Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
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The Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences is the heart of the undergraduate program and grants the majority of Stanford University
's degrees. The School has 28 departments and 20 interdisciplinary degree-granting programs. The School was officially created in 1948, from the merger of the Schools of Biological Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences, most of which had existed since the Stanford University's establishment in 1891.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's degrees. The School has 28 departments and 20 interdisciplinary degree-granting programs. The School was officially created in 1948, from the merger of the Schools of Biological Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences, most of which had existed since the Stanford University's establishment in 1891.
IHUM
Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM), the core freshman required course sequence which consists of one fall-quarter course followed by a 2-quarter pair of courses during the winter and spring quarters. Fall quarter courses are interdisciplinary while winter-spring focus on a specific disciplinary area.List of Deans of the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
- Clarence H. Faust, 1948-1951
- Douglas Merritt Whitaker, 1951-1952
- Ray N. Faulkner, 1952-1956
- Philip H. RhinelanderPhilip H. RhinelanderPhilip H. Rhinelander , was a philosopher, Stanford professor emeritus, and former dean of the Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences.-Biography:...
, 1956-1961 - Robert Richardson SearsRobert Richardson SearsDr. Robert Richardson Sears was an eminent American psychologist who specialized in child psychology. He was born in Palo Alto, California to Jesse Brundage Sears, a professor at Stanford University, and Stella Louise Sears...
, 1961-1970 - Albert H. Hastorf III, 1970-1973
- Halsey L. Royden, 1973-1981
- Norman K. Wessells, 1981-1988
- Ewart A.C. Thomas, 1988-1993
- John B. ShovenJohn ShovenJohn B. Shoven is the Wallace R. Hawley Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University, the Buzz and Barbara McCoy Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a research associate of the National Bureau of...
, 1993-1998 - Malcolm R. BeasleyMalcolm BeasleyMalcolm Roy Beasley is an American physicist. He is Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Stanford University. He is known for his research related to superconductivity...
, 1998-2001 - Sharon R. LongSharon R. LongSharon R. Long, Ph.D. is an American plant biologist, and a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, and director of the Long Lab. -Education and career:...
, 2001-2007 - Richard Saller, 2007-present