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Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century
Prof. David Kaiser
This class explores the changing roles of physics and physicists during the 20th century. Topics range from...
History Humanities Physics
intermediate
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Logic I
Dr. Ephraim Glick
In this course we will cover central aspects of modern formal logic, beginning with an explanation of what...
Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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Philosophical Issues in Brain Science
Prof. Alex Byrne
This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that...
Cognitive Science Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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Introduction to Linguistics
Prof. Norvin W. Richards
This class provides some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we...
Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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Magic, Witchcraft, and the Spirit World
Prof. James Howe
Spiritual, magical, and “occult” aspects of human behavior in anthropological and historical perspective: magic,...
Anthropology History Humanities
intermediate
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Classics of Western Philosophy
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course will introduce you to the Western philosophical tradition through the study of thinkers such as Plato,...
History Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Problems of Philosophy
Prof. Miriam Schoenfield
This course is an introduction to the problems of philosophy—in particular, to problems in ethics, metaphysics,...
Humanities Philosophy Religion
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Dynastic China
Prof. Tristan G. Brown
This course surveys the history of China from the first dynasty to the year 1800. It traces the rise of the world’s...
History Humanities
intermediate
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Moral Psychology
Prof. Tamar Schapiro
This course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings...
Humanities Philosophy Psychology
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The Bible
Ina Lipkowitz
This course is an introduction to major books from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Particular attention...
History Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism
Prof. James Howe
Human beings are symbol-making as well as tool-making animals. We understand our world and shape our lives in large...
Anthropology Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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Gödel, Escher, Bach
Robert Speer
How are math, art, music, and language intertwined? How does intelligent behavior arise from its component parts?...
Cognitive Science Computer Science Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
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Old English and Beowulf
Prof. Arthur Bahr
This course is an intensive introduction to Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon), the ancestor of modern English...
Humanities Language Literature
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Ethics of Technology
Dr. Kevin Mills
This course introduces the tools of philosophical ethics through application to contemporary issues concerning...
Computer Science Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Engineering
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The Science Fiction of Freedom
Prof. Ben Mangrum
What does it mean to be free? Is freedom a state of mind? An inalienable property of the self? The absence of...
Humanities Literature
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Rhetoric
Dr. Steven Strang
This course is an examination of the theory, the practice, and the implications of rhetoric & rhetorical...
Humanities Literature
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Victorian Literature and Culture
Prof. James Buzard
The course covers British literature and culture during Queen Victoria’s long reign, 1837-1901. This was the...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Introduction to French Literature
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course is a study of major French literary genres and an introduction to methods of literary analysis. This...
Humanities Language Literature
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Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS)
Jane Dunphy
This course is for advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. It focuses on the...
Humanities Language
intermediate
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Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics
Dr. Lee Perlman
This course explores the relationship between ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics. We investigate how ideas of...
History Humanities Literature
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Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation
Isaiah WonHo Yoo
This course is designed for high-intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and...
Humanities Language
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The Nature of Creativity
Prof. Irving Singer
This course is an introduction to problems about creativity as it pervades human experience and behavior. Questions...
Cognitive Science Humanities Philosophy
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Literature and Ethical Values
Prof. Alvin Kibel
The aim of this subject is to acquaint the student with some important works of systematic ethical philosophy and to...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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Introduction to Philosophy of Language
Prof. Stephen Yablo
This course explores the nature of meaning and truth, and their bearing on the use of language in communication. No...
Humanities Linguistics Philosophy
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Writing and Reading Short Stories
Shariann Lewitt
This course is an introduction to the short story. Students will write stories and short descriptive sketches....
Humanities Literature
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Moral Problems and the Good Life
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice....
Humanities Philosophy Social Sciences
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Communication Skills for Academics
Prof. Joanne Yates
Your success as an academic will depend heavily on your ability to communicate to fellow researchers in your...
Communication Humanities Literature
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Writing Workshop
Jessica Young
MIT students are challenged daily to solve for x, to complete four problem sets, two papers, and prepare for an exam...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Language Acquisition
Prof. Athulya Aravind
This course is an introduction to language acquisition, a subfield of linguistics whose goal is to understand how...
Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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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
intermediate
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The Linguistic Study of Bilingualism
Prof. Suzanne Flynn
One mind, two languages. The basic focus of this class will be on the linguistic and psycholinguistic underpinnings...
Cognitive Science Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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Meta-ethics
Prof. Justin Khoo
This course considers a range of philosophical questions about the foundations of morality, such as whether and in...
Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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Linguistic Phonetics
Prof. Edward Flemming
This course is about the study of speech sounds; how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties....
Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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Introduction to Literary Theory
Prof. Shankar Raman
This subject examines the ways in which we read. It introduces some important strategies for engaging with literary...
Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature
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Crafting Research Questions and Qualitative Methodology
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course covers approaches to research and evaluation in the planning field, for those preparing to write...
Humanities Literature Social Sciences
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Ethics
Prof. Julia Markovits
This will be a seminar on classic and contemporary work on central topics in ethics. The first third of the course...
Humanities Philosophy
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Foundations of Western Culture: Homer to Dante
Prof. Arthur Bahr
As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is “Homer to Dante,” we will pepper our...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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Modal Logic
Prof. Stephen Yablo
Modal logic is the logic of necessity and possibility, and by extension of analogously paired notions like validity...
Humanities Linguistics Philosophy
intermediate
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Ancient Philosophy
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course will acquaint the student with some of the ancient Greek contributions to the Western philosophical and...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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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
intermediate
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Ethics in Your Life: Being, Thinking, Doing (or Not?)
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This seminar is made possible through a collaboration between Radius and the Philosophy section of MIT. This course...
Humanities Philosophy Social Sciences
intermediate
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Writing and Reading the Essay
Dr. Rebecca Blevins Faery
This is a course focused on the literary genre of the essay, that wide-ranging, elastic, and currently very popular...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Theory of Knowledge
Prof. Declan Smithies
This course is an introduction to epistemology: the theory of knowledge. We will focus on skepticism—that is, the...
Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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Topics in the Avant-Garde in Literature and Cinema
Prof. Charity Scribner
21G.031 examines the terms “avant garde” and “Kulturindustrie” in French and German culture of the early twentieth...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Art History
intermediate
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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
intermediate
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Anthropology Through Speculative Fiction
Prof. Erica James
This class examines how anthropology and speculative fiction (SF) each explore ideas about culture and society,...
Anthropology Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Classics of Chinese Literature
Prof. Emma Teng
This course is an introduction to three of the major genres of traditional Chinese literature—poetry, fiction and...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Writing Science Fiction
Shariann Lewitt
This class will focus on the craft of writing genre science fiction. Students write and read science fiction and...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Philosophy of Love
Dr. Lee Perlman
This course explores the nature of love through works of philosophy, literature, film, poetry, and individual...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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Argumentation and Communication
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This Communication and Argumentation seminar is an intensive writing workshop that focuses on argumentation and...
Communication Humanities Literature
advanced
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Logic II
Prof. Vann McGee
This course begins with an introduction to the theory of computability, then proceeds to a detailed study of its...
Computer Science Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Engineering
intermediate
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German III
Dagmar Jaeger
This course expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students develop analytic and...
Humanities Language Literature
intermediate
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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 Economics History
intermediate
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Masterworks in American Short Fiction
Prof. John Hildebidle
For some reason, American literature (like French, Irish, and Russian, among others) has been especially productive...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Writing and Reading Poems
William Corbett
This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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The Ancient World: Greece
Prof. William Broadhead
This course elaborates the history of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander. It covers major...
History Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Graduate Technical Writing Workshop
Caroline Beimford
This course is designed to improve the student’s ability to communicate technical information. It covers the basics...
Humanities Literature
advanced
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The Making of a Roman Emperor
Prof. William Broadhead
Through close examination of the emperor Augustus and his Julio-Claudian successors, this subject investigates how...
History Humanities
intermediate
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Theories and Methods in the Study of History
Prof. Kenda Mutongi
This course examines the distinctive ways in which historians in different parts of the world have approached the...
History Humanities
intermediate
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Modern China
Prof. Tristan G. Brown
This course discusses China’s emergence as a global power, which has arisen out of two centuries of significant...
History Humanities
intermediate
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Reading Fiction
Prof. Alisa Braithwaite
Reading Fiction is designed to sharpen your skills as a critical reader. As we explore both short stories and novels...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Economic History
Richard A. Hornbeck
This course is a survey of world economic history, and it introduces economics students to the subject matter and...
Economics History Humanities
advanced
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Introduction to the History of Technology
Prof. David Mindell
This course is an introduction to the consideration of technology as the outcome of particular technical,...
History Humanities
advanced
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The Rise of Modern Science
Prof. David Jones
This subject introduces the history of science from antiquity to the present. Students consider the impact of...
History Humanities Policy and Administration
intermediate
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History of Science
Prof. Robin Scheffler
This course offers an introduction to the history and historiography of science from ancient Greece to the present....
History Humanities
advanced
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European Thought and Culture
Prof. Thomas Nolden
This subject surveys main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a...
Anthropology History Humanities
intermediate
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Language and Its Structure I: Phonology
Prof. Michael Kenstowicz
24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are...
Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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Fans and Fan Cultures
Prof. Edward Schiappa
This subject examines media audiences—specifically, fans—and the subcultures that evolve around them. Explores...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Writing About Literature: Writing About Love
Rosa Martínez
This course is designed around analyzing intimate bonds and the permutations of heartbreak. Through the analysis of...
Humanities Literature
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Introduction to Fiction
Dr. Wyn Kelley
This course investigates the uses and boundaries of fiction in a range of novels and narrative styles–traditional...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Jewish History from Biblical to Modern Times
Prof. Peter Temin
This course explores how our views of Jewish history have been formed and how this history can explain the survival...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Wanderings in Psychogeography: Exploring Landscapes of History, Biography, Memory, Culture, Nature, Poetry, Surreality, Fantasy, and Madness
Ezra Haber Glenn
In this seminar we explore the history, present, and future of psychogeography, hoping to map the center and the...
Geography Humanities Philosophy
advanced
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History of Western Thought, 500-1300
Prof. Anne McCants
This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through...
History Humanities Religion
intermediate
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Reading Poetry: Social Poetics
Prof. Joshua Bennett
The central concern of this class is the historical relationship between the social lives of everyday people and...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Paradox and Infinity
Prof. Agustín Rayo
This course presents highlights of the more technical side of philosophy. It studies a cluster of puzzles,...
Economics Humanities Mathematics
intermediate
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American Literature
Dr. Wyn Kelley
This course studies the national literature of the United States since the early 19th century. It considers a range...
Humanities Literature
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Modern Japan: 1868 to Present
Prof. Hiromu Nagahara
This course surveys Japanese history from the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603 to the present and...
History Humanities Political Science
intermediate
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Cultures of Computing
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices...
Anthropology History Humanities
intermediate
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Linguistic Studies of Bilingualism
Prof. Suzanne Flynn
This course studies the development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). It...
Humanities Language Linguistics
intermediate
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Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the...
Gender Studies Humanities International Development
intermediate
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Genre Fiction Workshop
Shariann Lewitt
Some argue that genre fiction is only a marketing category, but other critics say that different genres meet...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Capitalism and Its Critics
Prof. Michael Piore
This course addresses the evolution of the modern capitalist economy and evaluates its current structure and...
Economics Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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Writing and Experience: Exploring Self in Society
Dr. Andrea Walsh
The reading and writing for this course will focus on what it means to construct a sense of self and a life...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Contemporary Literature: British Novels Now
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
What is Britain now? Its metropolises are increasingly multicultural. Its hold over its distant colonies is a thing...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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Shakespeare
Prof. Diana Henderson
Three hundred and eighty years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the central author of the...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Expository Writing for Bilingual Students
Patricia Brennecke
The purpose of this course is to develop your writing skills so that you can feel confident writing the essays, term...
Humanities Language Literature
intermediate
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Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series: Developing Professional Skills
Dr. Mya Poe
This course consists of a series of seminars focused on the development of professional skills. Each semester...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
advanced
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Literary Interpretation: Virginia Woolf's Shakespeare
Prof. Diana Henderson
How does one writer use another writer’s work? Does it matter if one author has been dead 300 years? What...
Humanities Literature
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Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics
Prof. Kai von Fintel
This course gives an introduction to the science of linguistic meaning. There are two branches to this discipline:...
Humanities Linguistics Philosophy
intermediate
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World Literatures: Travel Writing
Prof. Mary Fuller
This semester, we will read writing about travel and place from Columbus’s Diario through the present. Travel...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Anthropology of the Middle East
Prof. Susan Slyomovics
This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture History
intermediate
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Genre Fiction Workshop: Fantasy
Shariann Lewitt
Fantasy is currently one of the most popular genres across every platform in fiction. From film to gaming to...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Technology in History
Prof. Rosalind Williams
Today many people assume that technological change is the major factor in historical change and that it tends to...
History Humanities
intermediate
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Technology and the Literary Imagination
Prof. Leo Marx
Our linked subjects are (1) the historical process by which the meaning of technology has been constructed, and (2)...
Anthropology History Humanities
advanced
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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
intermediate
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Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)
Jane Dunphy
This course offers analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal...
Humanities Language Literature
advanced
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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
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Renaissance To Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800
Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel
This course provides an introduction to major political, social, cultural and intellectual changes in Europe from...
History Humanities Philosophy
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English Renaissance Drama: Theatre and Society in the Age of Shakespeare
Prof. Shankar Raman
Shakespeare “doth bestride the narrow world” of the English Renaissance “like a colossus,” leaving his...
Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature
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Literary Studies: The Legacy of England
Prof. Stephen Tapscott
Topic: The English sense of humor. This course examines English literature across genre and historical periods. It...
Humanities Literature
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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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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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Studies in Literary History: Modernism: From Nietzsche to Fellini
Dr. Howard Eiland
How do literature, philosophy, film and other arts respond to the profound changes in world view and lifestyle that...
Art, Design & Architecture History Humanities
intermediate
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Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity
Prof. Alvin Kibel
This subject offers a broad survey of texts (both literary and philosophical) drawn from the Western tradition and...
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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Ethics and the Law on the Electronic Frontier
Prof. Daniel Weitzner
This course considers the interaction between law, policy, and technology as they relate to the evolving...
Communication Computer Science Data Science
intermediate
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Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World
Dr. Howard Eiland
This course comprises a broad survey of texts, literary and philosophical, which trace the development of the modern...
History Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Writing About Literature
Dr. Wyn Kelley
Students, scholars, bloggers, reviewers, fans, and book-group members write about literature, but so do authors...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Foundations of World Culture I: World Civilizations and Texts
Dr. Ghenwa Hayek
This course aims to introduce students to the rich diversity of human culture from antiquity to the early 17th...
Anthropology Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Philosophy of Love in the Western World
Prof. Irving Singer
This course is a seminar on the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature....
Humanities Literature Philosophy
intermediate
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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
intermediate
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The Ancient World: Rome
Prof. William Broadhead
This course covers the history of Rome from its humble beginnings to the 5th century A.D. The first half covers...
History Humanities Literature
intermediate
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North America through French Eyes
Prof. Bruno Perreau
The course offers an analysis of the keen interest shown by France and the French in North American cultures since...
Anthropology Humanities Language
intermediate
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Contemporary Literature
Prof. John Hildebidle
This semester, Contemporary Literature (21L.488) deals with Irish literature, a subject broad and deep. To achieve a...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Lab in Psycholinguistics
Prof. Edward Gibson
Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of...
Cognitive Science Humanities Linguistics
intermediate
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free course
The Middle East in the 20th Century
Prof. Abigail Jacobson
This course surveys the history of the Middle East, from the end of the 19th century to the present. It examines...
History Humanities
intermediate
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free course
Advanced Semantics
Prof. Kai von Fintel
This course is the second of the three parts of our graduate introduction to semantics. The others are 24.970...
Humanities Linguistics
advanced
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free course
Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech
Prof. Alex Byrne
This course examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United...
Humanities Philosophy
intermediate
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free course
Major English Novels
Ina Lipkowitz
In this class, you will read, think about, and (I hope) enjoy important examples of what has become one of the most...
Humanities Literature
intermediate
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Cultural History of Technology
Prof. Leo Marx
The subject of this course is the historical process by which the meaning of “technology” has been constructed....
History Humanities
advanced
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Urban Development in Conflict Cities: Planning Challenges and Policy Innovations
Jota Samper
Economic, religious, gender, and ethnic differences must be negotiated every day in the urban arena. When tensions...
Humanities International Development Policy and Administration
advanced