2026 - 2027 Curriculum

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Autumn

MLA 101A: Foundations I

Peter Mann

Lecturer in MLA and CSP

Required of first-year MLA students

MLA 397: History, Memory, Trauma: Confronting the Past in Historically Divided Societies

James T. Campbell

Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History

Humanities

MLA 398: Thesis in Progress

Linda Paulson

Associate Dean & Director, MLA Program

MLA 400: International Order and Disorder

Amichai Magen

Director, Jan Koum Israel Studies Program, Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law

Social Science

Winter

MLA 101B: Foundations II

Peter Mann

Lecturer in MLA and CSP

Required of first-year MLA students

MLA 373: Artificial Intelligence and Society

Mykel Kochenderfer

Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI

Science, Engineering, Medicine

MLA 398: Thesis in Progress

Linda Paulson

Associate Dean & Director, MLA Program

MLA 401: The Crusades: A Cross-Cultural History

Patricia Blessing

Associate Professor, Art & Art History

Humanities

MLA 402: Maps, Borders, and Conflict in East Asia

Kären Wigen

Frances and Charles Field Professor in History

Humanities

Spring

MLA 101C: Foundations III

Peter Mann

Lecturer in MLA and CSP

Required of first-year MLA students

MLA 374: Gender and Sexuality in Chinese History

Matthew Sommer

Bowman Family Professor of History and, by courtesy, of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Humanities

MLA 377: A Deep Dive into the Indian Ocean: From Prehistory to Modern Times

Krish Seetah

Associate Professor of Environmental Social Sciences, of Oceans, of Anthropology, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Social Science

MLA 387: Money Matters: The 2007 Financial Crisis in History, Economy, and the Arts

Branislav Jakovljević

Sara Hart Kimball Professor of the Humanities, Theater and Performance Studies

Humanities

MLA 398: Thesis in Progress

Linda Paulson

Associate Dean & Director, MLA Program

Summer

MLA 358: The Intersection of Medicine, Science, Public Policy and Ethics

Joseph Lipsick

Professor of Pathology and Genetics

Science, Engineering, Medicine

MLA 403: Understanding East Asia Through Science Fiction

Ban Wang

William Haas Professor of Chinese Studies and Professor, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature

Humanities
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