Let’s design and restore hope together

Greetings, all. My name is Milan Drake, Community + Curriculum Lead at the d.school.

There is still time for you to apply for the 2020 Fall quarter at the d.school! This is the quarter where we invite you to design and restore hope as a community. This Fall the d.school is offering more design courses than we've ever offered (18), being delivered by the most diverse teaching teams we've ever had the pleasure of collaborating with (50+ Instructors). For Fall 2020 quarter, EVERY Stanford student applicant is accepted + welcomed into a class! Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students, as well as Postdocs from all areas of study are welcome.

If this is your first introduction to design, you may be hearing a voice in your head, “I’ve never considered myself as a creative person”. You’re not alone. In our classes, you’ll learn select design abilities, tools, and mindsets and practice applying them in the real world context with real world issues. You’ll collaborate with fellow students from diverse disciplines as well as real world partners. Design can be applied to all kinds of problems. But, just like humans, problems are often messy and complex—and need to be tackled with some serious creative thinking.

Take a look below to see what it was like for students in the spring 2020 quarter.

Jump to our course descriptions or keep reading about what makes Fall quarter unique.

What Courses Are Being Offered?

Our teachers have been spending spring + summer quarter designing courses that aim to foster a sense of belonging in a virtual environment. All Fall courses will be remote, AND still engaging and exciting---we’re making sure the authentic design experience is not lost virtually. See what issues matter to our teachers the most as they’re designing the fall curriculum in the video below.

Our teaching teams are made up of both veteran d.school instructors teaching side by side with designers integrated from all parts of the community. To name a few new additions, this quarter we’re welcoming Ise Lyfe, an Oakland artist, social justice advocate, and social entrepreneur, Becky Lai, a Social Justice Advocate in education and workforce development, and Shria Tomlinson, a driven leader who is giving voice to students whose stories need and deserve to be told. All are passionate in their work with youth, vocal proponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in all spaces.

The themes for our courses this year are as follows:

• Interpersonal Conflict

• Courageous Conversations

• Social Justice + Racial Justice

• Healthcare + Virtual Reality

• Digital + Remote Design

• and more

When looking at classes, it is our hope that students apply to classes that interest them while also pursuing and participating in courses that will expose them to new learning experiences, outside of their major and or comfort zones.

Please visit our course descriptions and feel free to reach out to Instructors directly (email addresses are on every class listing) and or reach out to me (mdrake@stanford.edu) with any questions or concerns.

How to apply?

STEP 1: Review our largest number of courses (18) at https://dschool.stanford.edu/classes

STEP 2: Select your TOP THREE courses that interest you

STEP 3: All you need is (a) your laptop or phone, (b) your Stanford Student SUNet ID, (c) and lastly, complete this Fall 2020 Universal Application, letting us know your TOP THREE courses, by August 28th.

STEP 4: The final step, (you’ll need your Stanford Student SUNet ID for this as well) after receiving notice of which of your TOP THREE courses you’ll be partaking in, head over to AXESS and officially enroll in your course!

That’s it! Completing steps 1 through 4 by August 28th, will guarantee you a spot in one of 18 courses being offered this Fall.

Read about our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity.