1 - 10 of 54 results for: VPGE::* ; Currently searching offered courses. You can also include unoffered courses

Guided practices and simple evidence based strategies to develop self-compassion, experience genuine happiness, reduce stress and negative thoughts, resolve differences with difficult others and take compassionate action that makes a difference in the world. Sponsored by Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) and following the Stanford Compassion Training program. Each week includes: meditation, group discussion, current research and its real world application.

This class provides an overview of identity development theory related to religious/spiritual identity development, gender and sexuality identity development, racial and cultural identity development, ethical and moral development, and the development of meaning and purpose. It will explore the ways in which athletic participation affects and contributes to each one of these developmental areas. This course will also examine each of these topics in a larger context by discussing relevant current issues and events in sport.

This course teaches students how to stay active by engaging in a variety of workouts (indoor cycling, interval training, weight training, walking/jogging, etc.). This course utilizes a variety of workout equipment to target all major muscle groups. This course will utilize class discussions, class assignments and student participation to enable students to: (1) Understand basic components of health-related physical fitness, cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility (2) Develop physical fitness and motor skills, and (3) Develop a positive attitude toward wellness and physical activity which will facilitate a healthy lifestyle.

This class is for each student to explore personal happiness thru applying research- based principles to enhance everyday life. The goal of the class is to position happiness as the cornerstone of personal wellness, purpose and fulfillment. Sessions will combine lecture, guided practice, conversation and readings

This class is designed to help high achieving, intellectually competent Stanford students develop their Emotional Intelligence. This class will use lecture, discussion, peer coaching and guided practice to help students assess, understand and utilize their EI strengths and weaknesses. Goals for class are improved stress management and resilience, greater self awareness and enhanced productivity

An introduction to wellness focusing on physical well being and the importance of that in leading a happy and successful life. Topics covered are proper diet and nutrition, exercise, sleep, brain fitness and the concept of flow or engagement. Woven throughout the class will be the need to manage stress and remain productive and centered.

An introduction to wellness focusing on emotional health and the cultivation of happiness. Managing stress and enhancing productivity while remaining centered are the primary learning objectives. Class will be lecture and discussion with time for guided practice in skill development.

New business ventures are often incubated on college campuses. What makes the difference between a successful and unsuccessful entrepreneur-nication. Specifically, the entrepreneur's ability to communicate their vision to potential investors, employees, and customers. This seminar will explore successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurial communication. Students will learn the basics of persuasive oral and written communication, and then apply these principles to their own ideas.nThis course will help you to develop confidence in your speaking and writing as an entrepreneur through presentations and assignments, lectures and discussions, guest speakers, simulated activities, and video recorded feedback. In this course you will learn to:n* Create communication strategies at an individual and organizational leveln* Develop clearly organized and effective presentations and documentsn* Diagnose and expand your personal writing and oral delivery stylen* Adapt your delivery style to different material and audiencesn* Enhance oral delivery through effective visual aidsnnLimited enrollment. By application only. Please e-mail lcapello@stanford.edu to request an application. Deadline is May 2, 2014.

We all know that appeals based on logic and sound evidence often fail where less rational appeals that "shouldn't" work, succeed. This course examines persuasion, the influencing of attitudes, beliefs or behavior, and locates within that broad subject argumentation, the process of reasoning methodically from evidence. Argumentation, the socially acceptable method of persuasion, typically confines itself to the rules of logic and has as its goal the recognition of states and causal relationships held by the arguer to objectively exist. Other methods of persuasion can succeed while flouting those rules, but only within limits, as the story of the Emperor's New Clothes reminds us. This course will explore whether those limits be accounted for by the capacity limitations and heuristics and biases of human information processing. Topics to be covered include evolutionary explanations; the central and peripheral routes to persuasion; source, channel and receiver factors; attitude-behavior consistency; the roles of involvement, elaboration, affect and social influence; critical thinking skills and logical fallacies. Limited enrollment; preference to juniors, seniors and graduate students, and within these, to Communication majors.