22 courses with the subject eCornell CAS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
eCornell CAS501Executive Presence0
In this 15-week course, you'll learn by doing to refine your public speaking skills and build confidence in your own presence. By sharing videos of yourself presenting and receiving constructive feedback from fellow students and experts, you'll practice analyzing your performance, repeating, and refining your work in exercises and acting techniques specially designed by Cornell Theatre Professor David Feldshuh.
The course concludes with a focus on structural and line editing, refining word choice, and sentence construction. This approach will allow you to develop skills to improve sentence construction and ensure that every element of a piece of writing contributes to a polished and professional final product.
For your campaign to reach everyone who can support your cause or benefit from what your product or skills offer, it is important to take the time to establish who your stakeholders are and what they need. By using a tool called the Strategic Sparkline, you can do just that. In this course, you will use the Strategic Sparkline to analyze content. You will then identify stakeholders and determine the context and goal of your story for each stakeholder. Finally, you will reconfigure your story to generate different forms of your message for various stakeholders. In addition, you will use different media forms to share these insights with the stakeholders you need to address. By the end of this course, you will have actionable insights on your audience to help set your campaigns up for success.
Being a great storyteller allows you to engage with your audience in a meaningful way, building their trust as you communicate your message. In this certificate program, you will apply transmedia practices, or techniques that leverage various forms of media, to communicate your message to various stakeholder groups. By using any variety of media formats videos, ad buttons, posters, social media, presentations, websites, or even comic books and graphic novels you will discover how to choose the appropriate media form to engage specific stakeholders and create a campaign that targets and engages them. Using real-world examples, you'll break down different campaigns and explain how the elements work together to address your stakeholders. This certificate program will provide you with the opportunity to practice strategic storytelling through rapid prototyping using an innovative UX design frame, creation of information-based comics, and the design of TEDx-style and PechaKucha-based presentations using your own content. You will also analyze real-world advertising and information campaigns to assess which storytelling elements could be leveraged to make the communications more effective. By the end of the certificate program, you will be able to apply strategic frameworks to improve your storytelling ability and reach new audiences wherever your work takes you. The courses in this certificate program are required to be completed in the order that they appear.
eCornell CAS524Meta Storytelling With Info Comics0
When contemplating the different forms of media you can use to reach your customers, it's important not to forget about information-based comics. Yes, comics! Often thought of as a format for children or teens, comics can be an effective way to reach new stakeholders. Information comics situate knowledge within concrete scenarios. The characters and plots bring the knowledge to life through dialogue, illustration, and narration. To create an information comic for your campaign, you will create characters, storyboards, dialogues, and imagery to help relay the knowledge to your stakeholders. Once you have established these elements, you will use a web-based website/software tool to bring your vision to reality. In this course, you're going to be making an information comic. You will discover how to write dialogue, create storyboards, and pull together all of the elements into a story about your strategic storytelling campaign. You will also identify how you plan to reach your different stakeholders. In addition, you will explore a tool that you can use to create an info comic. Strategic Storytelling Across Media, Engaging Specific Stakeholders
When it comes to creating presentations, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed while trying to strike the perfect balance of engagement, information, and simplicity. Using industry-standard techniques employed on platforms such as TEDx Talks and in styles such as PechaKucha, you have the ability to create a transformative presentation that moves your audience through images and narration. These styles challenge you to focus on your message, which enables you to transform your presentation and empower and motivate your stakeholders through user experience and information design. Throughout the course, you will explore the functions and forms of presentations; develop a presentation using important components drawn from TEDx and PechaKucha; and practice, present, and refine your presentation, allowing you to experience the process from start to finish. By the end of this course, you will have your own presentation, highlighting the best practices you acquired during the strategic creation process. Strategic Storytelling Across Media, Engaging Specific Stakeholders
To perform basic computations in the Machine Learning certificate program, you need the ability to solve elementary linear algebra problems in two dimensions. In this course, you will execute mathematical computations on vectors and measure the distance from a vector to a line. This course will provide you with the theory and activities to start building the linear algebra foundation needed to be successful in your Machine Learning courses. This optional self-paced course supports the required linear algebra in the Machine Learning certificate. If you are already comfortable with the computations from the pretest, we recommend that you take the final assessment to confirm your readiness.
eCornell CAS532Matrix and Linear Algebra: High Dimension0
This Machine Learning certificate program requires you to think and solve problems in multiple dimensions. In this course, you will learn to solve linear algebra problems in three or more dimensions and perform computations with matrices. You will perform computations that focus on solving problems in high dimension; that is, multiple dimensions. This course will provide you with the theory and activities to solidify the linear algebra foundation needed to be successful in your Machine Learning courses. This optional self-paced course supports the required linear algebra in the Machine Learning certificate. If you are already comfortable with the computations from the pretest, we recommend that you take the final assessment to confirm your readiness.
eCornell CAS551Humor for Influence: Lessons from Ancient Rome0
Effectively using humor to win or gain influence can make you a more effective leader. In this course, you will identify situations and environments where utilizing humor may help you gain influence, and you will identify situations where you should avoid attempting humor. You will develop skills in constructing jokes that suit specific scenarios or audiences and deciding which medium is most effective for the joke. This course also provides strategies to course-correct when a joke doesn't land well so you can safely defuse any incidental tension a joke might cause if the delivery was inappropriate or ineffective. You will review examples and stories translated from ancient Roman philosophy on using humor for influence, and you will be guided to draw parallels between ancient and modern scenarios where humor can be applied. You will be required to purchase a copy of "How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor" by course author Mike Fontaine.
eCornell CAS552Humor in the Workplace: Lessons from Ancient Rome0
Humor can be utilized in many different situations and scenarios, but when it comes to professional settings or in the workplace, the rules and strategies for applying humor can vary. Using humor effectively requires a developed sense of both confidence and empathy to relate to others, enabling an individual to successfully manage and navigate everyday work relations and social dynamics. With these two pillars of confidence and empathy guiding your use of humor, you can empower both yourself and the people with whom you work. In this course, you will analyze humor as applied specifically to the workplace, focusing on the social dynamics of your work peers, superiors, and subordinates. By utilizing these multiple lenses, you will strengthen your empathy and understanding of varying perspectives, gaining insight into how or why humor can help or hinder the attitudes of a team.
eCornell CAS553Lessons in Effective Leadership from Ancient Rome0
What can the Classics teach us about how to be a good leader? In this course, you'll examine what Roman leaders can teach us about effective leadership. For example, is it better to seek pleasure or virtue? And how can you tell the difference between the two? You will read translations of Cicero and other Roman scholars and participate in hands-on activities to engage with key leadership skills. You will gain best practices related to four key virtues: critical thinking, fairness, bravery and self-control. By the end of this course, you will have a new perspective on time-tested leadership traits and how to apply them in your daily life.
eCornell CAS554Maximizing Happiness as a Leader: Lessons from Ancient Rome0
How can you find happiness as a leader? Is being a leader really all about the money and the prestige? In this course, you will look to ancient Roman thought leaders for recommendations on how to be happy as a leader. You'll also consider the purpose of becoming a leader and its impact on your experience as one. As you examine strategies for managing anger in the workplace, you'll also gain insight into ways to determine when it's time to step back from being a leader. By the end of this course, you will have gained recommendations on how to apply these lessons from the Classics to today's leadership climate.
Emotions are a big part of what makes us human. Emotions not only help us understand ourselves and our social relationships with others, they help us respond to stimuli in our environment, and to change our behavior accordingly. In this course, you will investigate the function of emotions in daily life, as well as how to differentiate them from similar, but different "feeling states." You will also explore the history of the study of emotions, including initial perspectives from Western philosophy, as well as how it transformed into a science whereby researchers developed more empirical, systematic methods to study the human emotional experience. Finally, you will compare the evolutionary perspective with other important sources of emotion, such as culture, biological response, and appraisals.
Building your emotional vocabulary is a critical step in recognizing emotions. Naming emotions helps you understand and articulate what you are feeling, and recognize what others are feeling. In this course, you will explore the benefits of broad emotional lexicon. You will also examine strategies for using facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice to identify emotions, and consider how the expression of certain emotions are the same all over the world. You'll practice recognizing emotion in others and, you will consider the limitations of people in being able to recognize and properly identify emotions.
In this course, you will examine the relationship between emotion and cognition, and explore the ways emotion can affect your judgment and decision-making. You will consider how emotion can shape what you are perceiving and paying attention to, and how it impacts your memory. You will examine how emotion can influence creativity and practice measuring your own creativity. Next, you will explore how emotions impact morality and how that can impact behavior. Finally, you will explore how emotions can affect your interpersonal relationships, and consider emotional conflict in both romantic and workplace relationships. Throughout the course, you will use a journal to reflect how the interplay between emotions and cognition affects your life. NOTE: This course relies heavily on visual cues as the majority of cited research is based on visually identifying and recognizing emotions.
You are not a passive recipient of your emotions. In this course, you will explore emotion regulation as a strategy for taking control of your emotions to help you achieve important life goals. You will examine what emotions are automatic, what ones you can control. You will then discuss how emotion regulation affects your day-to-day life, and then consider five major strategies for improving your awareness and regulation of those emotions. You'll identify which strategy you use most frequently, and then practice using a strategy. Finally, you'll explore tactics for influencing the emotions of others, and you'll develop a strategy for regulating your own emotions to achieve important life goals, and how you can influence the emotions of others.
Strong writing skills are essential for crafting impactful stories and communicating ideas effectively. This course will equip you with strategies to enhance your writing skills and improve the productivity of your writing endeavors. Through workshopping, you'll discover ways to refine your writing practices with the help of a supportive community. You'll delve into script and literary analysis and experiment with form and format to improve clarity and effectiveness. Finally, you'll explore the art of crafting compelling narratives, techniques for generating ideas, and approaches for developing story elements.
eCornell CAS572World-Building and Character Development0
Vivid characters and immersive worlds are key to captivating storytelling. In this course, you will develop compelling characters and rich story settings through hands-on writing exercises and targeted techniques. You ll craft detailed character biographies, explore the interplay between setting and personality, and build cohesive story worlds with their own internal logic and "dark matter." Through focused exercises in both poetry and prose, you ll create rich narrative environments that authentically reflect and shape your characters' experiences. The following course is required to be completed before taking this course: Developing the Story and Idea
eCornell CAS573Building Blocks of Scene and Structure0
Mastering the flow of story progression and dramatic tension allows writers to keep readers engaged from beginning to end. In this course, you will craft compelling narratives by honing the essential mechanics of plot development and character transformation. You ll examine conflict types, story beats, and plot structures, and you ll practice techniques for guiding characters through meaningful change. These principles will be applied across multiple forms, from traditional narrative to poetry, creating dynamic scenes that drive stories forward. The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course: Developing the Story and Idea, World-Building and Character Development
The way a story is told can shape its impact and deepen its connection with readers. This course explores the strategic use of narrative perspective and voice to craft distinctive, engaging stories. By experimenting with different points of view, tonal approaches, and voice techniques, you will refine your storytelling style while building meaningful connections with your audience. Examples from multiple genres, including poetry and film, will provide inspiration and expand your narrative toolkit. The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course: Developing the Story and Idea, World-Building and Character Development, Building Blocks of Scene and Structure
Dialogue has the power to bring characters to life and drive the story forward in subtle, impactful ways. In this course, you will craft authentic, purposeful dialogue that advances plot, reveals character, and enriches stories with layered meaning. Practical exercises in dialogue construction, exposition management, and subtext development will help you create conversations that feel natural while serving multiple narrative functions. You will also build a systematic approach to revising and refining dialogue. The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course: Developing the Story and Idea, World-Building and Character Development, Building Blocks of Scene and Structure
Scenes that captivate readers and draw them into the world of a story are built through rich detail and intentional action. In this course, you will craft vivid, dynamic scenes using sensory detail and purposeful movement. By practicing description, metaphor, and action sequences, you ll create immersive experiences that drive your stories forward. Techniques for balancing showing and telling, maintaining clarity in action scenes, and weaving imagery into the narrative will further enhance your storytelling skills. The following courses are required to be completed before taking this course: Developing the Story and Idea, World-Building and Character Development, Building Blocks of Scene and Structure
