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WAYS Requirements

Beginning Autumn Quarter 2013, entering first-year students must satisfy the WAYS requirement, an initiative of Stanford University to develop undergraduate capacities through the general education requirements.

You will find that a variety of philosophy courses satisfy WAYS requirements. Find all the WAYS categories below and examples of Philosophy courses that fulfill each category. 

The WAYS requirement includes the completion of 11 WAYS courses in eight diverse areas — two courses each in WAY-AII (Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry), WAY-SI (Social Inquiry), and WAY-SMA (Scientific Method and Analysis), and one course in each of the remaining five WAYS.  Although courses may be certified to fulfill two WAYS, you may only count a single course toward any one WAY requirement in your program of study

  • Thinking Matters courses typically satisfy a WAY.
  • Courses may also count both for major and General Education requirements.

Please check the Stanford Bulletin (ExploreDegrees) for the most up to date requirements.

You can jump down the page to each of the following sections:

WAY-A-II: Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry

PHIL 1
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Wong-Taylor, G. (PI)
Luo, A. (TA)
Kang, S. (TA)
Koeksal, S. (TA)
Jordan, S. (TA)
Tricks, T. (TA)
PHIL 2
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Luo, A. (TA)
Madigan, T. (PI)
McGuthry, M. (TA)
Erhardt, R. (TA)
Van Steertegem, C. (TA)
Henry, P. (PI)
PHIL 2
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Madigan, T. (PI)
PHIL 60
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Hussain, N. (PI)
Wang, Z. (TA)
Tricks, T. (TA)
PHIL 80
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Konstantinou, K. (TA)
Harding, J. (TA)
Jordan, S. (TA)
Bennett, S. (TA)
Peacocke, A. (PI)
PHIL 80
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Teitel, T. (PI)
PHIL 81
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Tadmor, J. (TA)
Martinez Periset, F. (TA)
Starovoitov, S. (TA)
Landy, J. (PI)
Anderson, R. (PI)
PHIL 100
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Biondo, A. (TA)
Liang, S. (TA)
Bobonich, C. (PI)
PHIL 102
2024 - 2025
Winter
Wednesday Friday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Ladendorf, T. (TA)
Biondo, A. (TA)
Klingspor, J. (PI)
PHIL 125
2024 - 2025
Winter
Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
Wong-Taylor, G. (PI)
PHIL 165
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Ryckman, T. (PI)
Spencer, L. (TA)
PHIL 170
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
Madigan, T. (PI)
PHIL 172
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Hills, D. (PI)
PHIL 176A
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Tang, A. (PI)
Ober, J. (PI)
PHIL 180
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Teitel, T. (PI)
PHIL 181B
2024 - 2025
Winter
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Crimmins, M. (PI)
PHIL 182H
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Hills, D. (PI)
PHIL 186
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Tan, J. (TA)
ORourke, J. (PI)
Wang, Z. (TA)

WAY-AQR: Applied Quantitative Reasoning

No courses offered in the current year.

WAY-CE: Creative Expression

No courses offered in the current year.

WAY-EDP: Exploring Difference and Power

No courses offered in the current year.

WAY-ER: Ethical Reasoning

PHIL 2
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Luo, A. (TA)
Madigan, T. (PI)
McGuthry, M. (TA)
Erhardt, R. (TA)
Van Steertegem, C. (TA)
Henry, P. (PI)
PHIL 2
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Madigan, T. (PI)
PHIL 72
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Mapps, M. (PI)
PHIL 82
2024 - 2025
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Sahami, M. (PI)
Ho, D. (PI)
PHIL 170
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
Madigan, T. (PI)
PHIL 171
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Coyne, B. (PI)
Jimenez, P. (TA)
Amaral, J. (TA)
Stowell, C. (TA)
Wu, Q. (TA)
Owen, M. (TA)
Tang, A. (TA)
PHIL 171P
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Coyne, B. (PI)
PHIL 172
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Hills, D. (PI)
PHIL 176A
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Tang, A. (PI)
Ober, J. (PI)
PHIL 176P
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Coyne, B. (PI)
PHIL 178M
2024 - 2025
Winter
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Abelson, S. (PI)
PHIL 182H
2024 - 2025
Spring
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Hills, D. (PI)

WAY-FR: Formal Reasoning

PHIL 49
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Bassett, R. (PI)
PHIL 99
2024 - 2025
Winter
Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Krejci, B. (PI)
Wu, J. (PI)
PHIL 150
2024 - 2025
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Bassett, R. (PI)
Bible, M. (TA)
Tilton, S. (TA)
Ladabaum, I. (TA)
Forster, M. (TA)
Apsel, L. (TA)
Covington, J. (GP)
PHIL 151
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM
Bassett, R. (TA)
Tilton, S. (TA)
Sommer, R. (PI)
PHIL 154
2024 - 2025
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
van Benthem, J. (PI)

WAY-SMA: Scientific Method and Analysis

PHIL 165
2024 - 2025
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Ryckman, T. (PI)
Spencer, L. (TA)

WAY-SI: Social Inquiry

No courses offered in the current year.