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

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

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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.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651414

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Faulkner, P.

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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 ...