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Interdisciplinary Learning Courses

Many Stanford departments offer teaching and pedagogy courses that are open to all graduate students. If in doubt, seek permission from the instructor.

We have identified and tagged courses that, based on their description in Explore Courses, appear to align with our Graduate Professional Development Framework or with our Preparing for Faculty Careers or Interdisciplinary Learning portfolios. We have not taken these courses, so please let us know if you think a course is not appropriate or if you identify a course we should include.

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Please note that courses may have prerequisites or limited enrollment or may require permission from the instructor. You should contact the instructor if you have specific questions; the VPGE office does not have any influence over the courses offered by departments.

Title Instructor(s) Quarter Day, Time, Location
ENGR 350 (section 1)
Data Impact Lab

In this lab, multi-disciplinary teams of students tackle high-impact, unsolved problems for social sector partners. Teams receive mentorship and coaching from Stanford...

Behrman, W. 2015-2016 Autumn
12:00am - 12:00am
ENGR 350 (section 1)
Data Impact Lab

In this lab, multi-disciplinary teams of students tackle high-impact, unsolved problems for social sector partners. Teams receive mentorship and coaching from Stanford...

Behrman, W. 2015-2016 Winter
ENVRES 380 (section 1)
Collaborating with the Future: Launching Large Scale Sustainable Transformations

This project-based d.school class combines Design Thinking Processes, Behavioral Sciences, elements of Diffusion Theory, and a methodology for scaled transformation. Tools...

Banerjee, B., Gibbs-Plessl, T., Shiv, B., Sventina Nabergoj, A. 2015-2016 Spring
Monday Wednesday
9:30am - 11:20am
160-314
FILMSTUD 364A (section 1)
Technology and the Visual Imagination (ARTHIST 164A, ARTHIST 364A, FILMSTUD 164A)

An exploration of the dynamic relationship between technology and the ways we see and represent the world. The course examines technologies from the Renaissance through...

Kessler, E. 2015-2016 Winter
Tuesday Thursday
10:30am - 11:50am
Cubberley Auditorium
HRP 235 (section 1)
Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems (AFRICAST 135, AFRICAST 235, EDUC 135, EDUC 335, HUMBIO 26, MED 235)

The excitement around social innovation and entrepreneurship has spawned numerous startups focused on tackling world problems, particularly in the fields of education and...

Sorcar, P. 2015-2016 Spring
Tuesday Thursday
4:30pm - 5:50pm
160-124
INDE 212 (section 1)
Medical Humanities and the Arts

The interdisciplinary field of medical humanities: the use of the arts and humanities to examine medicine in personal, social, and cultural contexts. Topics include the...

Shafer, A. 2015-2016 Spring
12:00am - 12:00am
CCSR 4205
LATINAM 207 (section 1)
Spanish in Science/Science in Spanish (BIO 208, EARTHSYS 207)

For graduate and undergraduate students interested in the natural sciences and the Spanish language. Students will acquire the ability to communicate in Spanish using...

Dirzo, R. 2015-2016 Spring
LATINAM 207 (section 1)
Spanish in Science/Science in Spanish (BIO 208, EARTHSYS 207)

For graduate and undergraduate students interested in the natural sciences and the Spanish language. Students will acquire the ability to communicate in Spanish using...

2015-2016 Autumn
ME 206B (section 1)
Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability

Part two of two-quarter project course jointly offered by School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business. Second quarter emphasizes prototyping and implementation...

Beach, D., Coulson, S., Gorodsky, J., Patell, J. 2015-2016 Spring
Monday Wednesday
10:30am - 12:20pm
550-STUDIO 2
ME 236 (section 1)
Tales to Design Cars By

Students learn to tell personal narratives and make connections between popular and historic media using the automobile. Explores the meaning and impact of personal and...

Karanian, B. 2015-2016 Spring
Tuesday
1:30pm - 4:20pm
550-162

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