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Public Finance and Public Policy
Prof. Jonathan Gruber
This course explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer...
Economics Social Sciences
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The Challenge of World Poverty
Prof. Esther Duflo
This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and...
Business & Management Economics International Development
intermediate
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The Once and Future City
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Class website: The Once & Future City What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future...
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Geography
intermediate
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Media Education and the Marketplace
Mr. Manish Gaudi
This instance of “Media, Education, and the Marketplace” focuses on the rise of information and communications...
Art, Design & Architecture Business & Management Communication
intermediate
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Musical Time
Dr. Martin Marks
This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of three broad topics concerning music in relation to time. Music...
Art, Design & Architecture Cognitive Science Humanities
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Technology in a Dangerous World
Prof. Rosalind Williams
Aim is to analyze important current events for what they reveal about the nature and working of our technological...
Policy and Administration Social Sciences Sociology
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Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries
Mr. Amos G. Winter
According to the United States Agency for International Development, 20 million people in developing countries...
Engineering Health & Medicine International Development
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Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies
Prof. Michel DeGraff
Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history,...
Humanities Language Literature
intermediate
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Introduction to Psychology
Prof. John D. E. Gabrieli
This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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What is Capitalism?
Prof. Christine Walley
As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, there are renewed questions about the nature of the...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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The Meaning of Life
Prof. Graham Jones
This course examines how a variety of cultural traditions propose answers to the question of how to live a...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Perception
Prof. Josh McDermott
This course studies how the senses work and how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system....
Biomedical Technologies Cognitive Science Health & Medicine
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Feminist Thought
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction;...
Gender Studies Social Sciences Sociology
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MIT OCW
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The Art and Science of Happiness
Dr. Holly Sweet
This seminar looks at current theories on happiness and positive psychology as well as practical implications of...
Psychology Social Sciences
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Making Public Policy
Prof. Christopher Warshaw
This course aims to get students thinking about politics and policy as a part of their everyday life. We treat...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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The City in Film
Ezra Haber Glenn
Using film as a lens to explore and interpret various aspects of the urban experience in both the U.S. and abroad,...
Art, Design & Architecture Social Sciences Urban Studies
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Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Andrea Walsh
This course offers an introduction to women’s and gender studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that explores...
Gender Studies Social Sciences Sociology
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Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Gender Studies
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Human Rights: At Home and Abroad
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the...
Humanities Philosophy Policy and Administration
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Popular Musics of the World
Prof. Patricia Tang
This course focuses on popular music, i.e. music created for and transmitted by mass media. Various popular music...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Business & Management
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Gender, Health, and Society
Dr. Brittany Charlton
This course draws on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches to examine gender...
Gender Studies Health & Medicine Immunology
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Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Mitali Thakor
This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
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Foundations of Information Policy
Prof. Daniel Weitzner
In this class, we will consider the interaction between law, policy, and technology as they relate to the evolving...
Computer Science Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Engineering
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Hip Hop
Prof. Thomas DeFrantz
This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal,...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Humanities
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How Culture Works
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces the ethnographic study of politics, i.e., what anthropologists understand to be “political”...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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Environment and Society
Prof. Dara O’Rourke
Modern industrial activities - which MIT engineers and scientists play a major role in - have significant...
Business & Management Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability
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Cultural Performances of Asia
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies
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Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public...
Economics Gender Studies International Development
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Introduction to the American Political Process
Prof. Asya Magazinnik
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Animal Behavior
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
The introductory topics will cover various approaches to the study of animals and their behavior. Key concepts in...
Biology Cognitive Science Science & Math
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Memory, Culture, Forgetting
Prof. Manduhai Buyandelger
This course introduces scholarly debates about the sociocultural practices through which individuals and societies...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This advanced course in anthropology engages closely with discussions and debates about ethnographic research,...
Anthropology Humanities Philosophy
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The Anthropology of Politics: U.S. Presidential Election Edition
Maria Vidart-Delgado
This course examines the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing. It...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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Civic Media Codesign Studio
Prof. Sasha Costanza-Chock
This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media....
Business & Management Communication Economics
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MIT OCW
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Gender, Power, Leadership, and the Workplace
Dr. Mindy Fried
This course will provide students with an analytic framework to understand the roles that gender, race, and class...
Business & Management Gender Studies Organizations & Leadership
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Technology and Nature in American History
Jamie Pietruska
This course considers how the visual and material world of “nature” has been reshaped by industrial practices,...
Civil Engineering Engineering History
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International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines cyber dynamics and processes in international relations from different theoretical...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law
Prof. Malick Ghachem
This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal...
History Humanities Law
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Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan
Prof. Richard J. Samuels
This subject is designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students as an introduction to politics and the...
History Humanities Policy and Administration
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MIT OCW
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Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy
Prof. Martin Rein
This course covers topics and questions such as: What is poverty? How is it defined and measured in the United...
Economics Humanities International Development
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Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics
Prof. Ariel White
This course explores the role of race and ethnicity in modern American politics. It focuses on social science...
Political Science Social Sciences Sociology
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Topics in Social Theory and Practice: Race and Racism
Prof. Sally Haslanger
Courses in the Topics in Social Theory and Practice series feature in-depth considerations of such topics with...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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Downtown
Prof. Bernard Frieden
This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century....
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Environmental Design
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American Urban History I
Prof. Robert Fogelson
This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly...
History Humanities Policy and Administration
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MIT OCW
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Writing About Race: Narratives of Multiraciality
Dr. Kym L. Ragusa
In this course we will read essays, novels, memoirs, and graphic texts, and view documentary and experimental films...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Ethnicity and Race in World Politics
Prof. Melissa Nobles
Discerning the ethnic and racial dimensions of politics is considered by some indispensable to understanding...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity
Dr. Nahum Karlinsky
This course examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film,...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Networked Social Movements: Media & Mobilization
Prof. Sasha Costanza-Chock
This seminar is a space for collaborative inquiry into the relationships between social movements and the media....
Art, Design & Architecture Communication Media Studies
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MIT OCW
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Mass Incarceration in the United States
Prof. Ariel White
This course covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials...
Law Social Sciences Sociology
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MIT OCW
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Conversations You Can't Have on Campus: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity
Tobie Weiner
What is race? What is ethnicity? How can communication and relationships between men and women be improved? What...
Anthropology Gender Studies Political Science
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MIT OCW
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Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines the experiences of ordinary Chinese people as they lived through the tumultuous changes of the...
Anthropology History Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Passing: Flexibility in Race and Gender
Rachel Elizabeth Dillon
This course is primarily a literature seminar. We will use American literature as a lens through which to examine...
Gender Studies Humanities Literature
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MIT OCW
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Forms of Political Participation: Old and New
Prof. Lily L. Tsai
How and why do we participate in public life? How do we get drawn into community and political affairs? In this...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Black Feminist Health Science Studies
Dr. Moya Bailey
Black feminist health science studies is a critical intervention into a number of intersecting arenas of scholarship...
Gender Studies Health & Medicine Public Health
intermediate
MIT OCW
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The Economic History of Work and Family
Prof. Anne McCants
This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
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The Business of Politics: A View of Latin America
Maria Vidart-Delgado
This class looks at the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing, with a...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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The New Spain:1977-Present
Prof. Margery Resnick
In this class we will come to understand the vast changes in Spanish life that have taken place since Franco’s death...
History Humanities Language
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American Dream: Using Storytelling to Explore Social Class in the United States
Prof. Christine Walley
This course explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points...
Anthropology Social Sciences Sociology
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Ecuador Workshop
Prof. Jan Wampler
This is a project to assist in the design, drawing, modeling and hopefully constructing of a small Community...
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Environmental Design
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MIT OCW
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Urban Energy Systems and Policy
Prof. David Hsu
This class is about figuring out together what cities and users can do to reduce their energy use and carbon...
Energy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Social Sciences
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Congress and the American Political System I
Prof. Charles Stewart
The United States Congress is the most open of the national branches of government, and therefore the most closely...
Political Science Social Sciences
intermediate
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Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies
Prof. Richard Schmalensee
This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and...
Business & Management Economics Energy
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Sensation And Perception
Dr. Benjamin Balas
This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that...
Biology Biomedical Technologies Cognitive Science
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Executive Training: Evaluating Social Programs 2009
Prof. Esther Duflo
This five-day program on evaluating social programs will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations...
Economics International Development Policy and Administration
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MIT OCW
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American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
This course explores the reasons for America’s past wars and interventions. It covers the consequences of American...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Laboratory in Visual Cognition
Prof. Aude Oliva
9.63 teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical...
Biomedical Technologies Cognitive Science Health & Medicine
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MIT OCW
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Reparations for Slavery and Colonization: Contemporary Movements for Justice
Prof. M. Amah Edoh
This class brings anthropological concepts to bear on contemporary movements for justice for harms committed during...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Darwin and Design
Prof. James Paradis
Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain...
Cognitive Science History Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Methods of Policy Analysis
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. It is designed for students who may be planning a...
Business & Management Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability
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MIT OCW
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Introduction to Urban Design and Development
Prof. Susan Silberberg
This course examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can...
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Environmental Design
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Introduction to International Relations
Prof. Richard Nielsen
This course provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war...
Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Introduction to Anthropology
Prof. Graham Jones
Through the comparative study of different cultures, anthropology explores fundamental questions about what it means...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Environmental Policy and Economics
Dr. Hunt Allcott
This course explores the proper role of government in the regulation of the environment. It will help students...
Adaptation and Resilience Climate and Energy Policy Climate Science
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MIT OCW
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American Urban History
Ezra Haber Glenn
This is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to...
History Humanities Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Gender, Power, and International Development
Prof. Christine Walley
After decades of efforts to promote development, why is there so much poverty in the world? What are some of the...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
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Social Psychology
Stephan L. Chorover
This course examines interpersonal and group dynamics, considers how the thoughts, feelings, and actions of...
Psychology Social Sciences
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Law and Society
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Law is a common and yet distinct aspect of everyday life in modern societies. This course examines the central...
Anthropology Humanities Law
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Foundations of Development Policy
Prof. Esther Duflo
This course explores the foundations of policy making in developing countries. The goal is to spell out various...
Economics Policy and Administration Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Science Communication: A Practical Guide
Prof. John Durant
This class develops the abilities of students to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world...
Humanities Literature
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MIT OCW
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Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States
Prof. Caley Horan
This course provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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Foundations of Cognition
Prof. Josh Tenenbaum
Advances in cognitive science have resolved, clarified, and sometimes complicated some of the great questions of...
Cognitive Science Humanities Philosophy
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Infant and Early Childhood Cognition
Prof. Laura Schulz
This course is an introduction to cognitive development focusing on children’s understanding of objects, agents, and...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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Gender and Technology
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology
Dr. Harry Merrick
This class introduces the multidisciplinary nature of archaeology, both in theory and practice. Lectures provide a...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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The Anthropology of Biology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property
This course is an intensive introduction to the U.S. law of intellectual property with major emphasis on patents,...
Business & Management Law Management
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Women and Global Activism in Art, Media and Politics
Abha Sur Abha Sur
This course explores theoretical issues and concerns underlying global feminisms, and their expression through...
Gender Studies International Development Political Science
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Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present
Prof. Haimanti Roy
This course is designed to introduce and help students understand the changes and continuities in the lives of women...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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Emerging Technology and International Security
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg
This course explores how emerging technologies—including drones, artificial intelligence, social media, additive...
Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Gender and the Law in U.S. History
Prof. Christopher Capozzola
This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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Japanese Politics and Society
Patricia Gercik
This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...
Anthropology Economics History
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Globalization: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between
Prof. Margery Resnick
This subject examines the paradoxes of contemporary globalization. Through lectures, discussions and student...
Anthropology Business & Management Economics
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For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family
Prof. Heather Paxson
Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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MIT OCW
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Science Writing and New Media: Science Writing for the Public
Karen Boiko
This class is an introduction to writing about science—including nature, medicine and technology—for general...
Art, Design & Architecture Communication Humanities
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MIT OCW
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City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course introduces undergraduate planning students to the role of the planner in researching issues in cities...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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MIT OCW
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Neural Basis of Learning and Memory
Prof. Matt Wilson
This course highlights the interplay between cellular and molecular storage mechanisms and the cognitive...
Biology Cognitive Science Science & Math
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Anthropology of Biology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Justice
Prof. Lucas Stanczyk
This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...
Humanities Philosophy Political Science
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MIT OCW
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Violence, Human Rights, and Justice
Prof. Erica James
This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and the concept of human...
Anthropology Humanities Philosophy
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Introduction to American Politics
Prof. Devin Caughey
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Psychology of Gender
Prof. Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer
We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility of commonly accepted gender...
Gender Studies Psychology Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Political Science Laboratory
Prof. Charles Stewart
This course introduces students to the conduct of political research using quantitative methodologies. The methods...
Mathematics Political Science Science & Math
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MIT OCW
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Law and Society in US History
Prof. Christopher Capozzola
As events of the last few years have shown, the Supreme Court has played a crucial role in American political life....
Anthropology History Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power
Prof. Edmund Bertschinger
This subject examines the role scientists have played as activists in social movements in the U.S. following World...
Climate Science Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
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The Ancient City
Prof. William Broadhead
This course focuses on the archaeology of the Greek and Roman city. It investigates the relationship between urban...
Anthropology Architecture Art, Design & Architecture
intermediate
MIT OCW
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Introduction to Comparative Politics
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course examines why democracy emerges and survives in some countries rather than in others; how political...
Humanities Philosophy Political Science
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MIT OCW
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Introduction to International Development
Cauam Ferreira Cardoso
This course introduces undergraduates to the basic theory, institutional architecture, and practice of international...
Economics History Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Introduction to Copyright Law
Keith Winstein
This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of...
Law Social Sciences
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East Asian Culture: From Zen to K-Pop
Prof. Emma Teng
This subject is an introduction to various forms of culture in East Asia (focusing on China, Japan and Korea),...
Anthropology Social Sciences Sociology
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MIT OCW
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Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora
Prof. Erica James
This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment...
Anthropology Health & Medicine History
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MIT OCW
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Gender, Sexuality, and Society
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course seeks to examine how people experience gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - and sexuality in...
Anthropology Gender Studies Social Sciences
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MIT OCW
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Science, Technology, & World
Prof. Rosalind Williams
This class is an introduction to studies in science, technology, and society (STS), through examining a series of...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Communication
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MIT OCW
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Political Science Scope and Methods
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Technology and Gender in American History
Prof. Deborah Fitzgerald
This course centers on the changing relationships between men, women, and technology in American history. Topics...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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MIT OCW
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The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
Medieval and early modern Russia stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. In this course we will examine some of...
Anthropology History Humanities
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MIT OCW
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History of Women in Science and Engineering
Maia Weinstock
This course provides a basic overview of the history of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
Engineering Gender Studies History
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 to the Present
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution...
History Humanities Social Sciences
intermediate
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Environmental Justice Law and Policy
Prof. Justin Steil
This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Humanities
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MIT OCW
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Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes
Kian Goh
This course explores the physical, ecological, technological, political, economic, and cultural implications of big...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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