Majors

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Stanford's Discovery Walk

Zhang | Where are the humanities majors in medicine? 

Brian Zhang
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May 7
The Grind
Students dressed as trees prance across the grass of Stanford Stadium

On uncertainty

Luke Clifton
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April 10, 2025
Arts & Life
Burtner and Yilmaz recommend books for students in different majors. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

What to read this summer, based on your major

Cate Burtner and Leyla Yilmaz
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June 5, 2024
Magazine
graphic of a hand holding a key to the left, and on the right the silhouette of a face in profile with a key hole, all on a bright blue background

Do sheep dream of electric androids?

Joyce Chen
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April 29, 2022
News
Th graph shows the number of CS bachelor's degrees conferred over time at Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT.(Chart: SOPHIE ANDREWS/The Stanford Daily)

Stanford in the 2010s: How do trends in majors stack up at other institutions?

Sophie Andrews
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May 9, 2020
News
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Students ask for bigger role in proposals to change first-year, undergrad major requirements

Sarina Deb
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May 6, 2020
The Grind
Nestor Walters offered up the opportunity for readers of the Daily to ask him anything, and he addresses everything from Spotify playlists to his take on the Stanford dating scene (Photo: Pexels).

Asking for a friend

Nestor Walters
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Feb. 19, 2020
Opinions
Columnist Ruth-Ann Armstrong discusses why the nuances of finding an optimal path at Stanford. (Internet Archive Book Images / Flickr)

The optimum path

Ruth-Ann Armstrong
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Dec. 2, 2019
The Grind
Considering she has only been at Stanford for a few weeks, Katie Buntic has received a few too many questions about her job prospects as an English major. (Photo: Pexels)

Please stop telling me I’m going to be unemployed

Katie Buntic
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Oct. 30, 2019
News
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Faculty Senate discusses inclusion, accessibility in student body

Berber Jin and Kate Selig
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Oct. 10, 2019
Magazine
Stanford Panorama Red

The paradox of Stanford student choice

Jasmine Kerber
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Sept. 24, 2019
The Grind
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The “what do I major in” stress

Aria Fischer
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Oct. 31, 2018
Google's Mountain View office

Amid drone program controversy, students boycott Google internships

Brian Contreras and Holden Foreman
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June 5, 2018
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To the committed but indecisive members of 2022

Amber Yang
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May 31, 2018
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The second time around

Amanda Rizkalla
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Oct. 31, 2017
Student demand from groups like the Stanford Student Space Initiative helped spur the creation of the new major (Courtesy of Kirill Safin).

Stanford to offer undergraduate major in aeronautics and astronautics

Stephanie Brito
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May 28, 2017
The Grind
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Video: Majors according to Stanford students

Maximiliana Bogan
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Feb. 28, 2017
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne speaks before the Faculty Senate as senate chair Prof. Debra Satz looks on. (Courtesy of Linda Cicero)

Faculty Senate and president discuss liberal education and research

Tia Schwab
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Oct. 28, 2016
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New Environmental Systems Engineering Major allows more freedom in course selection

Skylar Cohen
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May 11, 2015
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New online tool streamlines exploration of degree options

Skylar Cohen
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Oct. 8, 2014
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