admission.stanford.edu U financialaid.stanford.edu N I V E R S I T Y 2 0 1 9 EXTRACURRICULAR LIFE CONTACT ADMISSIONS Nondiscrimination Policy: Stanford University UNDERGRADUATE admits qualified students of any race, color, ACADEMICS Bing Overseas Studies Office of Undergraduate national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity School of Earth, Energy Program Admission to all the rights, privileges, programs, and & Environmental Sciences undergrad.stanford.edu/ Stanford University activities generally accorded or made available to students at the University. 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Cicero/Stanford 94305-6106 News Service, p.7; Marilu Bravo, p. 12; elcentro.stanford.edu help us get to know students in the classroom and their T 650.723.3058 Kelsey Sry, p.13 Rod Searcey, p.39, Native American community F 650.725.0540 Cultural Center financialaid.stanford.edu nacc.stanford.edu • Extracurricular activities, which tell us how students Email Queer Student Resources spend their time outside [email protected] queer.stanford.edu of the classroom The Markaz • Essays, which allow students markaz.stanford.edu to tell us who they are and Women’s Community Center what makes them unique wcc.stanford.edu • Optional interviews, which help us get to know students better In 1891, former California governor and U.S. senator Leland Stanford and his wife Jane opened the doors of a new university. The objective: to provide opportunities that their only son, Leland Jr., never lived to enjoy. Stanford has always been a positive force in the world— a university founded “to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization.” Today, Stanford’s energy and impact are propelled by the diverse thoughts, approaches, backgrounds and identities that come together here to shape the course of human history and fulfill the dreams of promising students from around the world. See yourself as a WORK IN PROGRESS Stanford’s academic culture propels and supports your intellectual curiosity. By bringing together some of the world’s most accomplished scholars—Nobel laureates, MacArthur Fellows and Pulitzer Prize winners—innovative programs and a pioneering spirit, Stanford provides the resources, encouragement and support you need to connect ideas and help generate new knowledge for the world. From your first days on campus in Thinking Matters classes and Introductory Seminars, you’ll discover ideas and directions that will help you shape an academic program to match your passions and interests. Through a range of resources like small classes; generous funding for your research; and teachers, mentors and advisors who share their groundbreaking insights, you’ll know that Stanford is committed to your success. UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES from three schools As Stanford’s largest school, the School of HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES anchors the education of all Stanford undergraduates, emphasizing interdisciplinary study and challenging students to think critically about the world and their roles in it. Committed to understanding our dynamic planet, the School of EARTH, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES brings field learning and data science together to teach sustainability for the future. Stanford’s School of ENGINEERING combines the resources of its departments, institutes and labs to take innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to solving society’s problems. THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES engages you in rigorous and interdisciplinary exploration. Alongside world-renowned faculty members, you will take on important issues from across the humanities, the arts and the natural and social sciences. Stanford’s culture of intellectual curiosity and free inquiry leads to endless discovery— you’ll be in the front row as knowledge is generated and new approaches to solving intractable problems are advanced. MIND FUEL PROGRAMS East Asian Languages OF STUDY and Cultures Chinese African and African American Studies East Asian Studies American Studies Japanese Anthropology Korean (minor) Archaeology Economics Art History Education (minor) Art Practice English Biology Ethics and Society (minor) Chemistry Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Classics Film and Media Studies Communication Global Studies (minor) Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity African Studies Asian American Studies European Studies Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies Iranian Studies Comparative Studies Islamic Studies in Race and Ethnicity Latin American Studies Jewish Studies South Asian Studies Native American Studies History Creative Writing (minor) Human Biology Dance (minor) Human Rights (minor) Digital Humanities (minor) International Relations Division of Literatures, Linguistics Cultures and Languages* Mathematical and Comparative Literature Computational Science French Mathematics German Studies Music Iberian and Philosophy Latin American Cultures Philosophy and Italian Religious Studies Medieval Studies (minor) Physics Middle Eastern Languages, Political Science Literatures and Cultures Psychology (minor) Public Policy Modern Languages (minor) Religious Studies Portuguese (minor) Science, Technology Russian, East European and and Society Eurasian Studies (minor) Sociology Russian Language (minor) Statistics (minor) Russian Language and Literature Symbolic Systems Russian Language, Literature Theater and and Culture (minor) Performance Studies Russian Studies Urban Studies Spanish * Students are able to study more than 40 languages through the Translation Studies (minor) Stanford Language Center. Stanford students examine photographs of the 1971 Black Panthers’ trip to China from the Huey P. Newton Foundation Records in the History of Modern China class meeting in Stanford Libraries Special Collections. THE SCHOOL OF EARTH, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES is a community focused on understanding Earth’s processes and finding solutions for a sustainable planet. Stanford Earth harnesses data science and advanced computing to explore an array of challenges from securing our energy future to reducing disaster risks, from finding climate solutions to ensuring sustainable food and water resources. Students engage in field learning on every continent and ocean. ROCK PROGRAMS OF STUDY Earth Systems Biosphere Energy, Science & Technology Environmental Geoscience Human Environmental Systems Land Systems Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate Sustainable Food and Agriculture Energy Resources Engineering Geological