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Choose from courses in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Creative Writing, and Professional and Personal Development. Our evening classes, weekend workshops, and online courses are scheduled to fit your busy lifestyle. All courses are taught by notable Stanford faculty and instructors, experienced professionals, and leaders in their fields.

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Code	Course Title	Qtr	Days	Format	Status
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Archaeology
ARC 110	Science in Archaeology	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ARTH 218	Plundered Art: The History and Ethics of Art Collection	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Art History
ARTH 218	Plundered Art: The History and Ethics of Art Collection	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ARTH 55	Italian Renaissance Art	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Art Studio: Audio, Video, and Film
ART 04	Creating and Producing Your Own Podcast	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
VID 04 W	Making Short Videos: The Art of Storytelling	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
VID 341	Shoot, Edit, and Produce Your Own Video with the iPhone	WI	W	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
VID 42	Creating and Editing Great Videos: From Script to Final Cut	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Art Studio: Drawing, Painting, and Other Media
ART 119 W	Drawing Inspiration: Developing a Creative Practice	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 131	Drawing the Realistic Figure	WI	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 185 B	Artist Bookmaking: Materials, Methods, and Meaning	WI	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 185	Artist Bookmaking: Materials, Methods, and Meaning	WI	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 200 W	Advancing Your Art: Take Your Painting to the Next Level	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 210	Painting: Exploring the Modern and Abstract	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 22 W	Beginning Drawing	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
ART 66	Art and Anatomy: The Basics of Human Proportions	WI	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
Art Studio: Photography
PHOTO 209	Sports Photography	WI	WS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 226 W	Travel Photography: Around the Corner and Around the World	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 32 A	Introduction to iPhoneography: Using Your Smartphone to Make Extraordinary Images	WI	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PHOTO 32 B	Introduction to iPhoneography: Using Your Smartphone to Make Extraordinary Images	WI	Su	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PHOTO 37	Beginning Digital Photography	WI	ThS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 42	iPhoneography: The Next Level	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 55	Digital Food Photography: Shooting and Styling	WI	Su	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 06	Photographing Nature: Using a Camera to Study the Natural World	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Classics
CLA 102	Discovering the Roman Lyric Poets	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CLA 136	The Art of War, Part II: Modern Times	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Cultural Studies
CLS 250	The End of Innocence: World War I in Literature, Painting, and Film	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Current Events
POL 60	What Ails Democracy and How to Fix It	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
TECH 08 W	Big Tech, Big Battles: What's Ahead for America's Internet Giants	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Design
BUS 154 W	Leadership by Design: Using Design Thinking to Transform Companies and Careers	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Film Studies
FLM 75	Film Noir in the 1950s: The Glamour and the Grit	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
FLM 91	Before They Stopped the Party: The Greatest Pre-Code Movies	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHI 105	Philosophy and Film: Great Ideas in Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, Vertigo, and More	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Geography
GEOG 09	Seduced by the Map: How the Nation-State Model Alters Our Thinking About the World	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
History
HIS 141	The History of Modern China	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 28	The Plague Generation of 1348: Love, Death, Healing, Faith, and Friendship in Boccaccio’s Italy	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 29	American Prophet: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 40	American Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
POL 177	Demystifying the Middle East: A Primer	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Languages
SPA 01 A	Beginning Spanish	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SPA 01 B	Beginning Spanish	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Law
LAW 106	Constitutional Crises from the Founding to the Present	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Literature
LIT 106 C	Reading Antiquity: Historical Fiction Book Club	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
LIT 111	The Greatest British Novel: George Eliot’s Middlemarch	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
LIT 198	Anna Karenina	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
LIT 23	Shakespeare and His Elizabethan World	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Mathematics
STAT 05	Statistics for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Music Studies
MUS 05	The Songwriting of The Beatles: Abbey Road and Let It Be	WI	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Music Studio
MUS 105	Play the Ukulele: Rock, Pop, and Folk	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
MUS 60	Play the Acoustic Guitar: The Songs of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and More	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
Philosophy
PHI 105	Philosophy and Film: Great Ideas in Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, Vertigo, and More	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHI 122 W	The Nature of You: Exploring Individuality and Reality	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Psychology
PSY 95	Technology and Psychological Health: Sanity in a Digital Life	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PSY 96	Managing Emotions with Skill: The Principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PSY 98	How to Overcome Our Fears and Live Mindfully	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Science
BIO 03 W	Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What You Eat	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BIO 98	Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
GEO 03 W	The Geology and Wines of California and France	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 06	Photographing Nature: Using a Camera to Study the Natural World	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 45	New Year, New Metabolism	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 58	Introduction to Anatomy at the Stanford School of Medicine: Exploring the Abdomen	WI	S	Live Online	ClosedNotify Me
SCI 67	The Energetic Universe: An Introduction to Astrophysics and Cosmology	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 70	The Impact of Mental Illness on the Human Brain	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Social Justice
SJS 02	Voting Rights Advocacy and Mobilization	WI	Su	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Theater and Performance Studies
TAPS 105	Stand-Up Comedy Writing	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
Wellness and Health
BIO 03 W	Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What You Eat	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 19	Building Interpersonal Skills Online: An Experiential Workshop	WI	Th-M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
DRA 173	Everyday Spontaneity: Improvising Our Lives	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedNotify Me
PDV 83 W	Choosing Happiness	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
PSY 95	Technology and Psychological Health: Sanity in a Digital Life	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PSY 96	Managing Emotions with Skill: The Principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PSY 98	How to Overcome Our Fears and Live Mindfully	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 45	New Year, New Metabolism	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 08	Planning for Your Late-Life Brain: Habits You Can Build Now to Improve Cognitive Function Later	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 10	The Art of Opening in the Moment: Relationships Simplified	WI	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Creative Writing
Online Certificate Program in Novel Writing
OWC 303 A	Novel I: The Powerful Beginning	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 303 B	Novel I: The Powerful Beginning	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 303 C	Novel I: The Powerful Beginning	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 303 D	Novel I: The Powerful Beginning	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 306 A	Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 306 B	Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 306 C	Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 306 D	Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
OWC 310	One-on-One Tutorial: Novel	WI		Flex Online	Closed
Creative Writing
CNF 07	The Personal Presence: Memoirs, Articles, and Essays	WI	W	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CNF 23 W	Mastering the Personal Essay with the Masters	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CNF 43 W	Creative Nonfiction: How to Grab Your Reader	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CNF 63 W	A Ticket to the Truth: Getting Started in Creative Nonfiction	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CNF 72 W	Memoir Writing: Finding Your Voice	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CNF 72 WB	Memoir Writing: Finding Your Voice	WI		Flex Online	Closed
CNF 75	Developing Your Creative Nonfiction Book: From Idea to Proposal	WI	SSu	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 07	The Art of the Interview: Techniques to Cultivate Great Material	WI	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 107 W	Writing Through Struggle	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 12 W	Adventures in Travel Writing	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CW 15	How to Self-Publish a Book: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Writers	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 17 WA	Establishing a Creative Writing Practice	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 17 WB	Establishing a Creative Writing Practice	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 18	Be Your Own Developmental Editor: Shape Your Manuscript for Publication	WI	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 183 W	Creative Nonfiction: Writing the Lives of Others	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CW 20	Lessons in Conflict: Creating Drama on the Page	WI	SSu	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 25	The Bleeding, Pounding Heart of Prose: The Art and Craft of the Sentence	WI	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 28	From Writer to Author: Navigating the Twisty Path to Publication	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 30 W	How to Avoid the "Mushy Middle": Writing Stories Where the Center Holds	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 48 W	Magazine Writing: Becoming the Writer That Editors Need	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 58	Observers of the Natural World: Writing the Personal Nature Essay	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 65 W	Scene by Scene: The Building Blocks of Story	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
FICT 56 W	Fiction Writing: Inhabiting Character	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
FICT 66	Turning Life Stories into Fiction	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
FICT 68 W	Write a Riveting, Stylish, Singular Short Story	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
FICT 71 W	Writing Short Fiction: The Devil's in the Details	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
FICT 78	The Short Story for Absolute Beginners	WI	W	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
NVL 06	How to Start Your Novel and Keep It Going	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
NVL 29 W	Novel Writing Without Tears	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
NVL 40	Firing Up Your Novel: Inspiration and Strategies to Keep Your Writing on Track	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
POET 25 W	Writing Poetry: Your Sources of Inspiration	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
Professional & Personal Development
Business
BUS 112 W	Business Presence and Persuasion: Communication for Effectiveness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 147	People Analytics: How to Build a Talent Advantage	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 154 W	Leadership by Design: Using Design Thinking to Transform Companies and Careers	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 155	Optimizing Your Marketing Content and Channels	WI	T	Live Online	Cancelled
BUS 156	How to Think Like a Successful Product Manager	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 16	Governance for Startup Board Members	WI	TTh	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 160 W	Leadership Skills for Women in the Workplace: How to Aim High and Achieve Impact	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 163 W	Search Engine Optimization: Practical Marketing Techniques	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 166 W	Social Media Marketing	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 167 W	Mapping Your Path to Career Satisfaction	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 169	Building a Better Business Model: The Key to Successful Innovation	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 196	Project Management: An Introductory Hands-On Course	WI	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 209	High-Performing Teams: Lessons from the Sports World	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 260 W	Making High-Quality Decisions: A Practical Guide to Decision Analysis	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 262	Leadership in the New World of Work	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 263 A	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 263 B	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 266	Building a Career of Meaning and Impact	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 271	Women Leaders: Mastering Influence, Authenticity, and Power	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 274	Legal Toolkit for Technologists and Innovators	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 282 W	Leading Data-Driven Organizations	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 283	Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 284	Create Better Product Stories Using Deep Customer Insights	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 289	Reassessing Supply Chains: Unraveling the Complexity of a Critical Supersystem	WI	W	Live Online	Cancelled
BUS 293	Find Meaning at Work Based on Behavioral Science and Design Thinking	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 295	Mastering the Job Interview: A Strategic Approach	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 297	Creating Customers for Life: How to Understand, Measure, and Drive Loyalty	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 300	How to Think Like a Futurist: A Strategic Approach	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 45 W	Building Successful Startups: Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Share Ideas for Next-Stage Growth	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 47 W	Personal Finance: A Simple Approach to Mastering Money Choices	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 62 W	Fundamentals of Product Management	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
BUS 64	Tax Reform: How the New Law Can Work for You	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 73	Exit Strategies: Maximizing the Value of Your Company	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 77	The Power of the Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and Leading Others	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 82	Building, Scaling, and Managing Digital Marketplaces	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Communication
BUS 112 W	Business Presence and Persuasion: Communication for Effectiveness	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 263 A	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 263 B	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 283	Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation	WI	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 295	Mastering the Job Interview: A Strategic Approach	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 02	Public Speaking: Romancing the Room	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 19	Building Interpersonal Skills Online: An Experiential Workshop	WI	Th-M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 42	Improvisationally Speaking	WI	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 44	The Art of Effective Interpersonal Communication	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 63	The Right to Speak: Finding and Freeing Your Natural Voice	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 65 W	Power Skills for Women: Body Language and Communication	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
COM 72	Conversational Intelligence: Increase Your Impact	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 75	The Science of Being Memorable and Influencing Decisions	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 81	Nonverbal Communication: The Power of Body Language and Voice	WI	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 10	The Art of Opening in the Moment: Relationships Simplified	WI	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English
COM 32 W	Business Writing in English: The Foundations	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
COM 39 A	Accent Reduction for Non-Native Speakers of English	WI	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 39 B	Accent Reduction for Non-Native Speakers of English	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Design
DSN 03 W	Rapid Prototyping: Learn What Users Really Want	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Technology and Data Science
CS 03	Blockchain Technology and Its Applications	WI	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CS 08 W	Machine Learning with Python	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CS 46 W	Beginning Programming in Python	WI		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CS 72	How to Strengthen Your Online Privacy and Security	WI	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CS 76 W	Introduction to Data Science in R	WI		Flex Online	ClosedNotify Me
CS 89	Beginning Programming in R	WI	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 52	Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Beyond	WI	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
STAT 05	Statistics for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science	WI	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
TECH 08 W	Big Tech, Big Battles: What's Ahead for America's Internet Giants	WI		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart