Designing Your Life (300-0-1)

Instructors

Bruce E Ankenman

Ordel Brown

Meeting Info

Ford Studio 3 Rm 3210: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

What if you approached your life as a series of design projects? What if there were a class to help you explore the bigger issues of finding your way to a career you'll love, and space to work on crafting a total life that feels "like you"? Inspired by Stanford's wildly popular class of the same name, this course includes seminar-style discussions, role-playing, short writing assignments, hands-on making, guest speakers, and individual mentoring and coaching. Small group discussions will be held during a separate lab time of each team's choosing.

Registration Requirements

Open to all juniors and seniors of any major; no prerequisites. Enrollment is limited and we strive to create a robust class across a range of majors and backgrounds. To register, please submit this form - https://forms.gle/LvoYLuLpJLUjUF5e8. Share a quick description of yourself—what classes you have most enjoyed and why, your major, any prior design experience (which is not required), maybe a few hopes & fears about your future, and anything else you'd like to tell us. Feel free to sketch or write or capture a video—whatever helps you best express these things most easily and authentically.

Class Materials (Suggested)

There are two required books for the course. They will be available on reserve at the main library if you prefer not to purchase them:

Creative Confidence, by Tom & David Kelley
ISBN: 978-0385349369

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Joyful, Well-lived Life, by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
ISBN: 978-1101875322

Class Attributes

Juniors/Seniors Only

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Juniors & Seniors
Add Consent: Instructor Consent Required

Associated Classes

DIS - Ford Studio 3 Rm 3210: Thurs 6:30PM - 8:00PM

DIS - Meets in Non-General PurposeRm: Thurs 7:30PM - 9:00PM

DIS - Meets in Non-General PurposeRm: Su 4:00PM - 5:30PM