printer friendly pageENGR 103: Public Speaking (ENGR 203)
Priority to Engineering students. Introduction to speaking activities, from impromptu talks to carefully rehearsed formal professional presentations. How to organize and write speeches, analyze audiences, create and use visual aids, combat nervousness, and deliver informative and persuasive speeches effectively. Weekly class practice, rehearsals in one-on-one tutorials, videotaped feedback. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Vassar, M. (PI)
ENGR 202S: Directed Writing Projects
Individualized writing instruction for students working on writing projects such as dissertations, proposals, grant applications, theses, journal articles, conference papers, and teaching and research statements. Weekly one-on-one conferences with writing instructors from the Technical Communication Program. Students receive close attention to and detailed feedback on their writing. No prerequisite. Grading: Satisfactory/No Credit. This course may be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
McDevitt, M. (PI)
ENGR 202W: Technical Communication
This course focuses on how to write clear, concise, and organized technical writing. Through interactive presentations, group workshops, and individual conferences, students learn best practices for communicating to academic and professional audiences for a range of purposes.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Harrison, K. (PI)
;
Modifica, L. (PI)
ENGR 245: The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground
Apply the Lean Startup principles including the Business Model Canvas, Customer Development, and Agile Engineering to prototype, test, and iterate on your idea while discovering if you have a profitable business model. This is the class adopted by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health as the Innovation Corps. Team applications required in December. Proposals can be software, hardware, or service of any kind. Projects are experiential and require incrementally building the product while talking to 10-15 customers/partners each week. See course website
http://leanlaunchpad.stanford.edu/. Prerequisite: Interest in and passion for exploring whether your technology idea can become a real company. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
ENGR 280: 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 understanding of its principal attributes and how important it is to creative thinking. We will explore play behavior, its development, and its biological basis. We will then apply those principles through design thinking to promote innovation in the corporate world. Students will work with real-world partners on design projects with widespread application. This course requires an application. You can find the application here:
dschool.stanford.edu/classes
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-4
ENGR 281: d.media - Designing Media that Matters
The combination of always-on smartphones, instant access to information and global social sharing is changing behavior and shifting cultural norms. How can we design digital experiences that make this change positive? Join the d.media team and find out! This course is project-based and hands-on. Three projects will explore visual design, interaction design and behavioral design all in the context of today's technology landscape and in service of a socially positive user experience. See
http://dmedia.stanford.edu, Admission by application. See
dschool.stanford.edu/classes for more information.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
Instructors:
Allen, E. (PI)
;
Baggeroer, D. (PI)
ENGR 290: Graduate Environment of Support
For course assistants (CAs) and tutors in the School of Engineering tutorial and learning program. Interactive training for effective academic assistance. Pedagogy, developing course material, tutoring, and advising. Sources include video, readings, projects, and role playing.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Lozano, N. (PI)
ENGR 311A: 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, and personal values. Guest speakers from academia and industry, student presentations with an emphasis on group discussion. Graduate students share experiences and examine scientific research in these areas. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Sheppard, S. (PI)
ENGR 311B: Designing the Professional
Once I get my degree, how do I get a life? What do you want out of life after Stanford? Wondering how to weave together what fits, is doable, and will be truly meaningful? Join us for Designing the Professional. This course applies the innovation principles of design thinking to the "wicked problem" of designing your life and vocation in and beyond Stanford. We'll approach these lifelong questions with a structured framework set in a seminar where you can work out your ideas in conversation with your peers. Seminar open to all graduate students (PhD, Masters) and Postdocs in all 7 schools.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
ENGR 311D: Portfolio to Professional: Supporting the Development of Digital Presence Through ePortfolios
This course guides graduate students in creating a professional ePortfolio and establishing an online presence. The course includes seminar-style presentations and discussions, opportunities for feedback with career mentors, classmates, alumni, employers, and other community members using think-aloud protocols and peer review approaches. Curriculum modules focus on strategies for telling your story in the digital environment, platform considerations, evidence and architecture, visual design and user experience. Open to all graduate students and majors.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Chen, H. (PI)
;
Patel, S. (PI)
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