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  • About
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    • Quickstart Guide for Students
    • Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry
    • Applied Quantitative Reasoning
    • Creative Expression
    • Engaging Diversity
    • Ethical Reasoning
    • Formal Reasoning
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    • Ways
    • Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII)
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Ways Categories

  • Ways
  • Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII)
  • Applied Quantitative Reasoning (AQR)
  • Creative Expression (CE)
  • Engaging Diversity (ED)
  • Ethical Reasoning (ER)
  • Formal Reasoning (FR)
  • Scientific Method and Analysis (SMA)
  • Social Inquiry (SI)
  • Choose

Ways Roadmaps

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Learn how this student pursued her current interests and discovered new ones while following the Ways roadmap:

Sophia arrives on campus already committed to saving the environment. She uses the Ways to try out a variety of disciplines that approach this topic from different perspectives and using diverse methodologies. From “Energy and the Environment” (Way: Scientific Method and Analysis) to “Environmental Economics and Policy” (Way: Social Inquiry) and “Environmental Science and Technology” (Way: Applied Quantitative Reasoning), Sophia gains skills that will empower her to tackle complex environmental problems, whether she eventually becomes a civil engineer, a science writer, or a policy-maker.

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Ways to Focus/Ways to Explore

Use the links below to start uncovering your own Ways roadmap! 

Find Ways Courses by Type

  • Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (AII) Ways Courses
  • Applied Quantitative Reasoning (AQR) Ways Courses
  • Creative Expression (CE)  Ways Courses
  • Engaging Diversity (ED) Ways Courses
  • Ethical Reasoning (ER) Ways Courses
  • Formal Reasoning (FR) Ways Courses
  • Scientific Method and Analysis (SMA) Ways Courses
  • Social Inquiry (SI) Ways Courses

Other Ways Courses

  • Thinking Matters Ways
  • Introductory Seminar Ways

See Also

Learn more about advising at Stanford and check out the Approaching Guide.

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Contact Us

If none of the information on this website or in our Common Questions answers your inquiry, please email Melinda at waysofthinking@stanford.edu.  

Common Questions About the Ways
 

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