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  • BIOS 293  | 2023-2024
    Through tailored lecture, case study, and a practical final project, academic and professional leaders will help you gain insight into the science policy industry and the skills necessary to succeed within the various positions and levels available within it. This course aims to demystify the U.S. science policy process and ...
  • SOMGEN 208  | 2022-2023
    Focus is on everyday activities of patent practitioners (patent agents, patent associates, and patent partners) and applying skills learned in medical, biosciences and physical sciences graduate studies to careers in Patent Law. Topics include: applying for positions, the importance of IP protection, licensing, overview of the patent process, drafting applications ...
  • EDUC 343C  | 2023-2024
    For graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from all disciplines who are considering a faculty career of any type and at any of a broad range of institutions. Numbers are limited and so whether formally registered (grad students) or attending as auditors (grad students or postdocs), all participants must commit to ...
  • DLCL 311  | 2023-2024 Winter

    Instructors:

    • Prodan, S.
    The purpose of this workshop is to introduce first- and second-year graduate students to the profession and to the professional study of literature and culture. What is academia? What skills do you need to succeed in your program and in the profession? How best to set goals and expectations for ...
  • MKTG 574  | 2023-2024
    We assume happiness is stable, an endpoint to achieve our goal to chase. It's not. Recent behavioral research suggests that the meaning of happiness changes every 5-10 years, raising the question: how might we build organizations and lives that cultivate happiness? Research suggests it is better to aim for meaning ...
  • STRAMGT 547  | 2023-2024 Autumn

    Instructors:

    • Antoni, F.
    • Ciesinski, S.
    • Alvarez, G.
    Today, innovative ventures in developing economies are providing compelling new products and services to a growing middle-class as well as to the lower part of the economic pyramid. These offerings provide consumers ways to better their lives and companies to grow their businesses. As older industries around the world are ...
  • STRAMGT 371  | 2023-2024
    This course focuses on the strategic management of technology-based innovation in the firm. The purpose is to provide students with concepts, frameworks, and experiences that are useful for taking part in the management of innovation processes in both startups and large technology-focused organizations. The course examines how leaders can manage ...
  • GSBGEN 508  | 2023-2024 Winter

    Instructors:

    • Shaker, S.
    • Kluger, A.
    Many students come to the GSB with the intent to pivot upon leaving the institution. Some students feel they have outgrown their position or business, or they feel drawn to a new area that better suits their values and interests, where they can make a greater contribution. Some students have ...
  • POLECON 349  | 2023-2024
    This course uses novels and plays as a basis for examining the moral and spiritual aspects of business leadership and of the environment in which business is done. On the one hand literature is used as the basis for examining the character of business people, while on the other hand ...
  • ME 315  | 2023-2024 Winter

    Instructors:

    • Velcich, K.
    • Klebahn, P.
    This class focuses on individuals and their psychological wellbeing. The class delves into how students perceive themselves and their work, and how they might use design thinking to lead a more creative and committed life. As a participant you read parts of a different book each week and then engage ...
  • CEE 275K  | 2023-2024
    Class consists of eight interactive two-hour seminars with discussions, and will cover the evolution of the environmental consulting business, strategic choices and alternative business models for private and public firms, a review of the key operational issues in managing firm, organizational strategies, knowledge management and innovation, and ethical issues in ...
  • ENGR 311A  | 2023-2024 Winter

    Instructors:

    • Sheppard, S.
    Graduate seminar featuring non-technical talks by engineers from academia and industry. The theme for 2024 is "Let's Get Real!" Discussion is encouraged as graduate students share experiences and learn with speakers and each other. Possible topics of discussion range from time management and career choices to diversity, health, and family ...
  • WELLNESS 122  | 2023-2024
    Presents meaningful work as an essential component for life-long wellbeing. Discusses decision making, navigating change, mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience as these topics relate to your career journey. Blends lecture, discussion, individual and group coaching, and small and large group interactions. Learning activities enhance theoretical knowledge and guide career-related decisions.
  • EDUC 334B  | 2023-2024
    (Same as LAW 660B). The Youth and Education Law Project offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and/or policy research ...
  • EDUC 334A  | 2023-2024
    (Same as LAW 660A). The Youth and Education Law Project offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and/or policy research ...