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Introduction to Spatial Analysis
Prof. Sarah Williams
Geographic Information System (GIS) software manages data that represent the location of features (geographic...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Visualization Computer Science
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Urban Transportation Planning
Frederick Salvucci
This course examines the policy, politics, planning, and engineering of transportation systems in urban areas, with...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Urban Studies
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Microeconomics
Prof. Frank Levy
Microeconomics will ground you in - surprise - basic microeconomics-how markets function, how to think about...
Social Sciences Economics
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Ethnography
Prof. Joseph Dumit
This course is a practicum-style seminar in anthropological methods of ethnographic fieldwork and writing. Depending...
Social Sciences Anthropology
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Ethnic Politics
Prof. Volha Charnysh
This course introduces students to the classic works on ethnic politics, familiarizes them with new research and...
Social Sciences Anthropology Political Science
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The Brain and Cognitive Sciences II
Prof. Earl Miller
This course is the second half of the intensive survey of brain and behavioral studies for first-year graduate...
Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math
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Transportation Systems Analysis: Demand and Economics
Michael Frumin
The main objective of this course is to give broad insight into the different facets of transportation systems,...
Social Sciences Economics Urban Studies
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Evolutionary Psychology
Prof. Steven Pinker
Current research on the evolution and development of cognition and affect, including intuitive physics, biology, and...
Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math
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Institutions of Modern Capitalism
Prof. Jason Jackson
This course introduces students to a set of analytic tools and conceptual frameworks through which to assess the...
Social Sciences Economics Political Science
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Political Economy I
Prof. Suzanne Berger
Political Economy I explores the major social science paradigms for analyzing relations among state, economy, and...
Social Sciences Economics Political Science
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Planning, Communications, and Digital Media
Prof. Lorlene Hoyt
This course focuses on methods of digital visualization and communication and their application to planning issues....
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Visualization Computer Science
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An Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems
Prof. Joseph Sussman
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) represent a major transition in transportation on many dimensions. This...
Social Sciences Urban Studies Engineering
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Transportation Systems
Prof. Joseph Sussman
Approaching transportation as a complex, large-scale, integrated, open system (CLIOS), this course strives to be an...
Social Sciences Urban Studies Engineering
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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...
Business & Management Digital Business & IT Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
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Water Diplomacy
Dr. Animesh Gain
This course, which examines ways of resolving conflicts over the allocation of water resources, is...
Social Sciences Political Science International Development
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Introduction to Political Economy
Prof. Daron Acemoglu
This course is intended as an introduction to the field of political economy. It is the first part of a two-part...
Social Sciences Economics Political Science
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Ecological Urbanism
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Ecological urbanism weds the theory and practice of city design and planning, as a means of adaptation, with the...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning
Prof. JoAnn Carmin
This course develops skills in research design for policy analysis and planning. The emphasis is on the logic of the...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Urban Studies
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Planning Economics
Prof. Frank Levy
Planning Economics will apply microeconomic theory to issues that markets don’t always handle well and so are not...
Social Sciences Economics Urban Studies
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Quantitative Reasoning & Statistical Methods for Planners I
Ezra Haber Glenn
This course develops logical, empirically based arguments using statistical techniques and analytic methods....
Social Sciences Urban Studies Science & Math
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Economics
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Science Policy Bootcamp
William Bonvillian
The careers of MIT scientists and engineers are significantly determined by public policy decisions made in...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration
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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...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Sociology
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Introduction to Environmental Policy and Planning
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
This course focuses on national environmental and energy policy-making; environmental ethics; the techniques of...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Urban Studies
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Comparative Land Use and Transportation Planning
Prof. Pericles (Chris) Zegras
This course focuses on the land use-transportation “interaction space” in metropolitan settings. The course aims to...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course is designed to offer an advanced introduction to key legal issues that arise in the area of property and...
Art, Design & Architecture Real Estate Social Sciences
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Analyzing Projects and Organizations
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course teaches students how to understand the rationality behind how organizations and their programs behave,...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
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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....
Social Sciences Sociology Urban Studies
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Public Transportation Systems
Prof. Nigel Wilson
This course discusses the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services, focusing...
Social Sciences Urban Studies Engineering
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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...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
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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...
Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology
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Comparative Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
Prof. Fotini Christia
This course surveys both classic and cutting-edge work on the politics of the Middle East, broadly defined. Topics...
Social Sciences Political Science
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Organizations and Environments
Prof. Pablo Boczkowski
The goal of this doctoral course is to familiarize students with major conceptual frameworks, debates, and...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
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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
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Advanced Animal Behavior
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
The course includes survey and special topics designed for graduate students in the brain and cognitive sciences. It...
Cognitive Science Psychology Social Sciences
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Urbanizing China: A Reflective Dialogue
Prof. Jinhua Zhao
The course explores the interactions between state and market as instigators of China’s urbanization, and its...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Economics
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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
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Introduction to Transportation Systems
Prof. Joseph Sussman
1.201J/11.545J/ESD.210J is required for all first-year Master of Science in Transportation students. It would be of...
Urban Studies Social Sciences
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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
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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
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Economic Development Planning
Jeffrey Levine
This course examines why we plan for economic development, how government is funded in the US, what strategies are...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Economics
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Economic Development, Policy Analysis, and Industrialization
Prof. Alice Amsden
This class analyzes the theoretical and historical reasons why governments in latecomer countries have intervened...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Economics
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Introduction to International Development Planning
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Economics
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Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy
Prof. Judith Layzer
This class examines the role of science in the US environmental policy-making process. It investigates the methods...
Climate and Energy Policy Policy and Administration Political Science
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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
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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
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Negotiation and Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
Conventional legislative, administrative, and judicial means of resolving resource allocation and...
Policy and Administration Social Sciences
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Field Seminar in Comparative Politics
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course provides an introduction to the field of comparative politics. Readings include both classic and recent...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Emotions and Politics
Prof. Roger Petersen
This course is premised on the belief that emotions are a fundamental part of human nature. Accordingly,...
Political Science Psychology Social Sciences
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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
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Disaster, Vulnerability and Resilience
Prof. Jennifer Leaning
In recent years, the redistribution of risk has created conditions for natural and technological disasters to become...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Philosophy
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Gateway to the Profession of Planning
Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal
The purpose of the course is to cultivate the sensibilities necessary for effective planning practice. This...
Urban Studies Social Sciences
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Urban Design Politics
Prof. Lawrence Vale
This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Political Science
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Engaging Community: Models and Methods for Designers and Planners
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
This course proposes that most cities have neither the infrastructure nor the processes in place to support the...
Sociology Urban Studies Social Sciences
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Graduate Seminar in American Politics I: Political Behavior
Prof. Ariel White
This graduate-level course focuses on mass political behavior within the American political system. The goal of this...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Transportation Flow Systems
Prof. Ismail Chabini
Design, operation, and management of traffic flows over complex transportation networks are the foci of this course....
Urban Studies Systems Engineering Civil Engineering
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Healthy Cities: Assessing Health Impacts of Policies and Plans
Prof. Mariana Arcaya
This class examines the built, psychosocial, economic, and natural environment factors that affect health behaviors...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development
Prof. Langley Keyes
This practicum subject integrates theory and practice through the design, implementation, and evaluation of a...
Digital Business & IT Sociology Communication
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Cities in Conflict: Theory and Practice
Prof. Diane Davis
This course’s aims are two-fold: to offer students the theoretical and practical tools to understand how and why...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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Gender: Historical Perspectives
Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu
This course examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. It explores how...
History Anthropology Gender Studies
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Gender
Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu
This course examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. It explores how...
Sociology History Anthropology
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Congress and the American Political System II
Prof. Charles Stewart
This course analyzes the development of the US Congress by focusing on the competing theoretical lenses through...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Community Growth and Land Use Planning
Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph
This course combines a seminar format with fieldwork to examine strategies of planning and control for growth and...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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Regional Socioeconomic Impact Analyses and Modeling
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
The seminar is designed to provide advanced graduate students with a thorough understanding of selected regional...
Urban Studies Economics Social Sciences
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Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture
Prof. Leonard Buckle
Is marriage a patriarchal institution? Much feminist scholarship has characterized it that way, but now in the...
Gender Studies Law Sociology
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Introduction to Technology and Cities
Prof. Joseph Ferreira
This seminar is an introduction to the usage and impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on...
Engineering Visualization Computer Science
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Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena
Prof. Frank Levy
This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of knowledge come to be actionable and influential in...
Communication Political Science Policy and Administration
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Gendering U.S. Immigration Policy: Sociopolitical, Theological and Feminist Perspectives
Dr. Choi Hee An
This course uses theories of gender to explore sociopolitical, ethical and theological perspectives on immigration...
Policy and Administration Gender Studies Political Science
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Environmental Conflict
Prof. Christine Walley
This course explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western...
Sociology Biology Anthropology
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Environmental Justice
Prof. JoAnn Carmin
This class explores the foundations of the environmental justice movement, current and emerging issues, and the...
Climate and Energy Policy Policy and Administration Sociology
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Special Topics: Social Animals
Prof. Rebecca Saxe
Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain...
Biology Cognitive Science Psychology
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Globalization, Migration, and International Relations
Prof. Nazli Choucri
Tracing the evolution of international interactions, this course examines the dimensions of globalization in terms...
Policy and Administration Economics Political Science
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Intelligence: Practice, Problems and Prospects
Prof. Barry Posen
This course will explore the organization and functions of the U.S. Intelligence Community, its interaction with...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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Field Seminar: International Relations Theory
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
This seminar provides an overview of the field of international relations. Each week, a different approach to...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Political Economy of Globalization
Prof. Suzanne Berger
This is a graduate seminar for students who already have some familiarity with issues in political economy and/or...
Economics Political Science Social Sciences
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Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology: A Problem-Based Learning Experiment
Prof. Peter Taylor
What can we learn about science and technology–and what can we do with that knowledge? Who are “we” in these...
Gender Studies Sociology Social Sciences
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The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq
Prof. Yosef Jabareen
This course is being offered in conjunction with the colloquium The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq, which is...
Economics Political Science Policy and Administration
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Graduate Seminar in American Politics II
Prof. Charles Stewart
This is the second in a sequence of two field seminars in American politics intended for graduate students in...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Changing Life: Reading the Intersections of Gender, Race, Biology, and Literature
Prof. Mary Baine Campbell
In this course, students will develop their abilities to expose ways that scientific knowledge has been shaped in...
Gender Studies Biology Earth Science
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Targeting the Poor: Local Economic Development in Developing Countries
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to increase employment through...
Sociology Urban Studies Economics
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Civil Society, Social Capital, and the State in Comparative Perspective
Prof. Lily L. Tsai
In recent years both scholars and policymakers have expressed a remarkable amount of interest in the concepts of...
Sociology Political Science Social Sciences
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Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions
Prof. Annette M. Kim
A truly inter-disciplinary course, Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions reviews how law, economics,...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Urban Studies
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International Environmental Negotiation
Prof. William Moomaw
This seminar will explore the difficulties of getting agreement on global definitions of sustainability; in...
Political Science Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering
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Ethnic Politics I
Prof. Roger Petersen
This course is designed to provide students with a broad overview of the major theories on the relationship between...
Humanities Anthropology Philosophy
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Housing and Human Services
Prof. Langley Keyes
This class focuses on how the housing and human service systems interact: how networks and social capital can build...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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The Growth and Spatial Structure of Cities
Prof. Diane Davis
This course examines the economic, political, social, and spatial dynamics of urban growth and decline in cities and...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Social Sciences
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Development, Planning, and Implementation: The Dialectic of Theory and Practice
Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal
This is an advanced graduate-level seminar that will analyze the effectiveness of development and planning theories...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Social Sciences
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Urbanization and Development
Dr. Daniel Esser
The course examines the causes and effects of rapid urbanization in developing countries. Using case studies from...
Humanities Policy and Administration Sociology
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Warlords, Terrorists, and Militias: Theorizing on Violent Non-State Actors
Prof. Fotini Christia
This course is a general overview of the recent political science literature on violent non-state actors. Its aim is...
Policy and Administration Anthropology Political Science
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Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
The Malaysia Sustainable Cities Practicum is an intensive field-based course that brings 15 graduate students to...
Climate and Energy Policy Geography Political Science
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Reforming Natural Resources Governance: Failings of Scientific Rationalism and Alternatives for Building Common Ground
Dr. David Mattson
For the last century, precepts of scientific management and administrative rationality have concentrated power in...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Climate and Energy Policy
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Planning Communication
Prof. Deborah Kobes
This three-week module, centered on a focal case, represents the second part of the Department’s introduction to the...
Urban Studies Communication Sociology
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Gateway: Planning Action
Prof. Xavier de Souza Briggs
This course introduces incoming students in the Master in City Planning (MCP) program to the theory and history of...
Urban Studies Social Sciences
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Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Public Opinion
Prof. Adam Berinsky
This course provides an introduction to the vast literature devoted to public opinion. In the next 12 weeks, we will...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
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Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities
Dr. Aseem Inam
The primary purpose of this seminar is to enable students to craft approaches to so-called “First World”/ “Third...
Sociology Urban Studies International Development
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Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World
Prof. Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Citizen participation is everywhere. Invoking it has become de rigueur when discussing cities and regions in the...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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Gender, Race, and the Construction of the American West
Prof. Karen V Hansen
This course explores how gender shaped the historical experiences and cultural productions in the North American...
Humanities History Literature
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Race, Immigration, and Planning
Prof. J. Phillip Thompson
This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and race. It identifies the complexities...
Humanities Sociology Urban Studies
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Civil Society and the Environment
Prof. JoAnn Carmin
This graduate seminar examines civic engagement in international, national and local environmental governance. We...
Engineering Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering
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Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Hyde/Jackson Square & Roslindale Square, Boston
Prof. Karl Seidman
This course focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom...
Urban Studies Economics Social Sciences
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Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part I
Dr. Herman Karl
11.941 and 11.942 make up a one-year seminar. The goal of this seminar is to explore the role of science and...
Engineering Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering
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Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills
Prof. Karl Seidman
This intensive and brief 4-day seminar, taught during MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January, uses a case...
Sociology Urban Studies Economics
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Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City
Dr. Karilyn Crockett
This course explores equity as a key value, measure, and framework for operationalizing local economic development...
Policy and Administration Sociology Social Sciences
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Social Science and the Iraq and Syrian Wars
Prof. Roger Petersen
The wars in Iraq and Syria have changed the course of international relations in the 21st century. During these...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Globalization
Prof. Suzanne Berger
This seminar explores changes in the international economy and their effects on domestic politics, economy, and...
Sociology Economics Social Sciences
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Frameworks of Urban Governance
Prof. Deborah Kobes
Urban governance comprises the various forces, institutions, and movements that guide economic and physical...
Policy and Administration Urban Studies Economics
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Great Power Military Intervention
Prof. Roger Petersen
This course examines systematically, and comparatively, great and middle power military interventions, and candidate...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution
Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow
The Workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Dispute Resolution, sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard...
Policy and Administration Philosophy Political Science
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Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation
Prof. J. Phillip Thompson
This course will examine literature and practice regarding community-owned enterprise as an alternative means of...
Policy and Administration Sociology Economics
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Ethnic Politics II
Prof. Roger Petersen
This course is designed mainly for political science graduate students conducting or considering conducting research...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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Use of Joint Fact Finding in Science Intensive Policy Disputes, Part II
Dr. Herman Karl
This course makes up the second half of a year-long seminar on Joint Fact Finding in Science-Intensive Disputes. In...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Climate and Energy Policy
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Feminist Inquiry: Strategies for Effective Scholarship
Prof. Renee Bergland
This course investigates theories and practices of feminist inquiry across a range of disciplines. Feminist research...
Gender Studies Sociology Social Sciences
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Katrina Practicum
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
In the wake of Katrina the entire gulf coast is embroiled in a struggle over what constitutes “appropriate”...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Urban Studies
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Role of Science and Scientists in Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Policymaking
Dr. Herman Karl
This course examines joint fact-finding within the context of adaptive and ecosystem-based management. Challenges...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Climate and Energy Policy
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Downtown Management Organizations
Prof. Lorlene Hoyt
This course focuses on the origins, functions, and implications of downtown management organizations (DMOs), such as...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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U.S. Budgets for National Security
Dr. Cindy Williams
This course is for students who want to know how the dollars we spend on national security relate to military...
Policy and Administration Economics Social Sciences
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Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York
Prof. Michael Dennis
This class presents an analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London,...
Urban Studies Social Sciences
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