printer friendly pageMS&E 277: Creativity and Innovation
Experiential course explores factors that promote and inhibit creativity and innovation in individuals, teams, and organizations. Teaches creativity tools using workshops, case studies, field trips, expert guests, and team design challenges. Enrollment limited to 40. Admission by application. See
http://dschool.stanford.edu/classes.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Braden, R. (PI)
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Britos Cavagnaro, L. (PI)
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Carroll, M. (PI)
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Instructors:
Braden, R. (PI)
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Britos Cavagnaro, L. (PI)
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Carroll, M. (PI)
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Pferdt, F. (PI)
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Seelig, T. (PI)
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Horton, M. (TA)
MS&E 299: Voluntary Social Systems
Ethical theory, feasibility, and desirability of a social order in which coercion by individuals and government is minimized and people pursue ends on a voluntary basis. Topics: efficacy and ethics; use rights for property; contracts and torts; spontaneous order and free markets; crime and punishment based on restitution; guardian-ward theory for dealing with incompetents; the effects of state action-hypothesis of reverse results; applications to help the needy, armed intervention, victimless crimes, and environmental protection; transition strategies to a voluntary society.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1-3
Instructors:
Howard, R. (PI)
MS&E 450: Lessons in Decision Making
Entrepreneurs, senior management consultants, and executives from Fortune 500 companies share real-world stories and insights from their experience in decision making.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Shachter, R. (PI)
MS&E 452: Decision Analysis Projects: Helping Real Leaders Make Real Decisions
A virtual consulting firm directed by professional decision analysts who offer advice and guidance as student teams help local organizations make a current business strategy or public policy decision. Projects for businesses, governments, or other institutions typically include start-up venture funding, R&D portfolio planning, new product or market entry, acquisition or partnering, cost reduction, program design, or regulatory policy decisions. Emphasis is on developing clarity of action and delivering insights to clients. Satisfies MS&E project course requirement. Prerequiste: 252. Recommended: 352.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Robinson, B. (PI)
PEDS 206: Exploring Happiness and Health (PEDS 106)
Evidence-based research findings, theoretical concepts and applied experiences related to emotional well-being, and physical and mental health. Topics include basic cognitive neuroscience and psychological research in pro-social emotions, such as gratitude, compassion, forgiveness and mindfulness practice. Course offers lecture, readings, and applied practices that enhance mental health, resiliency and well-being. Emphasis on issues relevant to high-achieving young adults.
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Luskin, F. (PI)
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Pertofsky, C. (PI)
PHIL 275A: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (CSRE 178, ETHICSOC 133, HUMBIO 178, PHIL 175A, POLISCI 133, PUBLPOL 103D, URBANST 122)
Ethical and political questions in public service work, including volunteering, service learning, humanitarian assistance, and public service professions such as medicine and teaching. Motives and outcomes in service work. Connections between service work and justice. Is mandatory service an oxymoron? History of public service in the U.S. Issues in crosscultural service work. Integration with the Haas Center for Public Service to connect service activities and public service aspirations with academic experiences at Stanford.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Schnaubelt, T. (PI)
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Terra, L. (PI)
PUBLPOL 305A: Problem Solving and Decision Making for Public Policy and Social Change (IPS 207A)
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; designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies; system design; cost-benefit analysis; decision making under uncertainty; heuristics and biases that affect empirical judgments and decision making; methods for influencing people's behavior ranging from incentives and penalties to "nudges;" and human-centered design. The course will be taught through problems, cases, and a field project to solve real-world problems on or near the Stanford campus, with the goal of integrating strategic thinking and behavioral insights with human-centered design and systems design. The course may be of interest to students in Law and Policy Lab practicums who wish to broaden their policy analysis skills. Enrollment: Limited to 32 students, with priority given to students in Law School, the MPP program, and the IPS program in that order. Students other than law students must seek the consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Class participation, midterm assignment, and final assignment. Cross-listed with International Policy Studies (
IPS 207A) & the Law School (
LAW 333).
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
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