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Introduction to Psychology
Prof. John D. E. Gabrieli
This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain...
Social Sciences
Psychology
Science & Math
intermediate
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free
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What is Capitalism?
Prof. Christine Walley
As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, there are renewed questions about the nature of the...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
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free
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Urban Energy Systems and Policy
Prof. David Hsu
This class is about figuring out together what cities and users can do to reduce their energy use and carbon...
Social Sciences
Urban Studies
Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
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free
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The Meaning of Life
Prof. Graham Jones
This course examines how a variety of cultural traditions propose answers to the question of how to live a...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
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free
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Methods of Policy Analysis
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. It is designed for students who may be planning a...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Policy and Administration
intermediate
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free
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Psychology and Economics
Prof. Frank Schilbach
Psychology and Economics (aka Behavioral Economics) is a growing subfield of economics that incorporates insights...
Social Sciences
Economics
Psychology
intermediate
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free
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Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies
Prof. Richard Schmalensee
This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and...
Social Sciences
Economics
Policy and Administration
intermediate
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free
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Congress and the American Political System I
Prof. Charles Stewart
The United States Congress is the most open of the national branches of government, and therefore the most closely...
Social Sciences
Political Science
intermediate
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free
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The Art and Science of Happiness
Dr. Holly Sweet
This seminar looks at current theories on happiness and positive psychology as well as practical implications of...
Social Sciences
Psychology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Introduction to International Relations
Prof. Richard Nielsen
This course provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war...
Social Sciences
Political Science
intermediate
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free
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Introduction to Anthropology
Prof. Graham Jones
Through the comparative study of different cultures, anthropology explores fundamental questions about what it means...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
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free
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Economics of Education
Prof. Frank Levy
This class discusses the economic aspects of current issues in education, using both economic theory and econometric...
Social Sciences
Economics
Education & Teaching
intermediate
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free
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Philosophy of Law
Prof. Julia Markovits
This course examines fundamental issues in the philosophy of law, including the nature and content of law, its...
Social Sciences
Law
Humanities
intermediate
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free
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Feminist Thought
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction;...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Gender Studies
intermediate
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free
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Intro to Japanese Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Social Psychology
Stephan L. Chorover
This course examines interpersonal and group dynamics, considers how the thoughts, feelings, and actions of...
Social Sciences
Psychology
intermediate
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free
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Infant and Early Childhood Cognition
Prof. Laura Schulz
This course is an introduction to cognitive development focusing on children’s understanding of objects, agents, and...
Social Sciences
Psychology
Science & Math
intermediate
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free
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The Anthropology of Sound
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
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free
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Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Andrea Walsh
This course offers an introduction to women’s and gender studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that explores...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Gender Studies
intermediate
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free
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Making Public Policy
Prof. Christopher Warshaw
This course aims to get students thinking about politics and policy as a part of their everyday life. We treat...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Policy and Administration
intermediate
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free
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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...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Sociology
intermediate
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free
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Law and Society
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Law is a common and yet distinct aspect of everyday life in modern societies. This course examines the central...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Law
intermediate
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free
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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...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States
Prof. Caley Horan
This course provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Introduction to American Politics
Prof. Devin Caughey
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Social Sciences
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Magic, Science, and Religion
Prof. Graham Jones
This course explores the origins of magic, science, and religion as forms of belief within and across cultures. It...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Food, Culture & Politics
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal and...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Affect: Neurobiological, Psychological and Sociocultural Counterparts of "Feelings"
Stephan L. Chorover
This course studies the relations of affect to cognition and behavior, feeling to thinking and acting, and values to...
Social Sciences
Psychology
Science & Math
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Japanese Politics and Society
Patricia Gercik
This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Memory, Culture, Forgetting
Prof. Manduhai Buyandelger
This course introduces scholarly debates about the sociocultural practices through which individuals and societies...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Anthropological Theory
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
This course introduces students to some of the major social theories and debates that inspire and inform...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Psychology of Gender
Prof. Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer
We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility of commonly accepted gender...
Social Sciences
Psychology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 to the Present
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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East Asian Culture: From Zen to K-Pop
Prof. Emma Teng
This subject is an introduction to various forms of culture in East Asia (focusing on China, Japan and Korea),...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Mitali Thakor
This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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The Anthropology of Biology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
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free
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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...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Portuguese I
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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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...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family
Prof. Heather Paxson
Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course...
Business & Management
Organizations & Leadership
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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The Once and Future City
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Class website: The Once & Future City
What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future...
Art, Design & Architecture
Architecture
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Gender and Technology
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the...
Social Sciences
Sociology
Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Neuroscience of Morality
Prof. Rebecca Saxe
How do we decide whether an action is morally wrong? How do we choose to do what is right? When and why do we punish...
Social Sciences
Psychology
Science & Math
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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How Culture Works
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Environmental Justice Law and Policy
Prof. Justin Steil
This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course introduces undergraduate planning students to the role of the planner in researching issues in cities...
Social Sciences
Urban Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Introduction to French Culture
Catherine E Clark
This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Metropolis: History of New York City
Prof. Craig Wilder
Hitherto it had gone by the original Indian name Manna-hatta, or as some still have it, ‘The Manhattoes’; but this...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Urban Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Political Science Laboratory
Prof. Charles Stewart
This course introduces students to the conduct of political research using quantitative methodologies. The methods...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Science & Math
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Gender and the Law in U.S. History
Prof. Christopher Capozzola
This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped...
Social Sciences
Law
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of...
Art, Design & Architecture
Media Studies
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Technology and Culture
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This subject examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a range of social and historical...
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Environment and Society
Prof. Dara O’Rourke
Modern industrial activities - which MIT engineers and scientists play a major role in - have significant...
Social Sciences
Policy and Administration
Energy, Climate & Sustainability
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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U.S. National Security Policy
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the making of US foreign and national security policy. It...
Social Sciences
Political Science
Policy and Administration
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces the ethnographic study of politics, i.e., what anthropologists understand to be “political”...
Anthropology
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
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free
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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
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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
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Justice
Prof. Lucas Stanczyk
This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...
Sociology
Philosophy
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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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
course
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
course
Political Science Scope and Methods
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political...
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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
course
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
course
Culture, Embodiment and the Senses
Prof. Erica James
Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of...
Anthropology
Philosophy
Psychology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes
Kian Goh
This course explores the physical, ecological, technological, political, economic, and cultural implications of big...
Urban Studies
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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
course
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
course
Infrastructure and Energy Technology Challenges
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
This seminar examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions to create, finance, and regulate...
Policy and Administration
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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
course
Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity
Dr. Nahum Karlinsky
This course examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film,...
History
Anthropology
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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
course
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
course
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
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Sustainability: Political Economy, Science, and Policy
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. It focuses on...
Economics
Political Science
Earth Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
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
MIT OCW
free
course
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Prof. David Ciarlo
The rise and fall of National Socialism is one of the most intensively-studied topics in European history....
History
Anthropology
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory
Prof. Charity Scribner
Within twenty-four hours of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 politicians, artists, and...
Sociology
Literature
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Current Debates in Media
Dr. Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin
This class addresses important, current debates in media with in-depth discussion of popular perceptions and policy...
Sociology
Media Studies
Communication
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public...
Economics
Law
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Cross-Cultural Investigations: Technology and Development
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course enhances cross-cultural understanding through the discussion of practical, ethical, and epistemological...
Anthropology
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Texts, Topics, and Times in German Literature
Dagmar Jaeger
In diesem Kurs erhalten Sie einen Überblick über einige wichtige literarische Texte, Tendenzen und Themen aus der...
Language
Literature
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
American Authors: American Women Authors
Dr. Wyn Kelley
This subject, cross-listed in Literature and Women’s Studies, examines a range of American women authors from the...
Literature
Gender Studies
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Dilemmas in Bio-Medical Ethics: Playing God or Doing Good?
Prof. Erica James
This course is an introduction to the cross-cultural study of biomedical ethics, examining moral foundations of the...
Humanities
Anthropology
Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Introduction to the American Political Process
Prof. Asya Magazinnik
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Introduction to Spanish Culture
Prof. Margery Resnick
This course has several purposes. The major concern will be the examination of Spanish culture including Spain’s...
Anthropology
Sociology
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Politics and Policy in Contemporary Japan
Prof. Richard J. Samuels
This subject is designed for upper level undergraduates and graduate students as an introduction to politics and the...
Humanities
Policy and Administration
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines cyber dynamics and processes in international relations from different theoretical...
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
This course explores the reasons for America’s past wars and interventions. It covers the consequences of American...
Policy and Administration
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
U.S. Military Power
Prof. Barry Posen
The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the missions, capabilities, and costs of the largely...
Policy and Administration
Urban Studies
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Chinese Foreign Policy: International Relations and Strategy
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
China’s rise as a great power raises important questions about how that power might be used in its relations with...
Policy and Administration
Sociology
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Thesis Research Design Seminar
Prof. Roger Petersen
This seminar is for students who plan to write a senior thesis in Political Science, and is required of all MIT...
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Technology and Gender in American History
Prof. Deborah Fitzgerald
This course centers on the changing relationships between men, women, and technology in American history. Topics...
Sociology
Humanities
History
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Mass Incarceration in the United States
Prof. Ariel White
This course covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials...
Sociology
Law
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Topics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences Human Ethology
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
Survey and special topics designed for students in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Emphasizes ethological studies of...
Cognitive Science
Psychology
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Violence, Human Rights, and Justice
Prof. Erica James
This course examines the problem of mass violence and oppression in the contemporary world, and the concept of human...
Anthropology
Philosophy
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines the experiences of ordinary Chinese people as they lived through the tumultuous changes of the...
Humanities
History
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Public Opinion and American Democracy
Prof. Adam Berinsky
This course will examine public opinion and assess its place in the American political system. The course will...
Policy and Administration
Sociology
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
The Economic History of Work and Family
Prof. Anne McCants
This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing...
History
Anthropology
Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Black Feminist Health Science Studies
Dr. Moya Bailey
Black feminist health science studies is a critical intervention into a number of intersecting arenas of scholarship...
Sociology
Gender Studies
Public Health
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Gender, Power, and International Development
Prof. Christine Walley
After decades of efforts to promote development, why is there so much poverty in the world? What are some of the...
Sociology
Anthropology
Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
European Politics
Prof. Kathleen Thelen
This course examines similarities and differences in politics and political economy in Britain, Germany, Denmark,...
Economics
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
The Royal Family
Prof. Harriet Ritvo
This course is an an exploration of British culture and politics, focusing on the changing role of the monarchy from...
History
Sociology
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Portuguese Advanced Conversation and Composition
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This is an advanced course that aims to build vocabulary competence and improve oral communication through the study...
Language
Sociology
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Cultural Performances of Asia
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety...
Anthropology
Media Studies
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Reparations for Slavery and Colonization: Contemporary Movements for Justice
Prof. M. Amah Edoh
This class brings anthropological concepts to bear on contemporary movements for justice for harms committed during...
Anthropology
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Modern Latin America, 1808-Present: Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy
Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel
This class is a selective survey of Latin American history from the beginning of the twentieth century to the...
Humanities
History
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Passing: Flexibility in Race and Gender
Rachel Elizabeth Dillon
This course is primarily a literature seminar. We will use American literature as a lens through which to examine...
Literature
Gender Studies
Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Writing Early American Lives: Gender, Race, Nation, Faith
Prof. Mary Fuller
This course focuses on the period between roughly 1550-1850. American ideas of race had taken on a certain shape by...
Literature
Gender Studies
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Identity and Difference
Prof. Jean Jackson
This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed....
Anthropology
Gender Studies
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Cultural Pluralism in Modern Middle East
Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu
This seminar considers “difference” and “sameness” as they have been conceived, experienced, and regulated by...
History
Sociology
Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Global Freshwater Crisis
Susan Murcott
For the first time in history, the global demand for freshwater is overtaking its supply in many parts of the world....
Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Africa and the Politics of Knowledge
Prof. M. Amah Edoh
This course considers how, despite its immense diversity, Africa continues to hold purchase as both a geographical...
History
Anthropology
Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
American Elections
Prof. Devin Caughey
This course provides an overview of electoral politics in the United States, covering presidential, congressional,...
Policy and Administration
Political Science
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Race and Science
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course examines one of the most enduring and influential forms of identity and experience in the Americas and...
Anthropology
Sociology
Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Race and Identity in American Literature: Keepin' it Real Fake
Prof. Sandy Alexandre
This course explores the ways in which various American artists view race and class as performed or performable...
Literature
Gender Studies
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy
Prof. Martin Rein
This course covers topics and questions such as: What is poverty? How is it defined and measured in the United...
Economics
Policy and Administration
Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
course
Conversations You Can't Have on Campus: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity
Tobie Weiner
What is race? What is ethnicity? How can communication and relationships between men and women be improved? What...
Sociology
Anthropology
Gender Studies
intermediate