Offered only to high school students enrolled in Summer Session. How can you write college-level essays that hook readers and sustain their interest over the course of a well-researched argument? In this course you'll learn how to craft good research questions, conduct ethical scholarly research, engage counterarguments, and write and revise academic essays. You'll write a rhetorical analysis of a work that interests you (an essay, film, song, painting, etc.) and develop a persuasive, research-based essay exploring a topic you feel passionate about.

Offered only to high school students enrolled in Summer Session. How can you write college-level essays that hook readers and sustain their interest over the course of a well-researched argument? In this course you'll learn how to craft good research questions, conduct ethical scholarly research, engage counterarguments, and write and revise academic essays. You'll write a rhetorical analysis of a work that interests you (an essay, film, song, painting, etc.) and develop a persuasive, research-based essay exploring a topic you feel passionate about.

In early education, children are often taught to think of the human body in terms of facts—for example, by learning the names of bones or the way that different bodily systems work together. Thinking of the body in this way is to employ a biomedical understanding of the human body—in the realm of science, doctors, and data. Yet, cultural understandings pervade the way that bodies are perceived, categorized, studied, and understood. What is described as ‘normal’ functioning of the body, and what is considered a pathology? A disability? What type of bodily variation (in body size, eyebrow shape, foot size) gets deemed as meaningful or important? What historical and social processes have shaped the types of traits that we value in a body and what we consider to be a problem?

Please enroll in this course via Axess/SimpleEnroll and use Canvas to enroll in the discussion sections.

Completes first-year sequence in two rather than three quarters. For students with previous knowledge of Spanish, or those with a strong background in another Romance language.

Discover a deeper relationship with yourself and the Earth through nature-based contemplative practices that cultivate wonder for this beautiful, diverse world. This experiential course explores how nature connection practices can support wellbeing and flourishing. Develop a more meaningful relationship with the Stanford campus by visiting different locations, including the O'Donahue Family Stanford Educational Farm, the Cactus Garden, the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, the Cantor Arts gardens, Windhover, and Frenchman's Park. Drawing on perspectives from Transformative Learning, Indigenous Knowledge, and Contemplative Science, course activities will include place-based mindfulness exercises, walking meditation, Council sharing, journaling, and creative expression.

Class will take place at the O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm on two Saturdays, July 13 and 27, from 10am-6pm.