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COURSES BY CATEGORY

Choose from courses in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Creative Writing, and Professional and Personal Development. Our evening, weekend, 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 09 A	Etruscan Archaeology and Art	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
ARC 09 B	Etruscan Archaeology and Art	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Architecture
ARCH 01	Explore Stanford’s Architecture: A Walking Tour	SP	SSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Art History
ARTH 196	Iconic Works of Modern Art	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ARTH 52	The Artistic Eye: Vision and the History of Art	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
ARTH 53	The Book of Change: Ovid, Art, and Us	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 19	The Business of Art: Selling, Buying, and Collecting	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Art Studio: Audio, Video, and Film
VID 341	Shoot, Edit, and Produce Your Own Video with the iPhone	SP	SSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
VID 42	Create and Edit Great Videos: From Script to Final Cut	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Art Studio: Drawing, Painting, and Other Media
ART 132	Drawing the Realistic Portrait	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 18	Recycle, Repair, Reimagine: Making Sculpture with Found Objects	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 185	Artistic Bookmaking: Materials, Methods, and Meaning	SP	T	Live Online	Cancelled
ART 214	Advanced Painting: Exploring the Modern and Abstract	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 22 W	Beginning Drawing	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 245	The Art of Lotus in Chinese Brush Painting	SP	SSu	On-campus	Cancelled
ART 25	Abstract Drawing	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
ART 50	Calligraphy and Letterform: Methods, Models, History, and Practice	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 67	Art and Anatomy: The Basics of Figure Drawing	SP	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
ART 98 W	Explorations in Mixed Media: Unleashing Creativity through Daily Practice	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 05	Pens and the Lens: A Dual Path to Visual Creativity	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Art Studio: Photography
PHOTO 05	Pens and the Lens: A Dual Path to Visual Creativity	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 32 A	Introduction to iPhoneography: Using Your Smartphone to Make Extraordinary Images	SP	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PHOTO 32 B	Introduction to iPhoneography: Using Your Smartphone to Make Extraordinary Images	SP	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 37 W	Beginning Digital Photography	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHOTO 42	iPhoneography: The Next Level for Advanced Shooting and Editing	SP	S	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
PHOTO 56	Landscape Photography in Yosemite: A Field Workshop	SP	Th	On-campus	Cancelled
PHOTO 73	Nature Photography at Jasper Ridge: A Field Workshop	SP	TSSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Classics
CLA 116	The Bible Uncensored	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CLA 76	Watch Out, Watchmen! Roman Satire Then and Now	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Cultural Studies
ARTH 52	The Artistic Eye: Vision and the History of Art	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
CLS 10	Pompeii: Life, Death, and Afterlife of a Roman City	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CLS 211	Modernity and Its Discontents: European Thought and Culture from Fin de Siècle to World War II (An MLA-Style Course)	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CLS 72 W	Queerness in Context: Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in the US Today	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
FD 02 W	The History, Culture, and Science of Cheese: A Tasting Journey	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
FD 03	Chocolate: From Commodity Crop to Ephemeral Luxury	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 197 W	The Roman World	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
LIT 61	Poems and Paintings: In Search of Pleasure	SP	T	Live Online	Cancelled
SJS 03	Nonviolence and Human Rights in the World House: Realizing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Vision	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SJS 05 W	Demystifying Critical Race Theory	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Current Events
POL 62 A	Defending Democracy at Home and Abroad	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
POL 62 B	Defending Democracy at Home and Abroad	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SSU 113	Stanford Monday University: 2023	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Design
DSN 100	Artful Design: How We Shape Technology and How Technology Shapes Us	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Film Studies
FLM 119	Comedies That Are Actually Funny	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
FLM 125	Cold War Shivers: Sci-Fi Scare Films of the Fifties!	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Food and Drink
FD 02 W	The History, Culture, and Science of Cheese: A Tasting Journey	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
FD 03	Chocolate: From Commodity Crop to Ephemeral Luxury	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
FD 97 W	The Business of Wine: Strategies, Challenges, and Trends	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
History
CLS 211	Modernity and Its Discontents: European Thought and Culture from Fin de Siècle to World War II (An MLA-Style Course)	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 109	Information Technology from Movable Type to Machine Learning	SP	W	Live Online	Cancelled
HIS 146	New Explorations in Maps from the Early Modern Era	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 168	The History, Politics, and Business of Middle Eastern Oil	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 172	The History of Modern Germany	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 197 W	The Roman World	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Languages
CHN 01	Beginning Chinese	SP	T	On-campus	Cancelled
ITA 01	Beginning Italian	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SPA 01	Beginning Spanish: Part I	SP	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
SPA 02	Beginning Spanish: Part II	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Literature
LIT 36	Shakespeare in Love	SP	M	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
LIT 61	Poems and Paintings: In Search of Pleasure	SP	T	Live Online	Cancelled
LIT 68	Imagining Better Worlds in Literature	SP	W	Live Online	Cancelled
Mathematics
STAT 05	Statistics for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Music Studies
MUS 42	The Motown Sound: Creativity, Race, and Labor in American Popular Music	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
MUS 44	Musica Divina: The Life and Works of Mozart	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Music Studio
MUS 60	Play the Acoustic Guitar: The Songs of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and More	SP	T	Live Online	Cancelled
Philosophy
PHI 122 W	The Nature of You: Exploring Individuality and Reality	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
PHI 90	Overcoming the Tradition: Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Arendt	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Psychology
PSY 96	Manage Emotions Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Science
ARTH 52	The Artistic Eye: Vision and the History of Art	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
BIO 03 W	Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What You Eat	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BIO 04 W	Inflammation and Disease	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 12	Nutrition: A Personalized Approach	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 80	An Introduction to Anatomy at the Stanford School of Medicine: Exploring the Urinary System, Part II	SP	S	On-campus	ClosedJoin Wait List
Social Justice
SJS 03	Nonviolence and Human Rights in the World House: Realizing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Vision	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SJS 05 W	Demystifying Critical Race Theory	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Stanford Monday University
SSU 113	Stanford Monday University: 2023	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Theater and Performance Studies
TAPS 105	Stand-Up Comedy Writing	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Wellness and Health
BIO 03 W	Diet and Gene Expression: You Are What You Eat	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BIO 04 W	Inflammation and Disease	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 63	The Right to Speak: Finding and Freeing Your Natural Voice	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
PSY 96	Manage Emotions Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
SCI 12	Nutrition: A Personalized Approach	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 04	Mindfulness and Reflective Writing	SP	M	Live Online	Cancelled
WELL 06	Building Resilience: A Science-Based Approach	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 10	The Art of Opening in the Moment: Relationships Simplified	SP	S	Live Online	Cancelled
WELL 108 W	Motherhood and Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Positive Change	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 15	Energize Your Life: A Scientific Approach	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 20	Designing the Life We Want: Self-Renewal in Spring	SP	FSSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 24	The Practical Power of Emotional Intelligence	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 33	Excellence Is No Accident: Mental Skills Training for Work, Sport, and Life	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
Creative Writing
Online Certificate Program in Novel Writing
OWC 304 A	Novel II: Plot and Structure	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 304 B	Novel II: Plot and Structure	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 304 C	Novel II: Plot and Structure	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
OWC 304 D	Novel II: Plot and Structure	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
OWC 310	One-on-One Tutorial: Novel	SP		Flex Online	Closed
Creative Writing
CNF 199	Write Your Memoir: Take the Next Steps	SP	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CNF 43 W	Creative Nonfiction: How to Grab Your Reader	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CNF 72 W	Memoir Writing: Finding Your Voice	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CNF 76	Pitch and Publish Your Nonfiction Stories	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CNF 79	Memory to Memoir: Crafting Compelling Stories from Difficult Experiences	SP	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CNF 84 W	Bird by Bird: Starting a Nonfiction Book	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 03	Time and Narrative: The Secret to Storytelling	SP	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 07	The Art of the Interview: Techniques to Cultivate Great Material	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 139	Irresistible Prose: A Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Workshop	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 141 W	Sounding the Depths: Writing with Emotional Resonance	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
CW 16	Writing for the Youngest Audience: Little Children, Big Emotions	SP	S	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 19 WA	The Creative Habit: Cultivating a Daily Writing Practice	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 19 WB	The Creative Habit: Cultivate a Daily Writing Practice	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 28	From Writer to Author: Navigating the Twisty Path to Publication	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 47 W	The Magazine Story: From the Real World to the Page	SP		Flex Online	Cancelled
CW 56 W	Create Dynamic Stories Using the Enneagram-Story Connection	SP		Flex Online	Cancelled
CW 64 W	Writing about Spirituality	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 66	Show and Tell: Mastering the Art of the Scene	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CW 68	Cultivate Your Prose Style: Line by Line	SP	Th	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
FICT 161 W	Writing Mysteries and Thrillers: Misdirection, Mayhem, and More	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
FICT 70	Writing Electric Short Stories	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
FICT 72 W	Fiction Writing: From Imitation to Inspiration	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
FICT 86	The Craft of Short Story Writing: Awakening the Imagination	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
FICT 87 W	Writing Short Fiction: Where to Begin?	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
NVL 32 W	Writing Your Debut Novel	SP		Flex Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
NVL 33	How to Sell Your Novel: Query Letters, Synopses, and Elevator Pitches	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
NVL 38 W	Fiction Writing: Your Authentic, One-of-a-Kind Voice	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
POET 30 W	The Poet’s Way	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
POET 38 W	Poetry Writing for Absolute Beginners	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Professional & Personal Development
Business
BUS 03	Financial Planning: Part II	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 06	Cultivate Your Team: Leadership for the New Work Environment	SP	M	Live Online	Cancelled
BUS 102 W	Be a Changemaker: Learn to Lead Effective, Impactful Transitions	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 105	Cloud Computing: Sell and Market Enterprise Subscription Model SaaS and AI Solutions	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 126 W	Navigate the Workplace: Managing Up, Down, and Across	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 129	Innovative Strategies for Building Sustainable Brands	SP	M	Live Online	Cancelled
BUS 136	How to Sell a Thriving Business	SP	TTh	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 147	People Analytics: How to Build a Talent Advantage	SP	T	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 163 W	Search Engine Optimization: Practical Marketing Techniques	SP		Flex Online	Cancelled
BUS 166 W	Social Media Marketing	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 169	Build a Better Business Model: The Key to Successful Innovation	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 188 W	Decision Mapping: Make Business Decisions with Less Stress and More Clarity	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 19	The Business of Art: Selling, Buying, and Collecting	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 201	Lead Yourself and Others with the Enneagram	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 213	Principles of Product/Market Fit	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 217	Accelerate Your Startup Idea	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 253	Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp for Product and Business Managers	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 263	Negotiation Mastery: Achieve Outstanding Results and Relationships	SP	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 271	Women Leaders: Mastering Influence, Authenticity, and Power	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 280	The Role of Leadership in Creating a Positive Workplace Culture	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 283	Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation	SP	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 288	Leadership Presence, Power, and Influence	SP	Th	On-campus	ClosedJoin Wait List
BUS 300	Futurist Leadership: Thrive during Times of Accelerated Change	SP	SSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 56	Fundamentals of Agile Project Management	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 62 W	Fundamentals of Product Management	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 84	Your Leadership Journey: Self-Reflections and Practices for Growth	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 87	Finance for Non-Finance Managers	SP	MW	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 66	Think on Your Feet: An Improviser’s Guide to Business and Communication	SP	SSu	On-campus	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 88	High-Impact Communication to Advance Your Technology Career	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
DSN 08	Inception Workshop: Rapid Conceptualization of World-Class Products	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
FD 97 W	The Business of Wine: Strategies, Challenges, and Trends	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
Communication
BUS 263	Negotiation Mastery: Achieve Outstanding Results and Relationships	SP	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
BUS 283	Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation	SP	FS	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 19	Building Interpersonal Skills: An Experiential Workshop	SP	F-M	On-campus	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 42	Improvisationally Speaking	SP	M	Live Online	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 44	The Art of Effective Interpersonal Communication	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 63	The Right to Speak: Finding and Freeing Your Natural Voice	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 66	Think on Your Feet: An Improviser’s Guide to Business and Communication	SP	SSu	On-campus	ClosedJoin Wait List
COM 68	The Neuroscience of Engagement: Capture Audience Attention	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 72	Conversational Intelligence: Increase Your Impact	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 86	Creating Memorable Visuals: A Workshop for Non-Designers	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 88	High-Impact Communication to Advance Your Technology Career	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
WELL 10	The Art of Opening in the Moment: Relationships Simplified	SP	S	Live Online	Cancelled
Communication for Non-Native English Speakers
COM 39 A	Accent Reduction for Non-Native English Speakers	SP	T	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
COM 39 B	Accent Reduction for Non-Native English Speakers	SP	W	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
COM 87	Workplace Communication for Non-Native English Speakers	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Design
COM 86	Creating Memorable Visuals: A Workshop for Non-Designers	SP	SSu	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
DSN 08	Inception Workshop: Rapid Conceptualization of World-Class Products	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
DSN 100	Artful Design: How We Shape Technology and How Technology Shapes Us	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
Technology and Data Science
BUS 253	Artificial Intelligence Bootcamp for Product and Business Managers	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CS 01	A Gentle Introduction to Programming for Non-Programmers	SP	Th	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
CS 06	Introduction to Data Visualization with Python	SP	SSu	On-campus	OpenAdd to cart
CS 46 W	Beginning Programming in Python	SP		Flex Online	OpenAdd to cart
CS 71	Build Applications without Programming: The No-Code Revolution	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
CS 89	Beginning Programming in R	SP	T	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
DSN 100	Artful Design: How We Shape Technology and How Technology Shapes Us	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
HIS 109	Information Technology from Movable Type to Machine Learning	SP	W	Live Online	Cancelled
STAT 05	Statistics for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science	SP	Th	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart
TECH 13	The Reality of Being Virtual	SP	M	Live Online	OpenAdd to cart