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SYMSYS 196

Independent Study

UNITS:1-15
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:—

Independent work under the supervision of a faculty member. Can be repeated for credit.

Syllabus for selected term:
View Autumn 2026 Syllabus

Sections

3 Terms
Independent Study 1Open
ID: 7990
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Agrawala, Maneesh
units
Independent Study 2Open
ID: 11349
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Algee-Hewitt, Mark
units
Independent Study 3Open
ID: 11350
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bailey, Cynthia
units
Independent Study 4Open
ID: 11351
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bernstein, Michael
units
Independent Study 5Open
ID: 11352
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Bhakta, Parth
units
Independent Study 6Open
ID: 11353
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Chafe, Chris
units
Independent Study 7Open
ID: 11354
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Chinthrajah, Sharon
units
Independent Study 8Open
ID: 11355
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Davies, Todd
units
Independent Study 9Open
ID: 11356
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Eichstaedt, Johannes
units
Independent Study 10Open
ID: 11357
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Etchemendy, John
units
Independent Study 11Open
ID: 11358
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Foster, George
units
Independent Study 12Open
ID: 11359
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Frank, Michael
units
Independent Study 13Open
ID: 11360
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Galvez, Marisa
units
Independent Study 14Open
ID: 11361
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Gerstenberg, Tobias
units
Independent Study 15Open
ID: 11362
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Goodman, Noah
units
Independent Study 16Open
ID: 11363
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Ellis, Cameron
units
Independent Study 17Open
ID: 11364
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Grill-Spector, Kalanit
units
Independent Study 18Open
ID: 11365
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Gweon, Hyowon
units
Independent Study 19Open
ID: 11366
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Haber, Nick
units
Independent Study 20Open
ID: 11367
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hancock, Jeffrey
units
Independent Study 21Open
ID: 11368
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hinds, Pamela
units
Independent Study 22Open
ID: 11369
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Hong, David
units
Independent Study 23Open
ID: 11370
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Icard, Thomas
units
Independent Study 24Open
ID: 11371
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Jurafsky, Dan
units
Independent Study 25Open
ID: 11372
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Knutson, Brian
units
Independent Study 26Open
ID: 11373
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Kochenderfer, Mykel
units
Independent Study 27Open
ID: 11374
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Koyejo, Sanmi
units
Independent Study 28Open
ID: 11375
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Landay, James
units
Independent Study 29Open
ID: 11376
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Lo, Irene
units
Independent Study 30Open
ID: 11377
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Mathur, Maya
units
Independent Study 31Open
ID: 11378
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
McClelland, Jay
units
Independent Study 32Open
ID: 11379
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Menon, Vinod
units
Independent Study 33Open
ID: 11380
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Morris, Ian
units
Independent Study 34Open
ID: 11381
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Nyarko, Julian
units
Independent Study 35Open
ID: 11382
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Potts, Christopher
units
Independent Study 36Open
ID: 11383
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Ram, Nilam
units
Independent Study 37Open
ID: 11384
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Sahami, Mehran
units
Independent Study 38Open
ID: 11385
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Shrager, Jeff
units
Independent Study 39Open
ID: 11386
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Saggar, Manish
units
Independent Study 40Open
ID: 11387
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Wagner, Anthony
units
Independent Study 41Open
ID: 11388
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Zaki, Jamil
units
Independent Study 42Open
ID: 11389
0 / 999 enrolled
DAYS:Not Applicable
TIME:Not Applicable
LOCATION:Not Applicable
INSTRUCTOR:
Zou, James
units

SYMSYS 196: Independent Study

1-15 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

Independent work under the supervision of a faculty member. Can be repeated for credit.

Offered in Autumn 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Agrawala, Maneesh (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagner, Anthony (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Saggar, Manish (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zou, James (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zaki, Jamil (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ram, Nilam (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Potts, Christopher (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shrager, Jeff (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Sahami, Mehran (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Menon, Vinod (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — McClelland, Jay (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Nyarko, Julian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Morris, Ian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Landay, James (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Koyejo, Sanmi (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mathur, Maya (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lo, Irene (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Etchemendy, John (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Eichstaedt, Johannes (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Davies, Todd (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chinthrajah, Sharon (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chafe, Chris (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bhakta, Parth (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bernstein, Michael (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bailey, Cynthia (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Algee-Hewitt, Mark (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Knutson, Brian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kochenderfer, Mykel (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Icard, Thomas (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Jurafsky, Dan (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hinds, Pamela (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hong, David (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Haber, Nick (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hancock, Jeffrey (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Grill-Spector, Kalanit (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gweon, Hyowon (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goodman, Noah (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ellis, Cameron (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Galvez, Marisa (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gerstenberg, Tobias (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Foster, George (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Frank, Michael (Undergrad)

Winter 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Agrawala, Maneesh (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Eagleman, David (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Daub, Adrian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chagoya, Enrique (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chafe, Chris (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bhakta, Parth (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bernstein, Michael (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Berman, Russell (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Algee-Hewitt, Mark (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Rodriguez, Carolyn (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ellis, Cameron (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Etchemendy, John (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Eichstaedt, Johannes (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goodman, Noah (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gerstenberg, Tobias (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Galvez, Marisa (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Frank, Michael (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Haber, Nick (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gweon, Hyowon (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Grill-Spector, Kalanit (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Greenberg, Gabriel (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Icard, Thomas (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hong, David (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hinds, Pamela (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hancock, Jeffrey (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kochenderfer, Mykel (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Koyejo, Sanmi (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Jurafsky, Dan (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Knutson, Brian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mathur, Maya (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — McClelland, Jay (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Landay, James (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Lo, Irene (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Nyarko, Julian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Potts, Christopher (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Menon, Vinod (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Morris, Ian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shrager, Jeff (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Marin Vargas, Alessandro (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ram, Nilam (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Sahami, Mehran (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zaki, Jamil (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagner, Anthony (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zou, James (Undergrad)

Spring 2027 sections

  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Eagleman, David (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Agrawala, Maneesh (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hong, David (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Icard, Thomas (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Jurafsky, Dan (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Knutson, Brian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gweon, Hyowon (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Haber, Nick (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hancock, Jeffrey (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Hinds, Pamela (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Mathur, Maya (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — McClelland, Jay (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Menon, Vinod (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — ORourke, Joshua (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Kochenderfer, Mykel (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Koyejo, Sanmi (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Landay, James (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Marin Vargas, Alessandro (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Tolias, Andreas (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Shrager, Jeff (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zaki, Jamil (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Wagner, Anthony (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Potts, Christopher (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Nowak, Ethan (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Sahami, Mehran (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Ram, Nilam (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Zou, James (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Algee-Hewitt, Mark (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Eichstaedt, Johannes (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Daub, Adrian (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Cychosz, Meg (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Chafe, Chris (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Boyd, Scott (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bhakta, Parth (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Bernstein, Michael (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Berger, Jonathan (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Grill-Spector, Kalanit (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Greenberg, Gabriel (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Goodman, Noah (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Gerstenberg, Tobias (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Galvez, Marisa (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Frank, Michael (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Foster, George (Undergrad)
  • Independent Study — TBA TBA — Etchemendy, John (Undergrad)

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