Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences Innovative Academic Courses, records, 1966-1992

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Title:
Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Innovative Academic Courses, records
Dates:
1966-1992
Creators:
Stanford University. School of Humanities and Sciences. Innovative Academic Courses
Abstract:
The records include catalogs; course files, proposals, evaluations, and readers; minutes of policy board meetings; correspondence, budgets, and other administrative files; posters, audio tapes, and video tapes; and clippings pertaining to courses offered through IAC, especially the SWOPSI and UGS programs. Also included are files of IAC's last director, Margo Horn; also represented in the records is Carolyn Lougee, Dean of Humanities and Sciences.
Extent:
114 Linear Feet (59 boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Innovative Academic Courses, records (SC0431). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The records include catalogs; course files, proposals, evaluations, and readers; minutes of policy board meetings; correspondence, budgets, and other administrative files; posters, audio tapes, and video tapes; and clippings pertaining to courses offered through IAC, especially the SWOPSI and UGS programs. Includes files of IAC's last director, Margo Horn; also represented in the records is Carolyn Lougee, Dean of Humanities and Sciences.

Biographical / historical:

Innovative Academic Courses (IAC) was instituted in the fall of 1985 to administer three existing alternative academic programs: SWOPSI, Stanford Workshops on Political and Social Issues, UGS, Undergraduate Special Courses, and Freshman-Sophomore Seminars. SWOPSI courses, first offered in 1969, emphasized student participation and group collaboration through academic study, small-group discussion, and community involvement. UGS courses, first offered in 1966, provided a setting for teaching new or interdisciplinary methods and subjects not otherwise available at the University. Freshman-Sophomore Seminars provided communication between faculty in the professional schools and first and second year students through seminars focusing on scholarly research. IAC was discontinued at the end of the 1991-1992 academic year.

Acquisition information:
Administrative transfers, 1992-1995 and 2006.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
University Archives staff
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-26 15:37:28 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Employee records are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation and student academic records are restricted for the lifetime of the student. Boxes 1, 7, 8, 9, 25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 39, 47, 48, 49, 50 from the 1992-086 accession are restricted and may be made available in 2067.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Innovative Academic Courses, records (SC0431). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Stanford University Archives, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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