| Consult. Asst. Prof. Bill Behrman | |
| E-mail: | behrman@stanford.edu |
| Telephone: | 725-1200 |
| Office: | Terman 297 |
| Office Hours: | M - F, call or email ahead |
www.stanford.edu/class/cee45q/
This seminar uses the model of a social entrepreneurship startup to understand and address the complex social, economic, political, and design issues that underlie the housing affordability crises in places like the San Francisco Bay Area. Students will become familiar with housing needs, policies, and resources; learn about people most in need of housing; and examine organizations that work in affordable housing. With guidance from professionals on an advisory board organized to assist the seminar, students will target an affordable housing problem and perform research leading to a business plan for a venture to address it. With Center for Teaching and Learning input, students will prepare and make interim and final presentations to the advisory board. The seminar will develop skills in research, development of ideas, planning, organization, management, teamwork, presentation, and communication.
Students are selected based upon an application. Priority is given to sophomores, but students from other years are admitted.
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See project description for details of the team project. The key milestones of the project are listed below and on the course outline.
| Date | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24 | 1. | Team consensus on proposed solution |
| May 13, May 15 | 2. | Presentation of domain findings and initial business plan to advisory board |
| Jun 5 | 3. | Presentation of final business plan and prototype to advisory board, Team dinner |
Students will work in a series of small teams. In the early stages, the teams will regularly write brief memos summarizing their progress and will post their memos on the Web. In the later stages, the teams will produce the various parts of the business plan and develop a prototype. Students will be evaluated on the quality of their writing, their presentations, and their contributions in the team meetings.
| Component | % Time | % Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar participation and presentations | 30 | 40 |
| Reading and preparation | 20 | - |
| Research assignments and business plan | 50 | 60 |
| --- | --- | |
| 100 | 100 |
Policy on late work (other than that excused for serious illness, etc.): 20% off per day late.
Last modified: 2002 Jun 19