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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...
Science & Math Physics Humanities
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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
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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...
Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math
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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
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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...
Social Sciences Psychology Humanities
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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,...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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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The Bible
Ina Lipkowitz
This course is an introduction to major books from both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Particular attention...
Humanities History Literature
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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...
Humanities History
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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,...
Humanities History Literature
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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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Ethics of Technology
Dr. Kevin Mills
This course introduces the tools of philosophical ethics through application to contemporary issues concerning...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology User Experience Computer Science
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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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The Nature of Creativity
Prof. Irving Singer
This course is an introduction to problems about creativity as it pervades human experience and behavior. Questions...
Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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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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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Gödel, Escher, Bach
Robert Speer
How are math, art, music, and language intertwined? How does intelligent behavior arise from its component parts?...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Networks and Security Computer Science
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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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Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics
Dr. Lee Perlman
This course explores the relationship between ancient Greek philosophy and mathematics. We investigate how ideas of...
Science & Math Mathematics Humanities
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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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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
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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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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
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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...
Science & Math Cognitive Science Humanities
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math
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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...
Humanities History
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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
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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....
Social Sciences Sociology Humanities
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Visual Arts Humanities
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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...
Humanities History
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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...
Humanities History
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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...
Social Sciences Urban Studies Humanities
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Writing and Reading the Essay
Prof. Anthony Lioi
As the course title suggests, this class is meant to acquaint you with the literary and rhetorical tradition of the...
Humanities Literature
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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
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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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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
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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...
Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Art History
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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...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Humanities
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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
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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...
Humanities History
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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...
Humanities History Literature
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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
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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...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Computer Science Science & Math
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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
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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...
Social Sciences Sociology Humanities
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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...
Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Social Sciences
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Humanities History Literature
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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
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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,...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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Classical Literature: The Golden Age of Augustan Rome
Prof. James Cain
Roman Literature of the Golden Age of Augustus Caesar, produced during the transition from Republican to Imperial...
Humanities History Literature
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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
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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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Lab in Psycholinguistics
Prof. Edward Gibson
Hands-on experience designing, conducting, analyzing, and presenting experiments on the structure and processing of...
Science & Math Cognitive Science Humanities
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Economics
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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
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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
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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,...
Social Sciences Economics Science & Math
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ConLangs: How to Construct a Language
Prof. Norvin W. Richards
This course explores languages that have been deliberately constructed, including Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkien’s...
Humanities Linguistics
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
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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
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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
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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...
Humanities History Religion
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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 Performing Arts Humanities
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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
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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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The Renaissance, 1300-1600
Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel
The “Renaissance” as a phenomenon in European history is best understood as a series of social, political, and...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)
Patricia Brennecke
This workshop is designed to help you write clearly, accurately and effectively in both an academic and a...
Humanities Language Literature
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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...
Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Social Sciences
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Cultures of Computing
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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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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...
Social Sciences Political Science Humanities
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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
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Modern Poetry
Prof. Stephen Tapscott
This course considers some of the substantial early twentieth-century poetic voices in America. Authors vary, but...
Humanities Literature
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Popular Culture and Narrative: Use and Abuse of the Fairy Tale
Dr. William Donaldson
This course takes a deep look at a big subject. We ask where Fairy Tales come from and we examine the structure of...
Humanities Literature
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Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions
Prof. Roger Petersen
This course examines different types of violent political conflict. It compares and contrasts several social science...
Social Sciences Political Science Humanities
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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
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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...
Humanities History Literature
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology
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Decisions, Games, and Rational Choice
Prof. Robert Stalnaker
Foundations and philosophical applications of Bayesian decision theory, game theory and theory of collective choice....
Social Sciences Economics Humanities
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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...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Computer Science Data Science
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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...
Social Sciences Sociology Humanities
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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...
Social Sciences Economics Humanities
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Language and its Structure II: Syntax
Prof. David Pesetsky
This course will acquaint you with some of the important results and ideas of the last half - century of research in...
Humanities Linguistics Philosophy
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The Emergence of Europe: 500-1300
Prof. Anne McCants
This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350. A number...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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American Classics
Prof. Pauline Maier
This subject is devoted to reading and discussing basic American historical texts that are often cited but often...
Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities
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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
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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
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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....
Social Sciences Anthropology Law
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Major English Novels
Prof. James Buzard
This course studies several important examples of the genre that between the early 18th century and the end of the...
Humanities Literature
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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...
Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies
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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...
Humanities History Philosophy
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Toward the Scientific Revolution
Prof. David Kaiser
This subject traces the evolution of ideas about nature, and how best to study and explain natural phenomena,...
Humanities History
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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...
Social Sciences Political Science Humanities
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Special Topics in Literature: Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Prof. Mary Fuller
In this 3-unit class, we will read Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. The goal of the class is for students to come...
Humanities Literature
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Medieval Literature: Love, Sex, and Marriage
Dr. Emily Griffiths Jones
It is easy to think of love as a “universal language” - but do ideas about love translate easily across history,...
Humanities Literature
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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
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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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How to Stage a Revolution
Prof. Malick Ghachem
This course explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions by looking at how people...
Humanities History
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Writing with Shakespeare
Prof. Diana Henderson
William Shakespeare didn’t go to college. If he time-traveled like Dr. Who, he would be stunned to find his words on...
Literature Humanities
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Bestsellers: Out for the Count
Dr. William Donaldson
This class uses a range of literary texts to trace the growth of the vampire trope from its first appearance in...
Literature Humanities
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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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Writing and Rhetoric: Designing Meaning
Dr. Suzanne T. Lane
This course takes rhetoric as a system for designing meaning that helps us understand complex situations and ideas,...
Communication Literature Philosophy
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Medieval Literature: Dante, Boccaccio, Chaucer
Prof. James Cain
The course explores the literary masterworks of three of the most celebrated authors of the Middle Ages in their...
Humanities History Literature
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Introduction to Fiction
Dr. Elizabeth M. Fox
This course investigates the uses and boundaries of fiction in a range of novels and narrative styles, traditional...
Literature Humanities
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Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology
Prof. Irving Singer
This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are jointly...
Literature Philosophy Cognitive Science
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Arthurian Literature and Celtic Colonization
Prof. James Cain
The course examines the earliest emergence of stories about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in the...
History Literature Humanities
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