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COURSES BY CATEGORY

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	Status	Online
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Archaeology
ARC 40	Cornerstone Cultures of the Ancient Near East: Sumerians, Elamites, and Hittites	FA	W	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
ARC 47 W	The Archaeology of Human Diets: Ancient Origins, Modern Science	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Art History
ARTH 160	Iconic Artworks of Antiquity	FA	Th	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
Art Studio: Drawing & Painting
ART 132	Drawing the Realistic Portrait	FA	Th	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
ART 187	Painting from Observation	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ART 244	Advanced Figure Drawing	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ART 245	The Art of Lotus in Chinese Brush Painting	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ART 83	Beginning Painting	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ART 98 W	Explorations in Mixed Media: Unleashing Creativity Through Daily Practice	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Art Studio: Photography
PHOTO 226	Travel Photography: Around the Corner and Around the World	FA	T	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
PHOTO 37	An Introduction to Digital Photography	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 294	An Introduction to iPhoneography: Using Your Smartphone to Make Extraordinary Images	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 88	Digital Food Photography: An Introduction to Shooting, Styling, and Editing	FA	Su	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Art Studio: Video & Film
VID 42	Editing Video from Start to Finish	FA	Th	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
WSP 341	Shoot, Edit, and Produce Your Own Video with the iPhone	FA	SSu	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Classics
CLA 107	Aeschylus' Oresteia	FA	M	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
CLA 56	Great Books, Big Ideas from Antiquity: Greece	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Cultural Studies
CLS 131	The Art of The Divine Comedy	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CLS 132	The 18th-Century Grand Tour: From London to Naples	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Current Events
POL 180	International Human Rights: Strategies, Struggles, and the Quest for Dignity	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
POL 35	Journalism Under Siege? Truth and Trust in a Time of Turmoil	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Design
DSN 121	The Architecture of Information: Radical Buildings and Visionary Projects in Silicon Valley	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Film Studies
FLM 104	The Ten Best Films of All Time: The Picks of 800 Critics	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FLM 16	Camera as Witness: Politics, Culture, and the Power of Documentary Filmmaking	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FLM 53	Ten Great Films No One Has Ever Seen	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
History
HIS 122	Ancient Engineering: Remarkable Feats of Technology from Ancient Greece, Rome, and Beyond	FA	T	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
HIS 189	Muslim Spain: Philosophy and Culture	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
HIS 33	Great Republics: Lessons from History	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Languages
ARB 01	Introductory Arabic	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CHN 01	Beginning Chinese I	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FRN 01	Beginning French I	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FRN 04	French Conversation and Culture	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ITA 01	Beginning Italian I	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
ITA 21	Italian Through Cinema	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
JPN 01	Beginning Japanese I	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SPA 01	Beginning Spanish I	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SPA 01 B	Beginning Spanish I	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Law
LAW 02	The United States Constitution: An Introduction	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Literature
LIT 222	The Novel: An MLA-Style Course	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
LIT 43	Frankenstein (and Friends): A 200th-Anniversary Course	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Music
MUS 121 W	A Practical Introduction to Music Theory and Harmony	FA		ClosedJoin Wait List	OnlineClass
MUS 177	Understanding Music Theory Through Popular Music	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
MUS 187	The Stanford Community Chorus	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 81	Mozart's Timeless Operas	FA	S	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
Philosophy
PHI 113	Ancient Wisdom: Classical Greek Thinking from Homer to Socrates	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
PHI 99	The Philosophy of Art	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Psychology
PSY 03 W	The Science and Practice of Strengthening Compassion	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Science
BIO 03 W	Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What You Eat	FA		ClosedJoin Wait List	OnlineClass
BIO 09	Brain Health: Understanding and Fine-Tuning Your Memory and Mind	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BIO 102 W	Immune Health Basics	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
SCI 01 A	An Introduction to Data Science	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 01 B	An Introduction to Data Science	FA	F	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 46	Sports Nutrition	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 48	Artificial Intelligence: From Neural Networks to Artificial Consciousness	FA	W	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
SCI 54	Artificial Intelligence Master Class: Guided Journeys into the Brave New World of AI	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 55	An Introduction to Neuroscience	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 56	The Evolution of Evolution	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 320	An Introduction to Anatomy at the Stanford School of Medicine: Exploring the Upper Limb	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 83	Cancer Screening Essentials: What You Need to Know	FA	S	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
Creative Writing
Online Creative Writing
CNF 16 W	Creative Nonfiction: Tools of the Trade	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
CNF 42 W	Family Memoir: Making the Skeletons Dance	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
CNF 60 W	You Must Change Your Life: Essays That Matter and How to Write Them	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
EGL 08 W	That's a Great Idea for a Movie! The Making of a Strong Screenplay	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
EGL 130 W	Thought for Food: The Craft of Food Writing	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
EGL 137 W	Reality Bites: Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
EGL 19 WA	The Creative Habit: Cultivating a Daily Writing Practice	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
EGL 19 WB	The Creative Habit: Cultivating a Daily Writing Practice	FA		OpenAdd to cart	OnlineClass
EGL 72 W	Transporting the Reader: The Art of Description	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
FICT 18 W	Secrets of the Short Story	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
FICT 40 W	The Art of Revision: Losing Yourself, Finding Your Voice	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
FICT 65 W	Fiction Writing Fundamentals: Discovering and Working with Your Best Material	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
NVL 01 W	Planning Your Novel: Starting from Scratch	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
NVL 02 W	Write a Novel in a Month: No Critics, No Fear	FA		OpenAdd to cart	OnlineClass
NVL 10 W	Novel Writing: Inventing Reality	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
POET 01 W	Poetry of Presence: Developing a Mindful Writing Practice	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Online Certificate Program in Novel Writing
OWC 101 A	The Writing Life: Form and Theory of the Novel	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 101 B	The Writing Life: Form and Theory of the Novel	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 101 C	The Writing Life: Form and Theory of the Novel	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 101 D	The Writing Life: Form and Theory of the Novel	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 305 A	Novel III: Subtext, Theme, and Language	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 305 B	Novel III: Subtext, Theme, and Language	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 305 C	Novel III: Subtext, Theme, and Language	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
OWC 310	One-on-One Tutorial: Novel	FA		Closed	OnlineClass
Off-Campus Creative Writing Retreat
WSP 70	Nature Writing at Jasper Ridge	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
On-Campus Creative Writing
CNF 49	To Tell the Truth: An Introduction to Creative Nonfiction	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CNF 55	Fast-Draft Your Way to a Complete Memoir	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FICT 106	Fiction Writing: Narrative Point of View	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FICT 62	Writing Dynamic Short Stories	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
FICT 66	Turning Our Life Stories into Fiction	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 210	Exploring the Middle Grade and Young Adult Novel (CANCELLED)	FA	S	Cancelled	OnCampusClass
WSP 272	A Writer's Life: Process, Craft, and Publication	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 308	Writing the Compelling Character: Mind, Heart, and Guts	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 321	TV Writer for a Day: Crafting a Television Series Pilot	FA	Su	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 71	Your Words Matter: Revision Clinic for Prose Writers	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 82	Take Me There: A Travel Writing Bootcamp	FA	SSu	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
Professional & Personal Development
Business
BUS 02	Financial Planning: Part I	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 10 W	An Introduction to Project Management: The Basics for Success	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 103	Become a Data CEO: A Framework for Mastering Data and Driving Innovation	FA	Th	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
BUS 105	Cloud Computing and Subscription Models: Selling and Marketing SaaS and Mobile Solutions to the Enterprise	FA	T	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
BUS 112 W	Business Presence and Persuasion: Communication for Effectiveness	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 123 W	Value Investing: An Introduction	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 145	Product Management for the Internet of Things: A Hands-On Course	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 155	Marketing Today: Multi-Channel Marketing and Communications	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 158	Improv to Improve: Artful Skills to Build or Lead Your Business	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 159	How to Find Success: Uncover Your Purpose and Direct Your Life	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 160 W	Leadership Skills for Women in the Workplace: How to Aim High and Achieve Impact	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 163 W	Search Engine Optimization: Practical Marketing with Google, Bing, and Yahoo	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 166 W	Social Media Marketing	FA		ClosedJoin Wait List	OnlineClass
BUS 167 W	Mapping Your Path to Career Satisfaction	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 168	Strengths-Based Leadership: Increase Your Impact and Thrive (CANCELLED)	FA	M	Cancelled	OnCampusClass
BUS 19	The Business of Art: Selling, Buying, and Collecting	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 20	Building a Successful Business with the Internet of Things	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 204	Angel Investing for the Serious Investor: An Introduction (CANCELLED)	FA	Th	Cancelled	OnCampusClass
BUS 213	Principles of Product/Market Fit	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 217	Accelerate Your Startup Idea	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 229	Leadership and Conflict Management	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 237	The New Economics of Disruptive Technologies	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 24	Organizational Dynamics and Behavioral Coaching for High Performance in Silicon Valley	FA	T	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
BUS 28	Funding a New Enterprise	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 30	The Future of Marketing: Using Social Data and AI to Improve ROI	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 35	The Business Basics of Blockchain, Crypto Currencies, and Tokens	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 50	Go-to-Market Strategies and Tactics for Entrepreneurs	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
BUS 57 W	User Experience (UX) Design for Product Managers	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
BUS 62 W	Fundamentals of Product Management	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
COM 57	Copywriting for Effective Marketing Communications	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
DSN 104 W	Design for Action: Applying Design Thinking in Organizations	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
DSN 106 W	Design Research: Creating New Products and Market Success	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
WSP 104	Agile Project Management: Facilitating a Product Development Team with Scrum	FA	SSu	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
WSP 138	Product Management for the Internet of Things: An Intensive Bootcamp	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 179	The Exceptional Leader: A Framework for Successful, Scalable, and Impactful Leadership	FA	SSu	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 19 A	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	FA	Su	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 19 B	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 236	Women Leaders: Mastering Influence, Authenticity, and Power	FA	SSu	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 297	Agile Hands-On: Product Development with Scrum	FA	SSu	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 44	Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 63	Financial Advisors: Finding and Evaluating Your Perfect Match	FA	S	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass
WSP 67	Unlock Your Creativity and Increase Your Influence with Brain Science	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 68	Creating an Effective Online Presence for Professionals: Using ePortfolios to Tell Your Story (CANCELLED)	FA	S	Cancelled	OnCampusClass
Communication
COM 01	Public Speaking	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 19	Building Interpersonal Skills: An Experiential Workshop	FA	Th-M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 19 B	Building Interpersonal Skills: An Experiential Workshop	FA	Th-M	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
COM 44	The Art of Effective Interpersonal Communication	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 57	Copywriting for Effective Marketing Communications	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 19 A	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	FA	Su	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 19 B	Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships	FA	S	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 338	Executive Presence for Women	FA	Su	ClosedJoin Wait List	OnCampusClass
WSP 75	Effective Nonverbal Communication	FA	S	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English
COM 134	The Power of Conversation	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 23	Presenting in English	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 32 W	Business Writing in English: The Foundations	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
COM 39 A	Accent Reduction for Non-Native Speakers of English	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 39 B	Accent Reduction for Non-Native Speakers of English	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
COM 61 W	Business Writing in English: The Finer Points	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Design
DSN 104 W	Design for Action: Applying Design Thinking in Organizations	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
DSN 106 W	Design Research: Creating New Products and Market Success	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
DSN 114 W	Creative by Design: Innovating with Design Thinking and the Arts	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
DSN 300 W	Stanford dGlobal: Building Innovative Teams	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
Personal Development
BUS 159	How to Find Success: Uncover Your Purpose and Direct Your Life	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
PDV 103	Playful Mindfulness	FA	W	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
PDV 33	Excellence Is No Accident: Mental Skills Training for Work, Sport, and Life	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
PDV 83 W	Choosing Happiness (CANCELLED)	FA		Cancelled	OnlineClass
Technology & Computer Science
CS 01	A Gentle Introduction to Programming for Non-Programmers	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CS 02	Blockchain, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, and More: Meet the New Technologies Shaping Our World	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CS 21	Creating and Building Websites	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CS 46 W	Beginning Programming: Python	FA		ClosedNotify Me	OnlineClass
CS 52	Beginning Programming: JavaScript	FA	M	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
CS 57	Beginning Programming: Python	FA	T	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 01 A	An Introduction to Data Science	FA	Th	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
SCI 01 B	An Introduction to Data Science	FA	F	ClosedNotify Me	OnCampusClass
WSP 06	Excel Tips and Tricks	FA	S	OpenAdd to cart	OnCampusClass