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Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences,
Innovative Academic Courses, Records
SC0431
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Undetermined
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences, Innovative Academic
Courses, records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0431
Physical Description:
111 Linear Feet
(59 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1966-1992
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The records were received by the Stanford University Archives via administrative transfers,
1992-1995 and 2006.
Restricted access. Requires permission of the University Archivist.
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.
[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.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Posters.
Educational innovations.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Phonotapes.
Universities and colleges -- Curricula.
Videorecordings.
Stanford University. School of Humanities and Sciences.
Innovative Academic Courses
Lougee, Carolyn C.
Faulkner, P.
Horn, Margo.
Stanford University
Stanford Workshops on Political and Social
Issues.