Classes
These are all the PIT-related courses at Stanford, organized by department. You can also search, view all topics, or check out university or student organizations. Class offerings vary by year.
Aeronautics & Astronautics
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Sustainable Aviation
AA 260: Sustainable Aviation: Quantitative assessment of the impact of aviation on the environment including noise, local, and global emissions, and models used to predict it. Fundamentals of aircraft and engine performance needed to assess current and future concepts. Major national and international policy implications of existing and future technology choices.
African & African American Studies
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
AFRICAAM 151: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (ARTSINST 151C, CSRE 151C, STS 51D, SYMSYS 151D, TAPS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
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Race and Gender in Silicon Valley
AFRICAAM 80Q: Race and Gender in Silicon Valley (CS 80Q): We'll start with the basic questions like who decides who gets to see themselves as "a computer person,"? We'll see how data and the coming age of AI raise the stakes on questions of identity and technology. How can we ensure that AI technology will…
American Studies
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The Dialogue of Democracy
AMSTUD 137: The Dialogue of Democracy (COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T, POLISCI 332T): What is the role of technology in changing our democratic practices, to mobilize, to persuade, to solve public problems? This course will include readings from political theory about democratic ideals. It will also include contemporary examinations of the media and the…
Anthropology
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Introduction to Race and Technology
ANTHRO 104D: Introduction to Race and Technology (CSRE 104, SYMSYS 104): How do ideas about race get encoded in the design of new technology? How have science and technology shaped our understanding of race and identity? Drawing on research in anthropology, history, media studies, STS, and beyond, we will consider how technology can reinforce and…
Applied Physics
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Energy Options for the 21st Century
APPPHYS 79N: Energy Options for the 21st Century: Choices for meeting the future energy needs of the U.S. and the world. Basic physics of energy sources, technologies that might be employed, and related public policy issues. Trade-offs and societal impacts of different energy sources. Policy options for making rational choices for a sustainable world energy…
Art History
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A.I.-Activism-Art
ARTHIST 168A: A.I.-Activism-Art (CSRE 106A, ENGLISH 106A, SYMSYS 168A): Lecture/studio course exploring arts and humanities scholarship and practice engaging with, and generated by, emerging emerging and exponential technologies. Our course will explore intersections of art and artificial intelligence with an emphasis on social impact and racial justice. Open to all undergraduates.
Arts Institute
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
ARTSINST 151C: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, CSRE 151C, STS 51D, SYMSYS 151D, TAPS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
Bioengineering
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Biodesign for Digital Health
BIOE 273: Biodesign for Digital Health (MED 273): How does one approach innovation in digital health to address health care challenges while ensuring the greatest chance of success? Student teams will take actual digital and mobile health challenges and learn how to apply Biodesign innovation principles to research and evaluate needs, ideate solutions, and objectively…
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Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation
BIOE 374B: Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation (ME 368B, MED 272B): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation
BIOE 374A: Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation (ME 368A, MED 272A): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Medical Device Innovation
BIOE 70Q: Medical Device Innovation: BIOE 70Q invites students to apply design thinking to the creation of healthcare technologies. Students will learn about the variety of factors that shape healthcare innovation, and through hands-on design projects, invent their own solutions to clinical needs.
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Needs Finding in Healthcare
BIOE 10SC: Needs Finding in Healthcare: You'll spend time: Learning the fundamentals of the biodesign innovation process for health technology innovation; Performing first-hand observations of care delivery to identify compelling unmet needs; Conducting background research to understand and prioritize those needs; Brainstorming and building early-stage prototypes. In addition, you'll meet experienced innovators from the health…
Biomedical Data Science
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Foundation Models for Healthcare
BIODS 271: Foundation Models for Healthcare (CS 277, RAD 271): This course will involve a deep dive into recent advances in AI in healthcare, focusing in particular on deep learning approaches for healthcare problems. Foundations of neural networks, cutting-edge deep learning models in healthcare (including image, text, multimodal and time-series data). Advanced topics on open challenges…
Biomedical Informatics
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Data Driven Medicine
BIOMEDIN 225: Data Driven Medicine: The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has created a new source of big data namely, the record of routine clinical practice as a by-product of care. This class will teach you how to use EHRs and other patient data in conjunction with recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Deploying and Evaluating Fair AI in Healthcare
BIOMEDIN 223: Deploying and Evaluating Fair AI in Healthcare (EPI 220): This course teaches the principles of AI evaluations in healthcare, provides a framework for deployment of AI in the healthcare system, reviews the regulatory environment, and discusses fundamental components used to evaluate the downstream effects of AI healthcare solutions, including biases and fairness.
Biosciences Interdisciplinary
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Applied Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
BIOS 244: Applied Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: This mini-course focuses on responsible development and use of AI in healthcare. Focus is on the critical analysis of AI systems, and the evolving policy and regulatory landscape. Throughout this course students will develop and evaluate a hypothetical AI system. No programming experience is required.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Desalination for a Circular Water Economy
CEE 273M: Desalination for a Circular Water Economy: This course explores the technological innovations required to support a circular water economy in which nontraditional water is treated to fit-for-purpose standards and reused locally.
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Explore Energy
CEE 108: Explore Energy (CEE 208, ENERGY 108, ENERGY 208): Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales and in multiple sectors. Each quarter will include some sessions that feature Stanford itself as a living laboratory for energy transitions that can be catalyzed by technology, policy, and social…
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Explore Energy
CEE 208: Explore Energy (CEE 108, ENERGY 108, ENERGY 208): Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales and in multiple sectors. Each quarter will include some sessions that feature Stanford itself as a living laboratory for energy transitions that can be catalyzed by technology, policy, and social…
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Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy
CEE 114: Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 214, MED 114, MED 214, PSYC 114): This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and real-world implementation meet. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility,…
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Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy
CEE 214: Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 114, MED 114, MED 214, PSYC 114): This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and real-world implementation meet. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility,…
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Transportation and the Future City
CEE 65SI: Transportation and the Future City (URBANST 65SI): What should a 'city of the future' look like? This weekly speaker series will provide a broad overview to the fields of transportation engineering and city planning and how they intersect with the overarching issues of sustainability, energy, technology, equity, and climate change.
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Understand Energy
CEE 107A: Understand Energy (CEE 207A, EARTHSYS 103): Energy has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, environment, and human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and…
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Understand Energy
CEE 207A: Understand Energy (CEE 107A, EARTHSYS 103): Energy has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, environment, and human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and…
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Wind Energy Explained
CEE 34N: Wind Energy Explained: This seminar introduces the theory, design, and application of wind energy technologies. To successfully deploy wind energy and other alternative technologies, we will need to converge across many knowledge domains, including civil, environmental, electrical, and mechanical engineering in addition to social science and public policy, among many others.
Communication
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Digital Civil Society
COMM 230A: Digital Civil Society (CSRE 230A): Using human rights as an anchor, we will explore how digital technologies perpetuate long-standing threats and create new challenges for digital rights. We will also analyze how communities develop strategies to mitigate these harms. Topics include: Mis-disinformation and racism/sexism, Algorithmic bias, Tech workers unions, Immigration and technology, Covid-related…
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
COMM 180: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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History of YouTube
COMM 101S: History of YouTube: Drawing on communication studies, media theory, and science and technology studies, we will explore how Youtube has evolved in its seventeen years of existence, and how it has influenced, and been influenced by, its cultural and social environment.
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The Dialogue of Democracy
COMM 137W: The Dialogue of Democracy (AMSTUD 137, COMM 237, POLISCI 232T, POLISCI 332T): What is the role of technology in changing our democratic practices, to mobilize, to persuade, to solve public problems? This course will include readings from political theory about democratic ideals. It will also include contemporary examinations of the media and the…
Comparative Literature
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Introduction to Apocalyptic Thinking
COMPLIT 376: How to Think About Catastrophe Toward a Theory of Enlightened Doomsaying (FRENCH 367, POLISCI 237R, POLISCI 337R, STS 200V): This seminar will explore: nuclear war, climate change, gene editing, synthetic biology, advanced artificial intelligence. Among the philosophies that will be summoned: the post-Heideggerian critique of technoscience (Hannah Arendt and Günther Anders), Hans Jonas' Ethics…
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Myth and Modernity
COMPLIT 222A: Myth and Modernity (GERMAN 222, GERMAN 322, JEWISHST 242G, JEWISHST 342): Masters of German 20th- and 21st-Century literature and philosophy as they present aesthetic innovation and confront the challenges of modern technology, social alienation, manmade catastrophes, and imagine the future. Readings include Nietzsche, Freud, Rilke, Musil, Brecht, Kafka, Doeblin, Benjamin, Juenger, Arendt, Musil,…
Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity
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Digital Civil Society
CSRE 230A: Digital Civil Society (COMM 230A): Using human rights as an anchor, we will explore how digital technologies perpetuate long-standing threats and create new challenges for digital rights. We will also analyze how communities develop strategies to mitigate these harms. Topics include: Mis-disinformation and racism/sexism, Algorithmic bias, Tech workers unions, Immigration and technology, Covid-related…
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
CSRE 151C: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, ARTSINST 151C, STS 51D, SYMSYS 151D, TAPS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
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Introduction to Race and Technology
CSRE 104: Introduction to Race and Technology (ANTHRO 104D, SYMSYS 104): How do ideas about race get encoded in the design of new technology? How have science and technology shaped our understanding of race and identity? Drawing on research in anthropology, history, media studies, STS, and beyond, we will consider how technology can reinforce and…
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The Politics of Algorithms
CSRE 154T: The Politics of Algorithms (COMM 154, COMM 254, SOC 154, SOC 254C): This course will provide an introduction to the social and cultural forces shaping the construction, institutionalization, and uses of algorithms. In so doing, we will explore how algorithms relate to political issues of modernization, power, and inequality.
Computer Science
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
CS 271: Foundation Models for Healthcare (BIODS 271, RAD 271): This course will involve a deep dive into recent advances in AI in healthcare, focusing in particular on deep learning approaches for healthcare problems. Foundations of neural networks, cutting-edge deep learning models in healthcare (including image, text, multimodal and time-series data). Advanced topics on open…
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Computational Law
CS 204: Computational Law: Computational Law is an innovative approach to legal informatics concerned with the representation of regulations in computable form. It is used to perform useful legal calculations, such as compliance checking, legal planning, and regulatory analysis. In this course, we look at the theory, relevant technology and applications, and its prospects problems,…
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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
CS 281: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Through practical case studies, you will identify issues of fairness, justice and truth in AI applications. You will then apply recent techniques to detect and mitigate such algorithmic biases, along with methods to provide more transparency and explainability to state-of-the-art ML models, while analyzing their limitations.
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
CS 182: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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Race and Gender in Silicon Valley
CS 80Q: Race and Gender in Silicon Valley (AFRICAAM 80Q): We'll start with the basic questions like who decides who gets to see themselves as "a computer person,"? We'll see how data and the coming age of AI raise the stakes on questions of identity and technology. How can we ensure that AI technology will…
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Seminar on AI Safety
CS 521: Seminar on AI Safety: In this seminar, we will focus on the challenges in the design of safe and verified AI-based systems. Verification of AI systems, reward misalignment and hacking, secure and attack-resilient AI systems, diagnosis and repair, issues regarding policy and ethics, and the implications of AI safety in automotive industry.
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Trust and Safety Engineering
CS 152: Trust and Safety Engineering: An introduction to the ways consumer internet services are abused to cause real human harm and the potential operational, product and engineering responses. Our goal is to provide students with an understanding of how the technologies they may build have been abused in the past and how they might…
Data Science
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Data Science at Work
DATASCI 54: Data Science at Work: This one-unit course will showcase the power of data science to inform and impact all aspects of our lives and communities. During this course, students will participate in a series of discussions with professional data scientists working in government, technology companies, business and non-profit organizations.
Design
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Tinkering with Inequity in Emerging Tech
DESIGN 283Q: Tinkering with Inequity in Emerging Tech: A historically-informed and multidisciplinary approach to designing emerging technologies like AI, the metaverse, NFTs, IOT, and the systems in which they exist to be equitable. Today's emerging technologies, which span everything from deep fakes to self-driving vehicles, have incredible capabilities, and at the same time are plagued…
Drama
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
TAPS 151D: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, ARTSINST 151C, CSRE 151C, STS 51D, SYMSYS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
Earth System Science
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Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins
ESS 103: Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins (EARTHSYS 109, EARTHSYS 209, ESS 203, ETHICSOC 107): How do we feed a growing population in the face of climate change? Learn about the environmental, ethical, and economic drivers behind the market for meat replacements. We'll take a deep dive into the science and technology used…
Earth Systems
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Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins
EARTHSYS 109: Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins (EARTHSYS 209, ESS 103, ESS 203, ETHICSOC 107): How do we feed a growing population in the face of climate change? Learn about the environmental, ethical, and economic drivers behind the market for meat replacements. We'll take a deep dive into the science and technology used…
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Understand Energy
EARTHSYS 103: Understand Energy (CEE 107A, CEE 207A): Energy has significant consequences for our society, political system, economy, environment, and human development and opportunity. In taking this course, students will not only understand the fundamentals of each energy resource -- including significance and potential, conversion processes and technologies, drivers and barriers, policy and regulation, and…
Economics
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The AI Awakening: Implications for the Economy and Society
ECON 295: The AI Awakening: Implications for the Economy and Society: This course will explore how the advances in AI can and will transform our economy and society in the coming years.
Education
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Child Development and New Technologies
EDUC 342: Child Development and New Technologies: Focus is on the experiences computing technologies afford children and how these experiences might influence development. Sociocultural theories of development as a conceptual framework for understanding how computing technologies interact with the social ecology of the child, and how children actively use technology to meet their own goals.…
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education Technology Seminar
EDUC 295: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education Technology Seminar: The last several years have created significant challenges and opportunities in education; there has never been a more pressing and urgent need in our history to foster entrepreneurship in education by leveraging new technologies. This course will help you develop the skills and strategies necessary to…
Electrical Engineering
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Man versus Nature: Coping with Disasters Using Space Technology
EE 60N: Man versus Nature: Coping with Disasters Using Space Technology (GEOPHYS 60N): Natural hazards and how they affect people and society. Scientific issues, political and social consequences, costs of disaster mitigation, and how scientific knowledge affects policy. How spaceborne imaging technology makes it possible to respond quickly and mitigate consequences; how it is applied…
Emergency Medicine
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Does Social Media Make Better Physicians?
EMED 123N: Does Social Media Make Better Physicians?: Scientific knowledge doubles every 90 days. This seminar will explore the best ways to use technology in medical education, with a focus on the application of social media as a key instructional tool.
Energy Resources Engineering
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Explore Energy
ENERGY 108: Explore Energy (CEE 108, CEE 208, ENERGY 208): Course content features current topics that affect the pace of energy transitions at multiple scales and in multiple sectors. Each quarter will include some sessions that feature Stanford itself as a living laboratory for energy transitions that can be catalyzed by technology, policy, and social…
Engineering
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Perspectives in Assistive Technology
ENGR 110: Perspectives in Assistive Technology (ENGR 110) (ENGR 210): Explores the medical, social, ethical, and technical challenges surrounding the design, development, and use of technologies that improve the lives of people with disabilities and older adults.
Epidemiology
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Deploying and Evaluating Fair AI in Healthcare
EPI 220: Deploying and Evaluating Fair AI in Healthcare (BIOMEDIN 223): This course teaches the principles of AI evaluations in healthcare, provides a framework for deployment of AI in the healthcare system, reviews the regulatory environment, and discusses fundamental components used to evaluate the downstream effects of AI healthcare solutions, including biases and fairness.
Ethics in Society
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
ETHICSOC 182: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development
ETHICSOC 232T: Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development (POLISCI 236, POLISCI 236S, SUSTAIN 222): What is the most effective way to support sustainable development? In a team-based, experiential project, students will develop a pitch and select a nonprofit organization to receive a class donation of $50,000 to support learning to think ethically and strategically…
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Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins
ETHICSOC 107: Rethinking Meat: An Introduction to Alternative Proteins (EARTHSYS 109, EARTHSYS 209, ESS 103, ESS 203): How do we feed a growing population in the face of climate change? Learn about the environmental, ethical, and economic drivers behind the market for meat replacements. We'll take a deep dive into the science and technology used…
Feminist
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Introduction to Feminist Science and Social Justice
FEMGEN 148: Introduction to Feminist Science and Social Justice: This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Feminist Science and Technology Studies with focus on social justice. Students will learn to identify, describe, and question the relationships between science, technology, and society using intersectional feminist and social justice perspectives.
Finance
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FinTech for Social Impact & Climate Finance
FINANCE 315: FinTech for Social Impact & Climate Finance: This MBA elective explores innovative ways in which financial technology (FinTech) is transforming the financial sector. What are the financial and technological frictions that FinTech companies are addressing? What are the current trends in key FinTech verticals? What does it mean for a FinTech to have…
French Studies
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Introduction to Apocalyptic Thinking
FRENCH 367: How to Think About Catastrophe Toward a Theory of Enlightened Doomsaying (COMPLIT 376, POLISCI 237R, POLISCI 337R): This seminar will explore: nuclear war, climate change, gene editing, synthetic biology, advanced artificial intelligence. Among the philosophies that will be summoned: the post-Heideggerian critique of technoscience (Hannah Arendt and Günther Anders), Hans Jonas' Ethics of…
Genetics
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AI, Genes and Ethics
GENE 113: AI, Genes and Ethics (GENE 213): This course will look at the intersection of AI and Genetics to analyze advances that could be made but also ethical questions that should be asked. The course is designed to be accessible to many disciplines and there are no pre-requisites.
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Introduction to Genetics, Ethics, and Society
GENE 220: Introduction to Genetics, Ethics, and Society: Topics include: 1) the intersection of science and society, 2) timeline of American eugenics, 3) genome editing and the uncertain future, 4) race, ancestry, identity, and genetics, 5) justice and genetics, and 6) inclusive scientist-community relationships.
Geophysics
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Man versus Nature: Coping with Disasters Using Space Technology
GEOPHYS 60N: Man versus Nature: Coping with Disasters Using Space Technology (EE 60N): Natural hazards and how they affect people and society. Scientific issues, political and social consequences, costs of disaster mitigation, and how scientific knowledge affects policy. How spaceborne imaging technology makes it possible to respond quickly and mitigate consequences; how it is applied…
German Studies
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Myth and Modernity
GERMAN 222: Myth and Modernity (COMPLIT 222A, GERMAN 322, JEWISHST 242G, JEWISHST 342): Masters of German 20th- and 21st-Century literature and philosophy as they present aesthetic innovation and confront the challenges of modern technology, social alienation, manmade catastrophes, and imagine the future. Readings include Nietzsche, Freud, Rilke, Musil, Brecht, Kafka, Doeblin, Benjamin, Juenger, Arendt, Musil,…
Global Studies
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Global Algorithmic Development and Ethics
GLOBAL 124: Global Algorithmic Development and Ethics: Participants gain an overview of AI growth on a global scale. Next, students explore non-Western ethics highlighting perspectives of the Global South including Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist frameworks, considering successes like Africa's Masakhane, case studies in the Arab world, and Latin America as well as problems of data sovereignty,…
GSB General & Interdisciplinary
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Climate Change, Economics, Technology
GSBGEN 341: Climate Change, Economics, Technology: This course covers (1) the causes and consequences of climate change, (2) the predicted economic impacts, policy modeling, and ethical concerns, and (3) the technological pathways that the world is likely to follow. The third part discusses where clean and other technology is as of 2022 and what it…
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Climate Tech for Rapid Decarbonization
GSBGEN 332: Climate Tech for Rapid Decarbonization: This course examines alternative pathways for economies around the world to achieve deep decarbonization within a couple of decades. The overall perspective is to analyze the global decarbonization process at the intersection of technological improvements, financial fundamentals and the parameters set by public policies.
Health Research & Policy
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Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health
HRP 285: Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health (MED 285): Are you interested in innovative ideas and strategies for addressing urgent challenges in human and planetary health? This 7 session lecture series features a selection of noteworthy leaders, innovators and experts across diverse sectors in health and the environment.
International Policy
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Blueprint to Battleground: Weapons, Technologies, and Sociotechnical Change
INTLPOL 296: Blueprint to Battleground: Weapons, Technologies, and Sociotechnical Change: This course explores weapons technologies as both material and social artifacts: how and why they are developed, the manner in which their proper uses and implications are contested, and the means by which they are proliferated or eliminated. Emphasis is placed on technologies central to…
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Confronting Misinformation Online: Law and Policy
INTLPOL 363: Confronting Misinformation Online: Law and Policy: This course will examine contemporary challenges and trade-offs for tech law and policy decision-making presented by false information online. We will explore regulatory, policy, technological, and other solutions to enhance the integrity of the online information ecosystem and address the growing problem of false information online.
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Data: Privacy, Property and Security
INTLPOL 362: Data: Privacy, Property and Security: This seminar will explore the diverse legal regimes regulating personal data--including privacy, property and security--and the imperfect nature of their protections, focusing on forward-looking solutions to the protection of personal data.
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Online Open Source Investigation
INTLPOL 268D: Online Open Source Investigation: This course is a practical introduction to online open source investigation -- internet research using free and publicly available information. The course will cover domain investigations, social media research, image verification, and research into cryptocurrency transactions. The goal of the course is to prepare students for online open source…
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Research Seminar on Cybersecurity: Topics at the Intersection of Security, Safety, and Privacy
INTLPOL 259A: Research Seminar on Cybersecurity: Topics at the Intersection of Security, Safety, and Privacy: The modern automobile is a computer on wheels, with processors, sensors and networked connectivity managing hundreds of safety-critical functions. The course will explore the safety, security and privacy implications of the automobile. Students will accompany the instructor on a deep…
Jewish Studies
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Myth and Modernity
JEWISHST 242G: Myth and Modernity (COMPLIT 222A, GERMAN 222, GERMAN 322, JEWISHST 342): Masters of German 20th- and 21st-Century literature and philosophy as they present aesthetic innovation and confront the challenges of modern technology, social alienation, manmade catastrophes, and imagine the future. Readings include Nietzsche, Freud, Rilke, Musil, Brecht, Kafka, Doeblin, Benjamin, Juenger, Arendt, Musil,…
Law
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Confronting Misinformation Online: Law and Policy
LAW 4053: Confronting Misinformation Online: Law and Policy: This course will examine contemporary challenges and trade-offs for tech law and policy decision-making presented by false information online. We will explore regulatory, policy, technological, and other solutions to enhance the integrity of the online information ecosystem and address the growing problem of false information online.
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Data: Privacy, Property and Security
LAW 4046: Data: Privacy, Property and Security: The collection, use and marketing of personal data are ubiquitous in the digital age. This seminar will explore the diverse legal regimes regulating personal data--including privacy, property and security--and the imperfect nature of their protections.
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Discussion : Race and Technology
LAW 240T: Discussion (1L): Race and Technology: In this discussion group, we will consider whether and how racial and other biases are present in a wide range of technologies. Building on various case studies, we will seek to articulate a framework for recognizing both explicit and subtle anti-black and other biases in tech and understanding…
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Media, Technology, and the First Amendment
LAW 4001: Media, Technology, and the First Amendment: The right to free speech is meaningless without spaces to exercise it. If you are interested in the First Amendment, constitutional issues, appellate litigation, media and technology law, communications law, net neutrality, the increasing power of internet platforms, or simply use the internet, this class is for…
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Modern Surveillance Law
LAW 4015: Modern Surveillance Law: This seminar provides an in depth look at modern government surveillance law, policies and practices, focusing on the US. Technologies and practices covered will include wiretapping, stored data collection and mining, location tracking and developing eavesdropping techniques.
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Policy Practicum: Harvesting Climate Benefits from Agriculture and Forestry Practices
LAW 808Y: Policy Practicum: Harvesting Climate Benefits from Agriculture and Forestry Practices: There are no well-defined protocols for how to measure, monitor, report and verify (collectively referred to as "MMRV") climate benefits associated with specific ag and forestry practices. The practicum will develop evidence-based recommendations to the White House and the Department of Agriculture regarding…
Mechanical Engineering
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Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation
ME 368B: Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation (BIOE 374B, MED 272B): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation
ME 368A: Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation (BIOE 374A, MED 272A): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Forecasting for Innovators: Exponential Technologies, Tools and Social Transformation
ME 297: Forecasting for Innovators: Exponential Technologies, Tools and Social Transformation: You will work with a suite of forecasting methods essential to cultivating innovator's effective foresight, the ability to spot hidden trends, identify new opportunities, develop responsive innovations and anticipate unintended impacts in the face of exponential uncertainty.
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The Changing Energy Landscape in Europe
ME 270A: The Changing Energy Landscape in Europe: This course will offer insights at the interface between environmental challenges, environmental policy, economics, and technology in Europe. Not surprisingly, nations differ in their response to the challenge. Recognizing there is no simple and unique answer to the overarching challenge, students will begin to better understand that…
Medicine
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Ventures
MED 180: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Ventures: In this course, we tackle the central question: How can young students find feasible and impactful medical problems, and build, scale, and translate technology solutions into the clinic?
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Biodesign for Digital Health
MED 273: Biodesign for Digital Health (BIOE 273): How does one approach innovation in digital health to address health care challenges while ensuring the greatest chance of success? Student teams will take actual digital and mobile health challenges and learn how to apply Biodesign innovation principles to research and evaluate needs, ideate solutions, and objectively…
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Biodesign Fundamentals
MED 275B: Biodesign Fundamentals: MED 175B/275B is an introduction to the Biodesign process for health technology innovation. Students will work in teams to develop solutions to current unmet medical needs, starting with a deep dive into understanding and characterizing important unmet medical needs through disease research, competitive analysis, market research, and stakeholder analysis.
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Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation
MED 272B: Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation (BIOE 374B, ME 368B): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation
MED 272A: Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation (BIOE 374A, ME 368A): In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Biodesign: Need in Finding Healthcare
MED 260: Biodesign: Need in Finding Healthcare: Introduction to the Biodesign innovation process for patient-centered medical technology development, centered on the role of clinicians in identifying and supporting medical innovation. The course will have a specific focus on empowering students engaged in Early Clinical Engagement to make observations during ECE or similar shadowing.
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Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy
MED 114: Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 114, CEE 214, MED 214, PSYC 114): This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and real-world implementation meet. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility,…
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Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings
MED 232: Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings: Recent advances in health technologies - incorporating innovations like robotics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and smart sensors - have raised expectations of a dramatic impact on health outcomes across the world. This course explores critical questions regarding the implementation and impact of technological…
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Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health: Sustainable Societies Lab
MED 285: Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health: Sustainable Societies Lab (HRP 285): Are you interested in innovative ideas and strategies for addressing urgent challenges in human and planetary health? This 7 session lecture series features a selection of noteworthy leaders, innovators and experts across diverse sectors in health and the environment.
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The Digital Future of Health Care
MED 213: The Digital Future of Health Care: In this weekly seminar series led by clinicians, digital health investors, and entrepreneurs, students will explore the market and impact of various digital health technologies and their impacts across the entire healthcare ecosystem, today and tomorrow. Application areas include: telemedicine, AI, wearables, social/behavioral interventions, and healthcare at…
Operations Information & Technology
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Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation
OIT 385: Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation: In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
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Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation
OIT 384: Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation: In this two-quarter course series, multidisciplinary student teams identify real-world unmet healthcare needs (winter), invent new health technologies to address them (winter + spring), and plan for their implementation into patient care (spring).
Philosophy
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
PHIL 82: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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Tutorial: Ethics for the Wild Robot Frontier
PHIL 24C: Tutorial: Ethics for the Wild Robot Frontier: Which technologies are permissible to develop and implement? Under the heading moral 'agenthood': what would make robots themselves count as agents, and to what standards are they responsible? Under the heading of moral 'patienthood': in what ways can robots be benefited or harmed, and how does…
Political Science
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
POLISCI 182: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, PUBLPOL 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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International Security in a Changing World
POLISCI 114S: International Security in a Changing World: International Security in a Changing World examines some of the most pressing international security problems facing the world today: nuclear crises, the rise of China, war, terrorism, and climate change. Alternative perspectives - from political science, history, and STS (Science, Technology, and Society) studies - are used…
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Introduction to Apocalyptic Thinking
POLISCI 237R: How to Think About Catastrophe Toward a Theory of Enlightened Doomsaying (COMPLIT 376, FRENCH 367, POLISCI 337R): This seminar will explore: nuclear war, climate change, gene editing, synthetic biology, advanced artificial intelligence. Among the philosophies that will be summoned: the post-Heideggerian critique of technoscience (Hannah Arendt and Günther Anders), Hans Jonas' Ethics of…
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Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development
POLISCI 236: Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development (ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236S, SUSTAIN 222): What is the most effective way to support sustainable development? In a team-based, experiential project, students will develop a pitch and select a nonprofit organization to receive a class donation of $50,000 to support learning to think ethically and strategically…
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Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development
POLISCI 236S: Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development (ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236, SUSTAIN 222): What is the most effective way to support sustainable development? In a team-based, experiential project, students will develop a pitch and select a nonprofit organization to receive a class donation of $50,000 to support learning to think ethically and strategically…
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The Dialogue of Democracy
POLISCI 232T: The Dialogue of Democracy (AMSTUD 137, COMM 137W, COMM 237, POLISCI 332T): What is the role of technology in changing our democratic practices, to mobilize, to persuade, to solve public problems? This course will include readings from political theory about democratic ideals. It will also include contemporary examinations of the media and the…
Psychiatry
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Ventures
PSYC 180: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Ventures: In this course, we tackle the central question: How can young students find feasible and impactful medical problems, and build, scale, and translate technology solutions into the clinic?
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Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health
PSYC 63Q: Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health: In this interdisciplinary seminar, students will learn about (i) psychopathology, (ii) state-of-the-art in diagnosis and treatments of mental health disorders, (iii) unaddressed challenges and problems related to mental health, (iv) artificial intelligence and its potential through real-world examples, (v) recent real-world applications of artificial intelligence that address the…
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Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy
PSYC 114: Frontier Technology: Understanding and Preparing for Technology in the Next Economy (CEE 114, CEE 214, MED 114, MED 214): This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to frontier technology, the intersection where radical forward thinking and real-world implementation meet. Topics covered include artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and advanced robotics, smart cities and urban mobility,…
Public Policy
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Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change
PUBLPOL 182: Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, CS 182, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182): Examination of recent developments in computing technology and platforms through the lenses of philosophy, public policy, social science, and engineering. Algorithmic decision-making and bias; data privacy and civil liberties; AI and autonomous systems; the power of private…
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Regulating New Technology: Policy, Innovation, and Risk
PUBLPOL 353B: Regulating New Technology: Policy, Innovation, and Risk: Examines how science and technology both shape politics and are shaped by politics, with particular attention to the political system of California. Presents case studies of the implications of emerging technologies such as bioengineering and biosecurity; cybersecurity and human rights online; regulation of social media; bias…
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Science and Technology Policy
PUBLPOL 353A: Science and Technology Policy: U.S. policies for science, technology, and innovation; political institutions that create and carry out these policies; the roles of scientists, engineers, and physicians in creating and implementing policy; and opportunities to do policy work in government and other organizations.
Science, Technology & Society
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Advanced AI Alignment
STS 20SI: Advanced AI Alignment: This advanced follow-up to STS 10SI: Intro to AI Alignment explores the frontier of current AI alignment research directions and helps you develop your own inside view on AI safety research.
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Environment and Society
STS 190: Environment and Society: This course examines humanity's varied relationships with the environment, with a focus on the role of science and technology. Students will explore theoretical and methodological approaches in STS and related fields, and conduct original research that engages with environmental issues of their choice.
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
STS 51D: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, ARTSINST 151C, CSRE 151C, SYMSYS 151D, TAPS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
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Introduction to AI Alignment
STS 10SI: Introduction to AI Alignment: We will start by exploring arguments for and against the importance of AI alignment work, especially in relation to reducing existential risk. Then, we will learn about existing AI safety technical research, efforts to implement policy measures that reduce AI risk, and how you can personally contribute to AI…
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Introduction to Science, Technology & Society
STS 1: Introduction to Science, Technology & Society: The course introduces students to critical perspectives on the history, social context, epistemology, and ethics of science, technology, and medicine. The goal of the course is to learn about major concepts and methods from science & technology studies, introduced in the context of real-world issues.
Sociology
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The Politics of Algorithms
SOC 154: The Politics of Algorithms (COMM 154, COMM 254, CSRE 154T, SOC 254C): This course will provide an introduction to the social and cultural forces shaping the construction, institutionalization, and uses of algorithms. In so doing, we will explore how algorithms relate to political issues of modernization, power, and inequality.
Stanford in Washington
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Valley Meets Mission: Purposeful Entrepreneurial Ventures with Government
SIW 158: Valley Meets Mission: Purposeful Entrepreneurial Ventures with Government: Students will engage in candid, interactive discussions with entrepreneurial, government, tech, and investment leaders to examine drivers/obstacles behind government mission-oriented innovation and the need, role, and manner for the entrepreneurial ecosystem to support it.
Sustainability
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Climate Tech for Rapid Decarbonization
SUSTAIN 332: Climate Tech for Rapid Decarbonization: The overall perspective is to analyze the global decarbonization process at the intersection of technological improvements, financial fundamentals and the parameters set by public policies.
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Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development
SUSTAIN 222: Philanthropy Lab: Strategic Giving for Sustainable Development (ETHICSOC 232T, POLISCI 236, POLISCI 236S): What is the most effective way to support sustainable development? In a team-based, experiential project, students will develop a pitch and select a nonprofit organization to receive a class donation of $50,000 to support learning to think ethically and strategically…
Symbolic Systems
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
SYMSYS 151D: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, ARTSINST 151C, CSRE 151C, STS 51D, TAPS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
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Introduction to Race and Technology
SYMSYS 104: Introduction to Race and Technology (ANTHRO 104D, CSRE 104): How do ideas about race get encoded in the design of new technology? How have science and technology shaped our understanding of race and identity? Drawing on research in anthropology, history, media studies, STS, and beyond, we will consider how technology can reinforce and…
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Research in Digital Democracy
SYMSYS 195D: Research in Digital Democracy (SYMSYS 295D): Digital democracy refers to social activity that is organized democratically at a group, institutional, or societal level, and that takes place within or is augmented by digital technology. This is a project-based research seminar designed to teach students methods for studying digital democracy, as well as collaborating…
Theater and Performance Studies
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Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice
TAPS 151D: Ethical STEM: Race, Justice, and Embodied Practice (AFRICAAM 151, ARTSINST 151C, CSRE 151C, STS 51D, SYMSYS 151D): What role do science and technology play in the creation of a just society? How do we confront and redress the impact of racism and bias within the history, theory, and practice of these disciplines? We…
Urban Studies
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Transportation and the Future City
URBANST 65SI: Transportation and the Future City (CEE 65SI): What should a 'city of the future' look like? This weekly speaker series will provide a broad overview to the fields of transportation engineering and city planning and how they intersect with the overarching issues of sustainability, energy, technology, equity, and climate change.
Writing & Rhetoric
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The Art of Access: Disability, Creativity, Communication
PWR 91LF: The Art of Access: Disability, Creativity, Communication: How do assistive technologies like captions and speech recognition shape the way creators and audiences produce and consume digital media? Guest talks, artist-led workshops, and case studies will guide students through a self-designed project, such as a work of accessible media art.