Personal Development 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.
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DESINST 366 (section 1) Creative Gym: A Design Thinking Skills Studio Build your creative confidence and sharpen your design thinking skills. Train your intuition and expand the design context from which you operate every day. This... |
Burgess-Auburn, C., Hawthorne, G. | 2015-2016 Spring |
Wednesday 1:30pm - 2:50pm 550-STUDIO 2 |
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ENGR 280 (section 1) From Play to Innovation Focus is on enhancing the innovation process with playfulness. The class will be project-based and team-centered. We will investigate the human "state of play" to reach an... |
Boyle, B., Brown, S., Thompson, S. | 2015-2016 Spring |
Tuesday Thursday 1:30pm - 2:50pm 550-STUDIO 2 |
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ENGR 311A (section 1) Women's Perspectives Master's and Ph.D. seminar series driven by student interests. Possible topics: time management, career choices, health and family, diversity, professional development,... |
Sheppard, S. | 2015-2016 Winter |
Thursday 4:30pm - 5:20pm 300-300 |
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ENGR 311B (section 1) Designing the Professional How to Get a Life as well as a PhD: Seminar open to ALL doctoral students (Humanities, Sciences and Engineering). Apply principles of design thinking to designing your... |
Evans, D., Sheppard, S. | 2015-2016 Spring |
Friday 3:30pm - 5:20pm 550-200 |
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HUMSCI 201 (section 1) Graduate Environment of Support Psychosocial, financial, and career issues in adapting graduate students to Stanford; how these issues relate to diversity, resources, policies, and procedures.... |
Thomas, A. | 2015-2016 Autumn |
Tuesday 12:00pm - 1:20pm 160-317 |
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IPS 207A (section 1) Problem Solving and Decision Making for Public Policy and Social Change (PUBLPOL 305A) This course introduces skills and bodies of knowledge useful for careers in law, public policy, and achieving social change at scale. These include framing problems;... |
Bade, J., Brest, P. | 2015-2016 Winter |
Monday Wednesday 9:00am - 11:00am |
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LAWGEN 115N (section 1) Human Rights Advocacy What are the origins of the human rights movement and where is it headed? What does it mean to be a human rights activist? What are the main challenges and dilemmas facing... |
Cavallaro, J. | 2015-2016 Winter |
Tuesday Thursday 9:00am - 10:20am William H. Neukom building 102 |
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ME 315 (section 1) The Designer in Society This class focuses on individuals and their psychological well being. The class delves into how students perceive themselves and their work, and how they might use design... |
Roth, B. | 2015-2016 Winter |
Tuesday 1:30pm - 4:20pm 550-STUDIO 1 |
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ME 379 (section 1) Fail Faster Fail Faster will dive deeply into one of design thinking's key tenets: Fail early, fail often. Students will explore ways to: [1] become comfortable with uncertainty, [2]... |
Dolin, G., Hawthorne, G. | 2015-2016 Spring |
Wednesday 3:30pm - 5:20pm |
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MS&E 254 (section 1) The Ethical Analyst The ethical responsibility for consequences of professional analysts who use technical knowledge in support of any individual, organization, or government. The means to... |
Nesbitt, D. | 2015-2016 Spring |
Tuesday 3:00pm - 5:50pm Thornt211 |
