Sociology

105 resources

MIT OCW
free
German I
Peter Weise
This course gives an introduction to German language and culture. The focus is on acquisition of vocabulary and...
Language Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Theory of City Form
Prof. Julian Beinart
This course covers theories about the form that settlements should take and attempts a distinction between...
Sociology Urban Studies Architecture
advanced
MIT OCW
free
The Art and Science of Negotiation
Prof. David Laws
This course provides an introduction to bargaining and negotiation in public, business, and legal settings. It...
Sociology Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Japan in the Age of the Samurai: History and Film
Aaron Moore
This course covers medieval Japanese society and culture from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, when...
History Sociology Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
NextLab I: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users
Mr. Jhonatan Rotberg
Can you make a cellphone change the world? NextLab is a hands-on year-long design course in which students research,...
Electrical Engineering Sociology Media Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Power of Place: Media Technology, Youth, and City Design and Development
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
This workshop provides an introduction to urban environmental design and explores the potential of information...
Architecture Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
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....
Sociology Philosophy Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Teaching and Learning: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Prof. Graham Jones
This course explores the diverse ways that people teach and learn—in different countries, in different disciplines,...
Humanities Anthropology Communication
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Feminist Thought
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction;...
Sociology Gender Studies Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Intro to Japanese Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture...
History Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered
Dr. Katrin Käufer
Do you know what your bank does with your money? What is the role of a bank in producing societal well-being? This...
Sociology Finance & Accounting Business & Management
advanced
MIT OCW
free
German II
Ellen Crocker
In this course students are exposed to history and culture of German-speaking countries through audio, video, and...
Language Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Neuroscience and Society
Prof. Natasha Schüll
This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once...
Sociology Biology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
German IV
Ellen Crocker
This course focuses on development of interpretive skills, using literary texts (B. Brecht, S. Zweig) and...
Media Studies Language Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No...
Sociology International Development Philosophy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
Sociology Philosophy Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
Sociology Philosophy Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full
Dr. Paola Rebusco
The participants in this seminar will dive into learning basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the...
Language Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
History Sociology Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Prof. Joseph Ferreira
This semester long subject (11.521) is divided into two halves. The first half focuses on learning spatial database...
Engineering Computer Science Civil Engineering
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Japanese Politics and Society
Patricia Gercik
This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...
Humanities Anthropology Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Social Theory and Analysis
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This subject presents a survey of social theory from the 17th century to the present. It focuses on the historical...
History Anthropology Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Disease and Society in America
Prof. David Jones
This course examines the growing importance of medicine in culture, economics and politics. It uses an historical...
History Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Portuguese I
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special...
Language Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
East Asia in the World
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of the world and the relationships of each of the...
History Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Practice of Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
This course introduces students to the techniques of participatory action research (PAR) and the practice of case...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course...
Sociology Philosophy Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
Humanities History Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Geography Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Islam/Media
Dr. Peter McMurray
This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced...
Visual Arts Media Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
History Gender Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Unmanageability: Pathless Realities and Approaches
Gabriel Kahan
Over the last 40 years, new managerial technologies in Western democratic societies have emerged to dominate our...
Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Media Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Anthropology of the Middle East
Prof. Susan Slyomovics
This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North...
Performing Arts Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Analyzing Projects and Organizations
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course teaches students how to understand the rationality behind how organizations and their programs behave,...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Science of Race, Sex, and Gender
Abha Sur Abha Sur
This course examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of concepts of race, sex, and...
Humanities History Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to French Culture
Catherine E Clark
This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects...
Language Literature Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice
Prof. Justin Steil
This course explores the creative dialectic—and sometimes conflict—between sociology and urban policy and design....
Sociology Urban Studies Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Prototypes to Products
Mr. Andrew Heafitz
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (EC.701J or EC.720J), Product...
Climate Science Adaptation and Resilience Systems Thinking
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures
Prof. Nasser Rabbat
This course introduces the history of Islamic cultures through their most vibrant material signs: the religious...
Sociology Architecture Art, Design & Architecture
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
Sociology Gender Studies International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
City Visions: Past and Future
Prof. Diane Davis
This class is intended to introduce students to understandings of the city generated from both social science...
Environmental Design History Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
European Thought and Culture
Prof. Thomas Nolden
This subject surveys main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a...
History Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Islam, the Middle East, and the West
Dr. Mériam Belli
This course aims to provide students with a general overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history...
History Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
History Gender Studies Philosophy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the...
International Development Gender Studies Philosophy
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development
Prof. Langley Keyes
As an introduction to the field of Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED), the course is structured...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies
Tong Chen
This course is the continuation of 21G.105. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...
Sociology Language Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of...
Media Studies Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education, and Human Rights
Prof. Michel DeGraff
Linguists take it for granted that all languages, including languages in the Global South, are worthy of study. Yet...
Anthropology Sociology International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture
Arundhati Banerjee
This subject aims to provide an overview of contemporary texts in regional languages in South Asian Literature and...
Media Studies Anthropology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Germany Today: Intensive Study of German Language and Culture
Ellen Crocker
Prepares students for working and living in German-speaking countries. Focus on current political, social, and...
Sociology Media Studies Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Organizations and Environments
Prof. Pablo Boczkowski
The goal of this doctoral course is to familiarize students with major conceptual frameworks, debates, and...
Anthropology Economics Political Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Sustainable Economic Development
Prof. Karl Seidman
This course explores the application of environmental and economic development planning, policy and management...
Economics Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Chinese V (Regular): Chinese Cultures & Society
Tong Chen
This course is the continuation of 21G.104/108. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...
Sociology Language Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Queer Cinema and Visual Culture
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-World War II 20th century U.S. as cultural texts...
Visual Arts History Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
The Sociology of Strategy
Prof. Ezra Zuckerman
This seminar provides an introduction to scholarship in a growing research community: the sociologists and...
Sociology Management Organizations & Leadership
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Social Theory and the City
Prof. Richard Sennett
This course explores how social theories of urban life can be related to the city’s architecture and spaces. It is...
Sociology Urban Studies Anthropology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Media in Cultural Context: Popular Readerships
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
What is the history of popular reading in the Western world? How does widespread access to print relate to...
History Media Studies Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Drugs, Politics, and Culture
Prof. Hugh Gusterson
This class examines the relationship between a number of mind-altering substances and cultural processes. We look at...
Sociology Public Health Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Social Study of Science and Technology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions...
History Sociology Philosophy
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media, with a particular...
Communication Gender Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Justice
Prof. Lucas Stanczyk
This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...
Sociology Philosophy Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Social and Political Implications of Technology
Prof. David Mindell
This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the...
Humanities History Anthropology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience
Prof. Emma J. Teng
This course provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. It covers the...
History Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
German Culture, Media, and Society
Dr. Kurt Fendt
The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German...
Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Gender, Health and Marginalization Through a Critical Feminist Lens
Prof. Chris Bobel
In the course we will use a feminist interdisciplinary lens and invite students to look critically at how practices...
Sociology Mental Health Public Health
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Workshop II: Qualitative Social Science Methods for Media Studies
Prof. Ian Condry
This course focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods that can be productively used in media studies...
Sociology Communication Media Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Issues of Representation: Women, Representation, and Music in Selected Folk Traditions of the British Isles and North America
Prof. Judith Tick
This subject investigates the special relation of women to several musical folk traditions in the British Isles and...
Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
Prof. Sunil H. Sharma
This course is an introduction to modern Indian culture and society through films, documentaries, short stories,...
Media Studies Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Women's Novels: A Weekly Book Club
Faye Kasemset
This pass/fail seminar should be a fun setting where we can all enjoy a love of good books together. Students will...
Literature Gender Studies Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Contemporary Literature: Literature, Development, and Human Rights
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
Central to our era is the gradual movement of all the world’s regions toward a uniform standard of economic and...
Humanities Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
History Engineering Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Music of India
Prof. George Ruckert
This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient...
Sociology Music Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Media Technology and City Design and Development
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
This workshop explores the potential of media technology and the Internet to enhance communication and transform...
Communication Urban Studies Media Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy
B. Stephen Carpenter II
During the fall of 2017, art educator B. Stephen Carpenter II began a residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science...
Visual Arts Policy and Administration Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Trials in History
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This seminar examines a number of famous trials in European and American history. It considers the salient issues...
Humanities History Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Dr. Nilma Dominique
Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents...
Humanities Language Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Property Rights in Transition
Prof. Annette M. Kim
This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own real property, how to communicate and enforce...
Humanities Real Estate Law
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Understanding Contemporary French Politics
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course examines the changes in contemporary French society through the study of political debates, reforms and...
Sociology Political Science Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Japan and East Asian Security
Prof. Richard J. Samuels
This course explores Japan’s role in world orders, past, present, and future. It focuses on Japanese conceptions of...
Policy and Administration Sociology Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
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 Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and...
History Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Poverty and Economic Security
Prof. Amy Glasmeier
This course explores the evolution of poverty and economic security in the United States, within a global context....
Sociology Urban Studies International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Leading Organizations II
Prof. John Van Maanen
Through lectures, discussions, and class exercises, 15.322 analyzes the human processes underlying organizational...
Management Sociology Organizations & Leadership
advanced
MIT OCW
free
New Culture of Gender: Queer France
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse and discusses the new...
Media Studies Anthropology Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Politics and Religion
Prof. Lily Tsai
This graduate reading seminar explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using...
Sociology Anthropology Political Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
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...
Sociology Climate Science Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
MIT-Haiti Initiative / Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti
Prof. Michel DeGraff
The mission of the MIT-Haiti Initiative is to promote active learning in Kreyòl so that Haitians can have universal...
Sociology Linguistics Pedagogy and Curriculum
beginner
MIT OCW
free
International Relations of East Asia
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
The aim of this course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers,...
History Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
Margarita Ribas Groeger
En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas...
Language Communication Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Germany and its European Context
Prof. Charity Scribner
This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche’s...
Humanities Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
The Making of Modern South Asia
Prof. Haimanti Roy
Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic,...
Humanities History Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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...
Humanities Law Political Science
intermediate
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Wellesley College Global Sociology
Sociology
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audit free
University Of California Berkeley Bridging Differences
Sociology
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edX
audit free
Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii Introduzione Alla Sociologia
Sociology
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edX
audit free
The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Introduction To Sociology
Sociology
edX
edX
audit free
Doane University Fundamentals Of Sociology
Sociology
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Openyale
free
Foundations of Modern Social Theory (SOCY 151)
Iván Szelényi
Open Yale course by Iván Szelényi.
Sociology
intermediate