Humanities

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Western Music

Teresa M. Neff

This class will convey a broad overview of the history, culture, styles, and repertoires of what is generally...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Logic I

Dr. Ephraim Glick

In this course we will cover central aspects of modern formal logic, beginning with an explanation of what...

Humanities Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Computational Music Theory and Analysis

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This course presents major approaches to computational music theory and musicology in the symbolic (score-based)...

Art, Design & Architecture Science & Math Mathematics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Art and Mass Culture

Prof. Caroline Jones

This class provides an introduction to modern art and theories of modernism and postmodernism. It focuses on the way...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Linguistics

Prof. Norvin W. Richards

This class provides some answers to basic questions about the nature of human language. Throughout the course, we...

Humanities Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

German I

Peter Weise

This course gives an introduction to German language and culture. The focus is on acquisition of vocabulary and...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Digital Humanities

Dr. Kurt Fendt

This course examines the theory and practice of using computational methods in the emerging field of digital...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Spanish I

Margarita Ribas Groeger

Spanish I is very different from other classes at MIT. The central component of the text and workbook is a series of...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japanese I

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language, providing opportunities to acquire...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese Calligraphy

Kang Zhou

Chinese calligraphy (书法 / 書法, shūfǎ)—the art of expressive brush writing—is one of the most esteemed and enduring...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Fundamentals of Music

Ms. Pamela Wood

This class introduces students to the rudiments of Western music through oral, aural, and written practice utilizing...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Interactive Data Visualization and Society

Prof. Arvind Satyanarayan

The world is awash with increasing amounts of data, and we must keep afloat with our relatively constant perceptual...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Visualization Computer Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese I (Regular)

Dr. Haohsiang Liao

This subject is the first semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

French I

Cathy Culot

21G.301/351 offers an introduction to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Ethics of AI Bias

Prof. Bernhardt Trout

This video aims to delve into the human problems brought out by issues in artificial intelligence, specifically with...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Natural Language Processing

Prof. Michael Collins

This course is a graduate introduction to natural language processing - the study of human language from a...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Ethics for Engineers: Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Bernhardt Trout

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the algorithmic judgment at its core, is developing at breakneck speed. This...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Minds and Machines

Prof. Alex Byrne

This course is an introduction to many of the central issues in a branch of philosophy called philosophy of mind.

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Rhetoric

Dr. Steven Strang

This course is an examination of the theory, the practice, and the implications of rhetoric & rhetorical...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music and Technology: Recording Techniques and Audio Production

Dr. Florian Hollerweger

This course is an introduction to music recording and audio production from both a practical and a theoretical...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Heavy Metal 101

Joe Diaz

This is not a metallurgy class! Learn everything you ever wanted to know about heavy metal music. Topics of this...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Literature and Ethical Values

Prof. Alvin Kibel

The aim of this subject is to acquaint the student with some important works of systematic ethical philosophy and to...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Speaking and Critical Listening Skills (ELS)

Jane Dunphy

This course is for advanced students who wish to build confidence and skills in spoken English. It focuses on the...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Linguistics in K–12 Education

Dr. Maya Honda

This seminar explored the idea that the study of linguistics can be a means to develop young people’s understanding...

Education & Teaching Pedagogy and Curriculum Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Language Acquisition

Prof. Athulya Aravind

This course is an introduction to language acquisition, a subfield of linguistics whose goal is to understand how...

Humanities Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Communication Skills for Academics

Prof. Joanne Yates

Your success as an academic will depend heavily on your ability to communicate to fellow researchers in your...

Social Sciences Communication Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Music and Technology: Sound Design

Dr. Florian Hollerweger

In this course, we will rebuild the everyday sounds of nature, machines, and animals from scratch and encapsulate...

Art, Design & Architecture Game Design Performing Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History of Media and Technology

Prof. Beth Coleman

History of Media and Technology addresses the mutually influential histories of communications media and...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Bioethics

Prof. Caspar Hare

This course does not seek to provide answers to ethical questions. Instead, the course hopes to teach students two...

Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Dance Theory and Composition

Prof. Thomas DeFrantz

This course introduces students to the art and formal ideologies of contemporary dance. We explore the aesthetic and...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing Workshop

Jessica Young

MIT students are challenged daily to solve for x, to complete four problem sets, two papers, and prepare for an exam...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Musical Composition

Prof. Keeril Makan

Through a progressive series of composition projects, students investigate the sonic organization of musical works...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Interactive Music Systems

Eran Egozy

This course explores audio synthesis, musical structure, human computer interaction (HCI), and visual presentation...

Art, Design & Architecture Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Software Design and Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japan in the Age of the Samurai: History and Film

Aaron Moore

This course covers medieval Japanese society and culture from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, when...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Meta-ethics

Prof. Justin Khoo

This course considers a range of philosophical questions about the foundations of morality, such as whether and in...

Humanities Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Spanish II

Margarita Ribas Groeger

Spanish II continues to develop students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using the second part of...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Media Studies

Dr. Andrea Walsh

Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Finance and Society

Prof. William Deringer

This course provides students with a broad historical and social-scientific introduction to a central aspect of...

Business & Management Finance & Accounting Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Linguistic Phonetics

Prof. Edward Flemming

This course is about the study of speech sounds; how we produce and perceive them and their acoustic properties....

Humanities Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Moral Problems and the Good Life

Prof. Sally Haslanger

This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice....

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

MIT OCW

free

Teaching and Learning: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Prof. Graham Jones

This course explores the diverse ways that people teach and learn—in different countries, in different disciplines,...

Social Sciences Anthropology Communication

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture

Prof. Mark Jarzombek

This course is a global-oriented survey of the history of architecture, from the prehistoric to the sixteenth...

Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Crafting Research Questions and Qualitative Methodology

Prof. Judith Tendler

This course covers approaches to research and evaluation in the planning field, for those preparing to write...

Social Sciences Urban Studies Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of Western Culture: Homer to Dante

Prof. Arthur Bahr

As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is “Homer to Dante,” we will pepper our...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Intro to Japanese Culture

Prof. Ian Condry

This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Space Policy Seminar

Prof. Daniel Hastings

The seminar explores current issues in space policy as well as the historical roots for the issues. Emphasis on...

Social Sciences Policy and Administration Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Theory of Knowledge

Prof. Declan Smithies

This course is an introduction to epistemology: the theory of knowledge. We will focus on skepticism—that is, the...

Humanities Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Composing with Computers I (Electronic Music Composition)

Peter Whincop

This class explores sound and what can be done with it. Sources are recorded from students’ surroundings - sampled...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Fans and Fan Cultures

Prof. Edward Schiappa

This subject examines media audiences—specifically, fans—and the subcultures that evolve around them. Explores...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Classics of Chinese Literature

Prof. Emma Teng

This course is an introduction to three of the major genres of traditional Chinese literature—poetry, fiction and...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics

Prof. Edward Hall

Quantum mechanics–even in the ordinary, non-relativistic, “particle” formulation that will be the primary focus of...

Science & Math Physics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Argumentation and Communication

Cherie Miot Abbanat

This Communication and Argumentation seminar is an intensive writing workshop that focuses on argumentation and...

Social Sciences Communication Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

German II

Ellen Crocker

In this course students are exposed to history and culture of German-speaking countries through audio, video, and...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modal Logic

Prof. Stephen Yablo

Modal logic is the logic of necessity and possibility, and by extension of analogously paired notions like validity...

Humanities Linguistics Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Harmony and Counterpoint I

Prof. Brian Robison

In this subject we will study the basic harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Linear Algebra - Communications Intensive

Andrew Brooke-Taylor

This is a communication intensive supplement to Linear Algebra (18.06). The main emphasis is on the methods of...

Science & Math Mathematics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Wanderings in Psychogeography: Exploring Landscapes of History, Biography, Memory, Culture, Nature, Poetry, Surreality, Fantasy, and Madness

Ezra Haber Glenn

In this seminar we explore the history, present, and future of psychogeography, hoping to map the center and the...

Social Sciences Geography Urban Studies

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Science Communication: A Practical Guide

Prof. John Durant

This class develops the abilities of students to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Philosophy of Love

Dr. Lee Perlman

This course explores the nature of love through works of philosophy, literature, film, poetry, and individual...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Language and Mind

Prof. Ted Gibson

This course will address some fundamental questions regarding human language: (1) how language is represented in our...

Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing and New Media: Science Writing for the Public

Karen Boiko

This class is an introduction to writing about science—including nature, medicine and technology—for general...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japanese VI

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This is an experimental version of 21G.506, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japanese Literature and Cinema

Prof. Ian Condry

This course surveys both cinematic and literary representations of diverse eras and aspects of Japanese culture such...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Experience: Reading and Writing Autobiography

Dr. Andrea Walsh

The reading and writing in this course will focus on the art of self-narrative or autobiographical writing. Such...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin (汉语基础教材)

Julian K. Wheatley

This online textbook represents materials that were used in the first four semesters (two years) of the Mandarin...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Graduate Technical Writing Workshop

Caroline Beimford

This course is designed to improve the student’s ability to communicate technical information. It covers the basics...

Humanities Literature

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Reading Poetry: Social Poetics

Prof. Joshua Bennett

The central concern of this class is the historical relationship between the social lives of everyday people and...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Society of Mind

Prof. Marvin Minsky

This course is an introduction to the theory that tries to explain how minds are made from collections of simpler...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Playwriting I

Laura Harrington

This class introduces the craft of writing for the theater. Through weekly assignments, in class writing exercises,...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

German IV

Ellen Crocker

This course focuses on development of interpretive skills, using literary texts (B. Brecht, S. Zweig) and...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Economic History

Richard A. Hornbeck

This course is a survey of world economic history, and it introduces economics students to the subject matter and...

Social Sciences Economics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Film

Prof. Alvin Kibel

This course investigates relationships between two media, film and literature, studying works linked across the two...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

French Film Classics

Catherine E Clark

This course covers the history and aesthetics of French cinema from the advent of sound to present-day. It treats...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing Science Fiction

Shariann Lewitt

This class will focus on the craft of writing genre science fiction. Students write and read science fiction and...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Prof. Chappell Lawson

This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No...

Social Sciences Political Science Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to World Music

Prof. George Ruckert

This course explores the ways that music is both shaped by and gives shape to the cultural settings in which it is...

Art, Design & Architecture Social Sciences Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Early Music

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This course examines European music from the early Middle Ages until the end of the Renaissance. It includes a...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Masterworks in American Short Fiction

Prof. John Hildebidle

For some reason, American literature (like French, Irish, and Russian, among others) has been especially productive...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Ethics in Your Life: Being, Thinking, Doing (or Not?)

Prof. Sally Haslanger

This seminar is made possible through a collaboration between Radius and the Philosophy section of MIT. This course...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Law and Society

Prof. Susan S. Silbey

Law is a common and yet distinct aspect of everyday life in modern societies. This course examines the central...

Social Sciences Anthropology Law

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History of Science

Prof. Robin Scheffler

This course offers an introduction to the history and historiography of science from ancient Greece to the present....

Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full

Dr. Paola Rebusco

The participants in this seminar will dive into learning basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States

Prof. Caley Horan

This course provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from...

Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

German III

Dagmar Jaeger

This course expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students develop analytic and...

Humanities Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Shakespeare

Prof. Diana Henderson

Three hundred and eighty years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the central author of the...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Rhetoric: Rhetoric and Contemporary Issues

Dr. Andrea Walsh

This course seeks to provide a supportive context for students to grow significantly as writers by discovering and...

Social Sciences Communication Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Indistinguishable From... Magic as Interface, Technology, and Tradition

Greg Borenstein

With a focus on the creation of functional prototypes and practicing real magical crafts, this class combines...

Art, Design & Architecture Game Design Performing Arts

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary Literature: British Novels Now

Prof. Sarah Brouillette

What is Britain now? Its metropolises are increasingly multicultural. Its hold over its distant colonies is a thing...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to the History of Technology

Prof. David Mindell

This course is an introduction to the consideration of technology as the outcome of particular technical,...

Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Composing Your Life: Exploration of Self through Visual Arts and Writing

Graham Gordon Ramsay

In this interdisciplinary seminar, we explore a variety of visual and written tools for self exploration and self...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture

Prof. Charles Shadle

This course explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Ancient Philosophy

Prof. Sally Haslanger

This course will acquaint the student with some of the ancient Greek contributions to the Western philosophical and...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge

Prof. Robert Berwick

6.863 is a laboratory-oriented course on the theory and practice of building computer systems for human language...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japanese Politics and Society

Patricia Gercik

This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...

Social Sciences Anthropology Economics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Hip Hop

Prof. Thomas DeFrantz

This class explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal,...

Art, Design & Architecture Social Sciences Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art

Prof. Caroline Jones

This seminar is open to graduate students, and is intended to offer a synoptic view of selected methodologies and...

Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Art History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Reading Fiction

Prof. Alisa Braithwaite

Reading Fiction is designed to sharpen your skills as a critical reader. As we explore both short stories and novels...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music and Technology: Live Electronics Performance Practices

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course is a creative, hands-on exploration of contemporary and historical approaches to live electronics...

Art, Design & Architecture Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology User Experience

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese I (Streamlined)

Min-Min Liang

This course, along with 21G.108 / 158 offered in the spring, form the elementary level of the streamlined sequence,...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Experimental Molecular Genetics

Prof. Jing-Ke Weng

This project-based laboratory course provides students with in-depth experience in experimental molecular genetics,...

Science & Math Biology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Social Theory and Analysis

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This subject presents a survey of social theory from the 17th century to the present. It focuses on the historical...

Social Sciences Anthropology Economics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Semantics

Prof. Kai von Fintel

This course is the second of the three parts of our graduate introduction to semantics. The others are 24.970...

Humanities Linguistics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Economic History of Financial Crises

Prof. Peter Temin

This course gives a historical perspective on financial panics. Topics include the growth of the industrial world,...

Social Sciences Economics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 to the Present

Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood

This course explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The History of Computing

Dr. Slava Gerovitch

This course focuses on one particular aspect of the history of computing: the use of the computer as a scientific...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Computer Science Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Special Topics in Cinematic Storytelling

Prof. Glorianna Davenport

This seminar explores approaches to representation for distributed cinematic storytelling. The relationship between...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Computational Models of Discourse

Prof. Regina Barzilay

This course is a graduate level introduction to automatic discourse processing. The emphasis will be on methods and...

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology AI Machine Learning

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series: Developing Professional Skills

Dr. Mya Poe

This course consists of a series of seminars focused on the development of professional skills. Each semester...

Humanities Literature Philosophy

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Language and its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics

Prof. Kai von Fintel

This course gives an introduction to the science of linguistic meaning. There are two branches to this discipline:...

Humanities Linguistics Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Disease and Society in America

Prof. David Jones

This course examines the growing importance of medicine in culture, economics and politics. It uses an historical...

Social Sciences Political Science Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Portuguese I

Dr. Nilma Dominique

This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

East Asia in the World

Prof. Peter C. Perdue

This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of the world and the relationships of each of the...

Social Sciences Political Science Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Reading Poems

William Corbett

This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Science Fiction

Shariann Lewitt

Transmedia narratives exist across multiple storytelling platforms, using the advantages of each to enhance the...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

MIT OCW

free

Linguistic Studies of Bilingualism

Prof. Suzanne Flynn

This course studies the development of bilingualism in human history (from Australopithecus to present day). It...

Humanities Language Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Script Analysis

Michael Ouellette

This class focuses on reading a script theatrically with a view to mounting a coherent production. Through careful,...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Expository Writing for Bilingual Students

Patricia Brennecke

The purpose of this course is to develop your writing skills so that you can feel confident writing the essays, term...

Humanities Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions

Prof. Susan S. Silbey

Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course...

Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Drama

Prof. Diana Henderson

Drama combines the literary arts of storytelling and poetry with the world of live performance. As a form of...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family

Prof. Heather Paxson

Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Once and Future City

Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn

Class website: The Once & Future City What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future...

Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Islam/Media

Dr. Peter McMurray

This course is an introduction to Islam from the perspective of media and sound studies, intended for advanced...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music and Technology: Algorithmic and Generative Music

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course examines the history, techniques, and aesthetics of mechanical and computer-aided approaches to...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Genre Fiction Workshop

Shariann Lewitt

Some argue that genre fiction is only a marketing category, but other critics say that different genres meet...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese II (Regular)

Dr. Haohsiang Liao

This subject is the second semester of four that forms an introduction to modern standard Chinese, commonly called...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This course explores recent historical and anthropological approaches to the study of medicine and biology. Topics...

Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Gender and Technology

Dr. K.J. Surkan

This course considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the...

Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking

Prof. Irving Singer

This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Speech Communication

Prof. Kenneth Stevens

6.541J surveys the structural properties of natural languages, with special emphasis on the sound pattern. Topics...

Engineering Electrical Engineering Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Engineering Ethics

Dr. Taft Broome

This course introduces the theory and the practice of engineering ethics using a multi-disciplinary and...

Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Engineering

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Comparative Grand Strategy and Military Doctrine

Prof. Barry Posen

This course will conduct a comparative study of the grand strategies of the great powers (Britain, France, Germany...

Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences

advanced

MIT OCW

free

World Literatures: Travel Writing

Prof. Mary Fuller

This semester, we will read writing about travel and place from Columbus’s Diario through the present. Travel...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Unmanageability: Pathless Realities and Approaches

Gabriel Kahan

Over the last 40 years, new managerial technologies in Western democratic societies have emerged to dominate our...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Business & Management

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Anthropology of the Middle East

Prof. Susan Slyomovics

This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Media and Methods: Sound

Prof. John Picker

This course explores the ways in which humans experience the realm of sound and how perceptions and technologies of...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Cultures of Computing

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This course examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices...

Social Sciences Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music Composition

Prof. Peter Child

This course features directed composition of larger forms of original writing involving voices and/or instruments....

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Japanese II

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This course covers Genki I Lessons 7 through 12 that will enhance the basic skills for conversation, reading, and...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Historiography of Islamic Architecture

Prof. Nasser Rabbat

This seminar offers a critical review of scholarship on Islamic architecture through close reading of scholarly...

Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

French II

Laura Ceia-Minjares

21G.302/352 is the second part of an introductory course to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Spanish III

Douglas Morgenstern

This course is the first intermediate-level course in Spanish, with a focus on grammar review, additional...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Science of Race, Sex, and Gender

Abha Sur Abha Sur

This course examines the role of science and medicine in the origins and evolution of concepts of race, sex, and...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Media Texts

Prof. Diana Henderson

This class does intensive close study and analysis of historically significant media “texts” that have been...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to French Culture

Catherine E Clark

This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Philosophy of Love in the Western World

Prof. Irving Singer

This course is a seminar on the nature of love and sex, approached as topics both in philosophy and in literature....

Humanities Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Poetry

Prof. Stephen Tapscott

This course considers some of the substantial early twentieth-century poetic voices in America. Authors vary, but...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Attraction and Repulsion: The Magic of Magnets

Dr. James Livingston

This Freshman Advising Seminar surveys the many applications of magnets and magnetism. To the Chinese and Greeks of...

Science & Math Physics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Language and Its Structure I: Phonology

Prof. Michael Kenstowicz

24.901 is designed to give you a preliminary understanding of how the sound systems of different languages are...

Humanities Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)

Jane Dunphy

This course offers analysis and practice of various forms of scientific and technical writing, from memos to journal...

Humanities Language Literature

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Writing Seminar

Cherie Miot Abbanat

The purpose of this seminar is to expose the student to a number of different types of writing that one may...

Humanities Literature

advanced

MIT OCW

free

City Visions: Past and Future

Prof. Diane Davis

This class is intended to introduce students to understandings of the city generated from both social science...

Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Environmental Design

advanced

MIT OCW

free

European Thought and Culture

Prof. Thomas Nolden

This subject surveys main currents of European cultural and intellectual history in the modern period. Such a...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Anglo-American Folk Music

Prof. George Ruckert

This course examines the production, transmission, preservation and qualities of folk music in the British Isles and...

Art, Design & Architecture Performing Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

High-Intermediate Academic Communication

Isaiah WonHo Yoo

The goal of this course is to review grammar and develop vocabulary building strategies to refine oral and written...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Islam, the Middle East, and the West

Dr. Mériam Belli

This course aims to provide students with a general overview of basic themes and issues in Middle Eastern history...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations

Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa

We will explore images that pertain to the emergence of Japan as a modern state. We will focus on images that depict...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Communicating in Technical Organizations

Dr. Edward C. Barrett

This course focuses on an exploration of the role that communication plays in the work of the contemporary...

Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Gender and the Law in U.S. History

Prof. Christopher Capozzola

This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped...

Social Sciences Law Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Experience: Exploring Self in Society

Dr. Andrea Walsh

The reading and writing for this course will focus on what it means to construct a sense of self and a life...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Spanish IV

Margarita Ribas Groeger

Course Sequences Spanish IV aims at developing and improving student’s oral and written communication through the...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech

Prof. Alex Byrne

This course examines theories and principles that underlie the concept of free speech in the United...

Humanities Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Nuclear Weapons Education Project

MIT Interdisciplinary Team: Robert P. Redwine, Professor of Physics Emeritus (Coordinator)

The MIT Nuclear Weapons Education Project aims to teach individuals, particularly those who grew up after the end of...

Science & Math Physics Energy, Climate & Sustainability

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Good Food: Ethics and Politics of Food

Prof. Sally Haslanger

This course explores the values (aesthetic, moral, cultural, religious, prudential, political) expressed in the...

Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies

Tong Chen

This course is the continuation of 21G.105. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...

Social Sciences Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Gender and Japanese Popular Culture

Prof. Ian Condry

This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing in Tonal Forms I

Prof. Peter Child

Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse

Prof. Leslie Perelman

This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of...

Social Sciences Communication Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Linguistics and Social Justice: Language, Education, and Human Rights

Prof. Michel DeGraff

Linguists take it for granted that all languages, including languages in the Global South, are worthy of study. Yet...

Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture

Arundhati Banerjee

This subject aims to provide an overview of contemporary texts in regional languages in South Asian Literature and...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Small Wonders: Media, Modernity, and the Moment: Experiments in Time

Prof. Noel Jackson

The “small wonders” to which our course will attend are moments of present time, depicted in the verbal and visual...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Food in American History

Anya Zilberstein

This course will explore food in modern American history as a story of industrialization and globalization....

Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Science & Math Earth Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Shakespeare, Film and Media

Prof. Peter S. Donaldson

Filmed Shakespeare began in 1899, with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree performing the death scene from King John for the...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Germany Today: Intensive Study of German Language and Culture

Ellen Crocker

Prepares students for working and living in German-speaking countries. Focus on current political, social, and...

Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Social Sciences

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Popular Musics of the World

Prof. Patricia Tang

This course focuses on popular music, i.e. music created for and transmitted by mass media. Various popular music...

Art, Design & Architecture Business & Management Marketing

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing About Literature

Dr. Wyn Kelley

Students, scholars, bloggers, reviewers, fans, and book-group members write about literature, but so do authors...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Musical Improvisation

Dr. Mark Harvey

In this course, students study concepts and practice techniques of improvisation in solo and ensemble contexts. The...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Territorial Conflict

Prof. M. Taylor Fravel

This graduate seminar introduces an emerging research program within International Relations on territorial...

Social Sciences Political Science Policy and Administration

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

French Photography

Catherine E Clark

This course introduces students to the world of French photography from its invention in the 1820s to the present....

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Nationalism

Prof. Melissa Nobles

This course provides a broad overview of the theories of and approaches to the study of nationalist thought and...

Philosophy Political Science Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Digital Typography

Prof. John Maeda

This class introduces studies in the algorithmic manipulation of type as word, symbol, and form. Problems covered...

Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Media Studies

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Language Acquisition I

Prof. Athulya Aravind

This course focuses on the process by which native speakers of a language acquire the ability to speak and...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Philosophy of Film

Prof. Irving Singer

This course is a seminar on the philosophical analysis of film art, with an emphasis on the ways in which it creates...

Visual Arts Philosophy Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese V (Regular): Chinese Cultures & Society

Tong Chen

This course is the continuation of 21G.104/108. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...

Sociology Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music and Technology (Contemporary History and Aesthetics)

Prof. Christopher Ariza

This course is an investigation into the history and aesthetics of music and technology as deployed in experimental...

Media Studies Music Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science

Dr. Mya Poe

This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of...

Communication Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Queer Cinema and Visual Culture

Dr. K.J. Surkan

This course analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-World War II 20th century U.S. as cultural texts...

Visual Arts History Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Leadership Stories: Literature, Ethics, and Authority

Prof. Leigh Hafrey

This course explores how we use story to articulate ethical norms. The syllabus consists of short fiction, novels,...

Management Literature Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Phonology

Prof. Michael Kenstowicz

This course serves as an introduction to the current research questions in phonological theory. Topics include...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Angles

Jared David Berezin

Angles is an annual online magazine of exemplary writing by MIT students. All of the works published in Angles since...

Communication Literature Humanities

beginner

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Musical Analysis

Prof. Peter Child

This class is an introduction to the analysis of tonal music. Students develop analytical techniques based upon...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Automatic Speech Recognition

Dr. James Glass

6.345 introduces students to the rapidly developing field of automatic speech recognition. Its content is divided...

Engineering Humanities Electrical Engineering

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Media in Cultural Context: Popular Readerships

Prof. Sarah Brouillette

What is the history of popular reading in the Western world? How does widespread access to print relate to...

History Media Studies Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Grammar of a Less Familiar Language

Prof. Michael Kenstowicz

This course is designed to allow participants to engage in the exploration of the grammatical structure of a...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Brave New Planet

Prof. Eric Lander

Utopia or dystopia? It’s up to us. In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking...

Energy Philosophy Climate Science

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Contemporary Hispanic Literature

Prof. Margery Resnick

This course studies important twentieth century texts from Spain and Latin America. The readings include short...

Language Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Oral Communication in Spanish

Douglas Morgenstern

A second-year intermediate course that includes vocabulary enhancement and limited review of selected points of...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese IV (Regular)

Dr. Haohsiang Liao

Together with 21G.103 Chinese III, this course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technology and the Literary Imagination

Prof. Leo Marx

Our linked subjects are (1) the historical process by which the meaning of technology has been constructed, and (2)...

History Anthropology Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Popular Culture and Narrative: Literature, Comics, and Culture

Prof. John Picker

In this course, we will investigate popular culture and narrative by focusing on the relationship between literary...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Philosophy In Film and Other Media

Prof. Irving Singer

This course examines works of film in relation to thematic issues of philosophical importance that also occur in...

Visual Arts Media Studies Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

North America through French Eyes

Prof. Bruno Perreau

The course offers an analysis of the keen interest shown by France and the French in North American cultures since...

Language Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Social Study of Science and Technology

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions...

History Sociology Philosophy

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Comedy

Rosa Martínez

This course is designed around analyzing what’s so funny and why is it that we laugh when we do. How is comedy...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Reading Poetry

Prof. Mary Fuller

How do you read a poem? Intuition is not the only answer. In this class, we will investigate some of the formal...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technology in History

Prof. Rosalind Williams

Today many people assume that technological change is the major factor in historical change and that it tends to...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Justice

Prof. Lucas Stanczyk

This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...

Sociology Philosophy Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American History Since 1865

Prof. Caley Horan

This course examines the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States, from the Civil War...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Developing Musical Structures

Prof. Jeanne Bamberger

The goal of this class is practical: to interrogate, make explicit, and thus to develop the powerful...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Western Music History: Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Music History

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

The disciplines of music history and music theory have been slow to embrace the digital revolutions that have...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Social and Political Implications of Technology

Prof. David Mindell

This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the...

Humanities History Anthropology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience

Prof. Emma J. Teng

This course provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. It covers the...

History Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music Since 1960

Prof. Brian Robison

This course begins with the premise that the 1960s mark a great dividing point in the history of 20th century...

Media Studies Music Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Global Medicine: Bioscience, Technologies, Disparities, Strategies

Prof. Michael M.J. Fischer

This class provides a space for medical students and MD/PhD students, as well as HASTS (History, Anthropology,...

Philosophy Biological Engineering Public Health

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917

Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood

This course analyzes Russia’s social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

German Culture, Media, and Society

Dr. Kurt Fendt

The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Anthro-Engineering: Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale

Prof. Michael Short

This course examines and experiments with pathways to decarbonization at the million-person scale. Our field...

Energy, Climate & Sustainability Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Literary History: Modernism: From Nietzsche to Fellini

Dr. Howard Eiland

How do literature, philosophy, film and other arts respond to the profound changes in world view and lifestyle that...

History Media Studies Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Language Disorders in Children

Prof. Suzanne Flynn

This seminar focuses on reading and discussion of current linguistic theory, first language acquisition and language...

Language Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Language Processing

Prof. Edward Gibson

This course is a seminar in real-time language comprehension. It considers models of sentence and discourse...

Linguistics Cognitive Science Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Medieval Literature: Legends of Arthur

Prof. Arthur Bahr

As a quasi-historical, quasi-legendary figure of consistently great popularity, King Arthur has been subject to an...

Humanities History Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Beethoven to Mahler

Teresa M. Neff

This course surveys Romantic musical genres including song, choral music, opera, piano sonata, character cycle,...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Linguistic Theory and the Japanese Language

Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa

This course is a detailed examination of the grammar of Japanese and its structure which is significantly different...

Language Linguistics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Issues of Representation: Women, Representation, and Music in Selected Folk Traditions of the British Isles and North America

Prof. Judith Tick

This subject investigates the special relation of women to several musical folk traditions in the British Isles and...

Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Social Sciences

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Chinese III (Regular)

Dr. Haohsiang Liao

This course forms the intermediate level of what constitutes a four-term foundation in Mandarin. Upon completion of...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society

Prof. Sunil H. Sharma

This course is an introduction to modern Indian culture and society through films, documentaries, short stories,...

Media Studies Sociology Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The World: 1400-Present

Prof. Anne McCants

This course surveys the increasing interaction between communities, as the barrier of distance succumbed to both...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History and Theory of Historic Preservation

Prof. Max Page

This class examines the history and theory of historic preservation, focusing on the United States, but with...

Social Sciences History Urban Studies

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Linguistic Theory: Laboratory Phonology

Prof. Edward Flemming

The goal of this course is to prepare you to engage in experimental investigations of questions related to...

Electrical Engineering Linguistics Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing and New Media: Communicating Science to the Public

Jared David Berezin

This course provides an introduction to writing about science (including medicine, technology, and engineering) for...

Humanities History Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Women's Novels: A Weekly Book Club

Faye Kasemset

This pass/fail seminar should be a fun setting where we can all enjoy a love of good books together. Students will...

Literature Gender Studies Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Narrative Ethics: Literary Texts and Moral Issues in Medicine

Prof. Martha Montello

This eight-session course, designed for a mixed group of first, second, third and fourth-year medical students, uses...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing and New Media: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Cynthia Taft

Like other scientists, medical researchers and clinicians must be capable of presenting their work to an audience of...

Literature Public Health Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Pragmatics in Linguistic Theory

Prof. Danny Fox

This course is the third and final part of our graduate introduction to semantics. The other two classes are 24.970...

Humanities Linguistics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary Literature: Literature, Development, and Human Rights

Prof. Sarah Brouillette

Central to our era is the gradual movement of all the world’s regions toward a uniform standard of economic and...

Humanities Sociology Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Urban History II

Prof. Robert Fogelson

This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban...

History Urban Studies Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History of Women in Science and Engineering

Maia Weinstock

This course provides a basic overview of the history of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...

History Engineering Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Survival Skills for Researchers: The Responsible Conduct of Research

Prof. Elizabeth R. Myers

This course is designed to provide graduate students and postdoctoral associates with techniques that enhance both...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Music of India

Prof. George Ruckert

This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient...

Sociology Music Performing Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Histories of Information, Communication, and Computing Technologies

Prof. Jennifer S Light

The histories of information, communication, and computing technologies have attracted attention from scholars...

History Communication Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Linguistics Theory

Prof. Kai von Fintel

I realize that “Modes of Assertion” is a rather cryptic title for the course. What we will explore are ways of...

Humanities Linguistics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Anthropology of Biology

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological...

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Laboratory on the Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception of Speech

Dr. Joseph S. Perkell

The course focuses on experimental investigations of speech processes. Topics include: measurement of articulatory...

Health Care Management Electrical Engineering Linguistics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Urban Development in Conflict Cities: Planning Challenges and Policy Innovations

Jota Samper

Economic, religious, gender, and ethnic differences must be negotiated every day in the urban arena. When tensions...

Policy and Administration Urban Studies International Development

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Trials in History

Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood

This seminar examines a number of famous trials in European and American history. It considers the salient issues...

Humanities History Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Bestsellers: Detective Fiction

Prof. Stephen Tapscott

This course focuses on works that caught the popular imagination in the past or present. It emphasizes texts that...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Techno-identity: Who we are and how we perceive ourselves and others

Prof. Judith Donath

The nature of human identity - how we think of ourselves, how we perceive others - is a mutable concept, changing...

Media Studies Philosophy Anthropology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

Dr. Nilma Dominique

Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents...

Humanities Language Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Phonology

Prof. Adam Albright

This course introduces students to the theory and practice of modeling phonology, with an empirical focus on...

Engineering Systems Engineering Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Japanese III

Dr. Takako Aikawa

Students further develop their skills in Japanese speaking, listening, reading, and writing in this intermediate...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Property Rights in Transition

Prof. Annette M. Kim

This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own real property, how to communicate and enforce...

Humanities Real Estate Law

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of World Culture I: World Civilizations and Texts

Dr. Ghenwa Hayek

This course aims to introduce students to the rich diversity of human culture from antiquity to the early 17th...

Humanities Anthropology Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Musical Time

Dr. Martin Marks

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of three broad topics concerning music in relation to time. Music...

Philosophy Music Cognitive Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Literary Interpretation: Literature and Urban Experience

Prof. Sarah Brouillette

Alienation, overcrowding, sensory overload, homelessness, criminality, violence, loneliness, sprawl, blight. How...

Urban Studies Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Art of the Probable: Literature and Probability

Prof. Noel Jackson

“The Art of the Probable” addresses the history of scientific ideas, in particular the emergence and development of...

Humanities History Mathematics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia

Prof. Peter C. Perdue

This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and...

History Sociology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern African History

Prof. Kenda Mutongi

This course surveys the history of 19th and 20th century Africa. It focuses on the European conquest of Africa and...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Non-violence as a Way of Life

Dr. Lee Perlman

This course addresses the philosophical question of what a non-violent life entails. It investigates its ethical...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Abnormal Language

Mr. Christopher Hirsch

Introduction to the linguistic study of language pathology, concentrating on experimental approaches and theoretical...

Health Care Management Linguistics Cognitive Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Innovation in Military Organizations

Prof. Barry Posen

This seminar has three purposes. One, it inquires into the causes of military innovation by examining a number of...

History Policy and Administration Organizations & Leadership

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Forms of Western Narrative

Prof. James Cain

This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have...

Media Studies Literature Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Lexicon and Its Features

Dr. David Gow

This course provides an overview of the distinctive features which distinguish sound categories of languages of the...

Linguistics Cognitive Science Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Inventing the Samurai

Prof. Hiromu Nagahara

This course explores the historical origins of the Japanese warrior class as well as its reinvention throughout the...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Renaissance Literature

Prof. Mary Fuller

The Renaissance has justly become both famous and notorious as an age of discovery, and its voyages took place in...

History Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Medieval Literature: Medieval Women Writers

Prof. James Cain

This survey provides a general introduction to medieval European literature (from Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth...

History Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Nature of Constructionist Learning

Prof. Bakhtiar Mikhak

This course examines the philosophical and theoretical foundations of constructionism as a paradigm for formulating...

Philosophy Pedagogy and Curriculum Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America, 1861-1890

Prof. Merritt Roe Smith

Using the American Civil War as a baseline, the course considers what it means to become “modern” by exploring the...

History Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Environmental History

Prof. Harriet Ritvo

Focusing primarily on the period since 1500, explores the influence of climate, topography, plants, animals, and...

Humanities Climate Science History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Culture Tech

James Rising

This class is divided into a series of sections or “modules”, each of which concentrates on a particular large...

History Anthropology Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The History of MIT

Prof. David Mindell

This course examines the history of MIT through the lens of the broader history of science and technology, and vice...

Pedagogy and Curriculum History Faculty Leadership

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Nationalism, Internationalism, and Globalism in Modern Art

Prof. Caroline Jones

This course studies how international modernism interacted with the concept of “nation” and how contemporary...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

New Culture of Gender: Queer France

Prof. Bruno Perreau

This course addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse and discusses the new...

Media Studies Anthropology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary French Society

Sabine Levet

This course is an intermediate subject designed to help students gradually build an in-depth understanding of...

Language Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

European Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Prof. David Ciarlo

From pineapples grown in Hawaii to English-speaking call centers outsourced to India, the legacy of the “Age of...

History Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Politics and Religion

Prof. Lily Tsai

This graduate reading seminar explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using...

Sociology Anthropology Political Science

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Reading Fiction: Imaginary Journeys

Prof. James Buzard

Great works of fiction often take us to far-off places; they sometimes conduct us on journeys toward a deeper...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Literature, Ethics and Authority

Prof. Alvin Kibel

Our subject is the ethics of leadership, an examination of the principles appealed to by executive authority when...

Anthropology Literature Philosophy

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Experience: MIT: Inside, Live

Lucy Marx

During this seminar, students will chronicle their MIT experiences and investigate MIT history and culture. Visits...

Media Studies Literature Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Childhood and Youth in French and Francophone Cultures

Prof. Bruno Perreau

This course studies the transformation of childhood and youth since the 18th century in France and the development...

Language Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Music of Africa

Prof. Patricia Tang

This course is an introduction to selected musical traditions of West Africa. A variety of musical practices and...

History Anthropology Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Music: 1900-1960

Prof. Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert

This subject covers a specific branch of music history: Western concert music of first sixty years of the twentieth...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Popular Music

Teresa M. Neff

This course surveys the development of popular music in the United States and in a cross-cultural milieu relative to...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Fiction: Stowe, Twain, and the Transformation of 19th-Century America

Dr. Wyn Kelley

This seminar looks at two bestselling nineteenth-century American authors whose works made the subject of slavery...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

MIT-Haiti Initiative / Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti

Prof. Michel DeGraff

The mission of the MIT-Haiti Initiative is to promote active learning in Kreyòl so that Haitians can have universal...

Sociology Linguistics Pedagogy and Curriculum

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Chinese IV (Streamlined)

Tong Chen

This is the second semester of the intermediate level sequence intended for students whose conversational ability...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Spanish Conversation and Composition

Douglas Morgenstern

A third-year intermediate course designed to improve speaking and writing, with opportunities for vocabulary...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

International Relations of East Asia

Prof. M. Taylor Fravel

The aim of this course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers,...

History Sociology Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Fiction

Prof. James Buzard

Tradition and innovation in representative fiction of the early modern period. Recurring themes include the role of...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective

Prof. Merritt Roe Smith

This class is a global survey of the great transformation in history known as the “Industrial Revolution.” Topics...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition

Margarita Ribas Groeger

En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas...

Language Communication Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Germany and its European Context

Prof. Charity Scribner

This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche’s...

Humanities Sociology Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Beatles

Teresa M. Neff

This class surveys the music of the Beatles, from the band’s early years to the break-up of the group, mapping how...

Visual Arts Music Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Making of Modern South Asia

Prof. Haimanti Roy

Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic,...

Humanities History Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Ethnic Literature in America

Dr. Wyn Kelley

Although this class starts by critically examining the term “ethnic” as it defines a wide range of cultural forms...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law

Prof. Malick Ghachem

This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal...

Humanities Law Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Nuclear Weapons – History and Future Prospects

MIT Interdisciplinary Team: Robert P. Redwine, Professor of Physics Emeritus (Coordinator)

This course was designed to educate students about how nuclear weapons came into being, the physics of these...

Humanities History Physics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Technology in American History

Prof. Merritt Roe Smith

This course will consider the ways in which technology, broadly defined, has contributed to the building of American...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing in Tonal Forms II

Prof. Charles Shadle

This course builds on the composition techniques practiced in 21M.303 Writing in Tonal Forms I. Students undertake...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Stravinsky to the Present

Prof. Emily Richmond Pollock

This course provides an overview of the musical styles and techniques developed over the past 115 years. The...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

The Conquest of America

Prof. James Howe

In this course the conquest and colonization of the Americas is considered, with special attention to the struggles...

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History and Philosophy of Mechanics: Newton's Principia Mathematica

Adam Schulman

This course focuses on an in-depth reading of Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis by Isaac Newton, as well...

Humanities History Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Global Africa: Creative Cultures

Prof. M. Amah Edoh

This course examines contemporary and historical cultural production on and from Africa across a range of registers,...

Visual Arts Anthropology History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Disease and Health: Culture, Society, and Ethics

Prof. Jean Jackson

This course examines how medicine is practiced cross-culturally, with particular emphasis on Western biomedicine....

History Anthropology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Libertarianism in History

Prof. Malick Ghachem

This course explores the history of the ideal of personal freedom with an eye towards contemporary debates over the...

History Political Science Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry: 20th Century Irish Poetry: The Shadow of W. B. Yeats

Prof. John Hildebidle

William Butler Yeats occupies a dominant position in the lives and work of the Irish poets who followed him. We will...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Visualizing the Birth of Modern Tokyo

Prof. Shigeru Miyagawa

This course shows the emergence of modern Tokyo through artist renderings of its neighborhoods, daily life and...

Visual Arts History Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Undergraduate Thesis for Course 2-A

David Custer

This course is taken by mechanical engineering majors during their senior year to prepare a detailed thesis proposal...

Literature Mechanical Engineering Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese III (Streamlined)

Jin Zhang

This course is the intermediate level of the streamlined curriculum, which is intended for students who, when they...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Advanced Phonology

Prof. Donca Steriade

This course focuses on phonological phenomena that are sensitive to morphological structure, including...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: John Milton

Prof. Mary Fuller

In 1667, John Milton published what he intended both as the crowning achievement of a poetic career and a...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to Syntax

Prof. Idan Landau

This course is concerned with the concepts and principles which have been of central significance in the recent...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science & Technology

Dr. Janis Melvold

Proficiency in communicating about science and technology comes from both knowledge and practice, and this course...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Fiction: Rethinking the American Masterpiece

Dr. Wyn Kelley

What has been said of Moby-Dick—that it’s the greatest novel no one ever reads—could just as well be said of any...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major English Novels: Reading Romantic Fiction

Prof. Noel Jackson

Though the era of British Romanticism (ca. 1790-1830) is sometimes exclusively associated with the poetry of these...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Transcribing Prosodic Structure of Spoken Utterances with ToBI

Dr. Nanette Veilleux

This course presents a tutorial on the ToBI (Tones and Break Indices) system, for labelling certain aspects of...

Electrical Engineering Linguistics Computer Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Visual Histories: German Cinema 1945 to Present

Prof. Bernd Widdig

This course is an invitation to German film-making since the end of the Second World War. We investigate how German...

Visual Arts Sociology History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Portuguese II

Dr. Nilma Dominique

This course is a continuation of 21G.801. It focuses on expanding communication skills and further development of...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Science Essay

Karen Boiko

The science essay uses science to think about the human condition; it uses humanistic thinking to reflect on the...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora

Prof. Erica James

This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment...

Anthropology Public Health International Development

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese VI (Streamlined)

Jin Zhang

This course is a sequel to 21G.113 Chinese V (Streamlined). It is designed to further help students develop...

Humanities Language

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced German: Professional Communication

Peter Weise

This course exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international...

Language Economics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe

Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood

Medieval and early modern Russia stood at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. In this course we will examine some of...

History Sociology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

France, 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Napoleon

Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel

This course covers French politics, culture, and society from Louis XIV to Napoleon Bonaparte. Attention is given to...

History Anthropology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to International Development

Cauam Ferreira Cardoso

This course introduces undergraduates to the basic theory, institutional architecture, and practice of international...

Humanities History Economics

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

South Asian Migrations

Prof. Sana Aiyar

This course provides a global history of South Asians and introduces students to the cultural, social, economic, and...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Drama

Prof. Diana Henderson

This course analyzes major modern plays featuring works by Shaw, Pirandello, Beckett, Brecht, Williams, Soyinka,...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Beat of Brazil: Brazilian Society Through Its Music

Dr. Nilma Dominique

This course will present students with an overview of Brazilian popular music, from the late nineteenth century to...

History Language Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Advanced German Literature & Culture: Madness, Murder, Mysteries

Peter Weise

This course provides the opportunity to discuss, orally and in writing, cultural, ethical, and social issues on a...

Language Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Oral Communication in the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Prof. Alison Malcolm

This course focuses on developing oral presentation skills through practice, self-evaluation, and in-class feedback....

Communication Literature Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Basic Themes in French Literature and Culture

Prof. Bruno Perreau

Childhood is a source of fascination in most Western cultures. It is both a major inspiration for artistic creation...

Language Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Kanji Learning Any Time, Any Place for Japanese VI

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This resource aims to enhance students’ learning of kanji by providing a series of video lectures that cover the...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork

Prof. Stefan Helmreich

This advanced course in anthropology engages closely with discussions and debates about ethnographic research,...

Anthropology Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Project-Based Language Learning for Chinese II (Streamlined)

Min-Min Liang

This is the student project for the Spring 2024 MIT course 21G.108 Chinese II (Streamlined). In the project,...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles

Prof. William Broadhead

This course investigates the relationship between urban architecture and political, social, and cultural history of...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Small Wonders: Staying Alive

Prof. John Hildebidle

This course closely examines a coherent set of short texts and/or visual works. The selections may be the shorter...

Visual Arts Media Studies Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Politics of Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear History, Strategy, and Statecraft

Prof. Francis J. Gavin

This course provides an introduction to the politics and theories surrounding the proliferation of nuclear weapons....

History Nuclear Engineering Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Teaching La Princesse de Clèves

Prof. Leanna B. Rezvani

This website has been designed to offer strategies for teaching this seminal work to intermediate-level college...

Language Literature Humanities

beginner

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

American History to 1865

Prof. Pauline Maier

This course provides a basic history of American social, economic, and political development from the colonial...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The American Revolution

Prof. Pauline Maier

This course is concerned primarily with the revolutionary origins of American government. Topics covered include:...

History Philosophy Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing about Nature and Environmental Issues

Prof. Anthony Lioi

This course focuses on traditional nature writing and the environmentalist essay. Students will keep a Web log as a...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Capitalism in the Age of Revolution

Prof. Malick Ghachem

The decades leading up to the Atlantic revolutions of the late eighteenth century were formative moments in the rise...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Media Education and the Marketplace

Mr. Manish Gaudi

This instance of “Media, Education, and the Marketplace” focuses on the rise of information and communications...

Media Studies Communication Digital Business & IT

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series: Topics in Medical Ethics and Responsible Conduct in Research

Dr. Jonathan Rosen

This seminar based course explores techniques for recognizing, analyzing, and resolving ethical dilemmas facing...

Humanities Philosophy Organizations & Leadership

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Indian Popular Culture: Spectacle, Masala, and Genre

Arundhati Banerjee

This course aims to provide an overview of Indian popular culture over the last two decades, through a variety of...

Visual Arts Media Studies Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Schubert to Debussy

Prof. Charles Shadle

This course is a survey of developments in Western musical style, 1815-1915. Students will study works by 35...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities

Prof. Michel DeGraff

Caribbean Creole languages result from language contact via colonization and the slave trade. In this course we...

Sociology Linguistics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Civil-Military Relations

Prof. Roger Petersen

This course centers on mechanisms of civilian control of the military. Relying on the influential texts of Lasswell,...

Policy and Administration Philosophy Political Science

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Spanish for Bilingual Students

Douglas Morgenstern

Spanish for Bilingual Students is an intermediate course designed principally for heritage learners, but which...

Humanities Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing and New Media: Writing and the Environment

Dr. Cynthia Taft

Environmentalists have traditionally relied upon the power of their prose to transform the thoughts and behavior of...

Communication Literature Earth Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Empire: Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies

Prof. Arthur Bahr

This course is an investigation of the Roman empire of Augustus, the Frankish empire of Charlemagne, and the English...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technology and Nature in American History

Jamie Pietruska

This course considers how the visual and material world of “nature” has been reshaped by industrial practices,...

History Urban Studies Civil Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Gender

Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu

This course examines the definition of gender in scientific, societal, and historical contexts. It explores how...

Sociology History Anthropology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

Chinese Popular Musics in Dialogue

Dr. Meredith Schweig

This course provides an introduction to the major popular music cultures of the Chinese-speaking world. We will...

Anthropology Sociology Music

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Modern French Literature and Culture: Global Paris

Catherine E Clark

This course investigates Paris’s oversized status as a global capital by looking at the events, transformations,...

Language Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The United States in the Nuclear Age

Prof. Caley Horan

This subject examines the unique culture that developed in the United States after World War II. The dawn of the...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Special Topics in Media Technology: Computational Semantics

Prof. Deb Roy

How do words get their meanings? How can word meanings be represented and used by machines? We will explore three...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Mathematics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Topics in Hispanic Literature and Film: The Films of Luis Buñuel

Prof. Elizabeth Garrels

This course considers films spanning the entire career of pioneering Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel (1900–1983), from...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

People and Other Animals

Prof. Harriet Ritvo

This course is a historical exploration of the ways that people have interacted with their closest animal relatives,...

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial

Prof. Michael Short

This course is a series of lectures on prospectus and thesis writing. It is a required course for undergraduate...

Nuclear Engineering Literature Engineering

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary Literature

Prof. John Hildebidle

This semester, Contemporary Literature (21L.488) deals with Irish literature, a subject broad and deep. To achieve a...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary French Film and Social Issues

Catherine E Clark

This course covers issues in contemporary French society as expressed through movies made in the 2000s. Topics...

Visual Arts Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Harmony and Counterpoint II

Prof. Brian Robison

In this subject, we explore the harmonic, melodic, and formal practices of western music, principally the so-called...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Communicating in American Culture(s)

Jane Dunphy

In Communicating in American Culture(s), bilingual students examine how various aspects of American culture—history,...

Language Communication Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Mathematical Exposition

Dr. Emma Carberry

This course provides techniques of effective presentation of mathematical material. Each section of this course is...

Mathematics Communication Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

At the Limit: Violence in Contemporary Representation

Prof. Eugenie Brinkema

This course focuses on novels and films from the last twenty-five years (nominally 1985–2010) marked by their...

Visual Arts Media Studies Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Materials in Human Experience

Prof. Heather Lechtman

This course examines the ways in which people in ancient and contemporary societies have selected, evaluated, and...

Engineering Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: Rewriting Genesis: "Paradise Lost" and Twentieth-Century Fantasy

Prof. Mary Fuller

What does the Genesis story of creation and temptation tell us about gender, about heterosexuality, and about the...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Poets

Prof. Stephen Tapscott

This subject is an introduction to poetry as a genre; most of our texts are originally written in English. We read...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Poetry in Translation

David Custer

This seminar addresses the inherent challenges of translating poetry from different languages, cultures, and eras....

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

History of Urban Form: Locating Capitalism: Producing Early Modern Cities and Objects

Lauren Jacobi

What was the early modern economy like, and how did monetization impact artistic production, consumption, and the...

History Art History Architecture

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Darwin and Design

Prof. James Paradis

Humans are social animals; social demands, both cooperative and competitive, structure our development, our brain...

Humanities History Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Causes and Prevention of War

Prof. Stephen Van Evera

This course examines the causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control war. Topics...

History Political Science Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000

Prof. Anne McCants

This seminar examines the global history of the last millennium, including technological change, commodity exchange,...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

A Global History of Architecture Writing Seminar

Prof. Mark Jarzombek

This course will study the question of Global Architecture from the point of view of producing a set of lectures on...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature

advanced

MIT OCW

free

American Urban History I

Prof. Robert Fogelson

This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly...

Humanities History Urban Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing and Rhetoric: Writing about Sports

Karen Boiko

“Sports, not religion, is the opiate of the people.” So says David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker and a former...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Consumer Culture

Prof. Meg Jacobs

This class examines how and why twentieth-century Americans came to define the “good life” through consumption,...

History Anthropology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Composing for Jazz Orchestra

Dr. Mark Harvey

This class explores composition and arrangement for the large jazz ensemble from 1920s foundations to current...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History

Prof. Pauline Maier

This course uses readings and discussions to focus on a series of short-term events that shed light on American...

History Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of Western Culture II: Renaissance to Modernity

Prof. Alvin Kibel

This subject offers a broad survey of texts (both literary and philosophical) drawn from the Western tradition and...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Symphony and Concerto

Prof. Lowell Lindgren

This course is a survey of significant orchestral masterworks composed during three centuries. Listening assignments...

Art, Design & Architecture Music Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Literary Interpretation: Literature and Photography: The Image

Marja Roholl

This course introduces the practice and theory of literary criticism. The seminar focuses on topics such as the...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800

Teresa M. Neff

This course surveys seven Baroque and Classical genres: opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, concerto, quartet,...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technologies of Humanism

Dr. Kurt Fendt

This course explores the properties of non-sequential, multi-linear, and interactive forms of narratives as they...

Media Studies Literature Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Aerospace Industry

Earll Murman

This course meets weekly to discuss recent aerospace history and current events, in order to understand how they are...

Humanities History Operations

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Japanese V

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This is an experimental version of 21G.505, which offers a combination of in-person and synchronous remote...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Evolution and Society

Prof. John Durant

This course provides a broad conceptual and historical introduction to scientific theories of evolution and their...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic

Prof. William Broadhead

This course explores the political, social, and economic factors commonly offered to explain the fall of the Roman...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Reading Cookbooks: from The Forme of Cury to The Smitten Kitchen

Ina Lipkowitz

In this course students will visit the past through cookbooks to learn about what foodstuffs and technologies were...

History Literature Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of Theater Practice

Prof. Janet Sonenberg

The goals of this class are two-fold: the first is to experience the creative processes and storytelling behind...

Literature Performing Arts Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Tragedy

Prof. Alvin Kibel

“Tragedy” is a name originally applied to a particular kind of dramatic art and subsequently to other literary...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Chinese II (Streamlined)

Min-Min Liang

This course, along with 21G.107 / 157 Chinese I (Streamlined) offered in the previous fall, form the elementary...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies

Prof. Michel DeGraff

Interdisciplinary survey of people of African descent that draws on the overlapping approaches of history,...

Language Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Nature, Environment, and Empire

Prof. Harriet Ritvo

This class examines the relationship between the study of natural history, both domestic and exotic, by Europeans...

Humanities History Biology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Modern Mexico: Representations of Mexico City's Urban Life

Maria Luisa Martinez

The goal of this course is to offer a general introduction to 20th and 21st century literature and cultural...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Seminar in Historical Methods

Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood

This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental issues and debates in the writing of history. It will...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Prof. Merritt Roe Smith

Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus...

History Philosophy Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Romantic Poetry

Prof. Noel Jackson

This course examines readings of the major British Romantic poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Scott,...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Eighteenth-Century Literature: Versions of the Self in 18th-C Britain

Prof. Noel Jackson

When John Locke declared (in the 1690 Essay Concerning Human Understanding) that knowledge was derived solely from...

History Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Downtown

Prof. Bernard Frieden

This seminar focuses on downtowns in U.S. cities from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century....

History Urban Studies Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Landscape Experience: Seminar in Land/Art

Dr. Rebecca K. Uchill

This seminar explores “land” as a genre, theme, and medium of art and architecture of the last five decades....

History Architecture Art, Design & Architecture

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Literary Interpretation: Beyond the Limits of the Lyric

Prof. Stephen Tapscott

In this seminar we’ll read individual poems closely within a set of questions about the moral and political position...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S.

Prof. Thomas DeFrantz

This course explores contemporary American theatrical expression as it may be organized around issues of gender and...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Screen Women: Body Narratives in Popular American Film

Dr. Emily Fox-Kales

Using film and related popular media as our texts, this course will examine how screen “embodiments” of the woman...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Sociology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Topics: Plotting Terror in European Culture

Prof. Charity Scribner

This interdisciplinary course surveys modern European culture to disclose the alignment of literature, opposition,...

Media Studies Anthropology Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Drama: Too Hot to Handle: Forbidden Plays in Modern America

Dr. Anne Fleche

Unlike film, theater in America does not have a ratings board that censors content. So plays have had more freedom...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Places of Migration in United States History

Prof. Christopher Capozzola

This course examines the history of the United States as a “nation of immigrants” within a broader global context....

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Media in Cultural Context

Dr. Joshua Green

This course explores the international trade in television text, considering the ways in which ‘foreign’ programs...

Media Studies Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of World Culture II: World Literatures and Texts

Dr. Ghenwa Hayek

This class continues our study of the foundational texts of human culture, focusing on early modernity until the...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry: Gender and Lyric -- Renaissance Men and Women Writing about Love

Prof. Mary Fuller

The core of this seminar will be the great sequences of English love sonnets written by William Shakespeare, Philip...

Sociology Literature Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Japanese IV

Dr. Takako Aikawa

The main objective of this course is to build up basic skills of communication in Japanese using appropriate speech...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary Short French Fiction: Social and Literary Trends since 1990

Prof. Bruno Perreau

Students in this course will examine short stories and short novels published in France during the past 20 years,...

Language Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Anthropology of War and Peace

Prof. Hugh Gusterson

This class has been reorganized to focus primarily on the War in Iraq. As in previous years, the class still...

Policy and Administration Anthropology History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Language Variation and Change

Prof. Edward Flemming

All languages vary across geographic space and between social groups, and languages are always changing. It makes...

Linguistics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Learning from the Past: Drama, Science, Performance

Prof. Diana Henderson

This class explores the creation (and creativity) of the modern scientific and cultural world through study of...

History Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Bestsellers: The Memoir

Dr. Wyn Kelley

What is a “life” when it’s written down? How does memory inform the present? Why are memoirs so popular? This course...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

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

Science and Communication

Dr. James F. Price

This seminar is intended to help students in the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program develop a...

Communication Literature Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry - British Poetry and the Sciences of the Mind

Prof. Noel Jackson

Do poems think? Recurrent images of the poet as an inspired lunatic, and of poetry as a fundamentally irrational...

Humanities History Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Technology and Innovation in Africa

Prof. Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga

What do technology and innovation mean from Africa? This is the central question of this course, which tackles a...

History Anthropology International Development

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Social Theory and Practice: Race and Racism

Prof. Sally Haslanger

Courses in the Topics in Social Theory and Practice series feature in-depth considerations of such topics with...

History Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The American Novel: Stranger and Stranger

Dr. Wyn Kelley

This course covers works by major American novelists, beginning with the late 18th century and concluding with a...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

America in Depression and War

Prof. Meg Jacobs

This course focuses on the Great Depression and World War II and how they led to a major reordering of American...

Humanities History Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry: From the Sonneteers to the Metaphysicals

Prof. Shankar Raman

This course introduces students to some of the most important practitioners of poetry in sixteenth- and...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Food and Power in the Twentieth Century

Prof. Deborah Fitzgerald

In this class, food serves as both the subject and the object of historical analysis. As a subject, food has been...

History Economics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

Cold War Science

Prof. David Kaiser

This seminar examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on American science. It explores scientist’s new...

History Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

End of Nature

Prof. Alvin Kibel

This subject offers a broad survey of texts (both literary and philosophical) drawn from the Western tradition and...

History Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Energy Crisis: Past and Present

Prof. Meg Jacobs

This course will explore how Americans have confronted energy challenges since the end of World War II. Beginning in...

History Energy Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Drama: Theater and Science in a Time of War

Prof. Diana Henderson

This course explores the creation (and creativity) of the modern scientific and cultural world through study of...

History Literature Performing Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Apartheid and South Africa

Prof. Kenda Mutongi

This course introduces students to the spatial, legal, economic, social and political structures that created...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Телемосты (Telebridges) Russian Conversation Exchange Site

Dr. Maria Khotimsky

This open-access conversation exchange site offers topics and conversation tasks for students learning Russian and...

Language Humanities

beginner

MIT OCW

free

The Age of Reason: Europe from the 17th to the Early 19th Centuries

Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel

This course asks students to consider the ways in which social theorists, institutional reformers, and political...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

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

From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-Present

Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel

There has been much discussion in recent years, on this campus and elsewhere, about the death of the book....

History Media Studies Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction: Great Books on the Page and on the Screen

Prof. Margery Resnick

This subject serves as a broad introduction to the field of European and Latin American fiction. It is designed to...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Science: Ethical Conflicts and Political Choices

Dr. Brendan Foley

We will explore the changing political choices and ethical dilemmas of American scientists from the atomic...

History Philosophy Political Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Planning in Transition Economies for Growth and Equity

Prof. Annette M. Kim

During the last fifteen years, nations across the globe embarked on a historic transformation away from centrally...

Urban Studies Economics Philosophy

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Understanding Television

Prof. David Thorburn

The subtitle of this course for the spring 2003 term is “American Television: A Cultural History.” The class takes a...

Visual Arts Anthropology Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Media in Transition

Prof. Jeffrey S. Ravel

This course centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Nuclear Weapons in International Politics: Past, Present and Future

Prof. Owen Cote

This course will expose students to tools and methods of analysis for use in assessing the challenges and dangers...

Humanities Policy and Administration History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Drama: Stoppard and Company

Prof. Diana Henderson

Taking as its starting point the works of one of Britain’s most respected, prolific—and funny—living dramatists,...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Crosby Lectures in Geology: History of Africa

Prof. Kevin Burke

This course is a series of presentations on an advanced topic in the field of geology by the visiting William Otis...

History Earth Science Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Semantics: Negative Polarity Items

Prof. Luka Crnic

This course is concerned with Negative Polarity Items. While raising familiar foundational questions for linguistic...

Humanities Linguistics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: America's Literary Scientists

Dr. Wyn Kelley

Global exploration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries radically changed Western science, orienting...

History Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Kana

Ikue Shingu

Learning hiragana and katakana is an important part of reading and speaking Japanese. The following pages...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Cultural History of Technology

Prof. Leo Marx

The subject of this course is the historical process by which the meaning of “technology” has been constructed....

Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Experimental Biology - Communications Intensive

Dr. Marilee Ogren-Balkema

This course is the scientific communications portion of course 7.02, Experimental Biology and Communication....

Literature Biology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Frenchness in an Era of Globalization

Catherine E Clark

This course approaches the question of what constitutes Frenchness in today’s era of globalization through issues of...

Humanities Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Hispanic America: One Hundred Years of Literature and Film

Prof. Elizabeth Garrels

This course explores artistic achievement in a culture that over the past century has engaged in constant and...

History Language Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Topics in Culture and Globalization: Reggae as Transnational Culture

Dr. Wayne G. Marshall

This course considers reggae, or Jamaican popular music more generally—in its various forms (ska, rocksteady, roots,...

Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Syntactic Models

Prof. David Pesetsky

This course presents a comparison of different proposed architectures for the syntax module of grammar. The subject...

Humanities Linguistics

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry: "What's the Use of Beauty?"

Prof. Noel Jackson

This course explores variations on the proposition that an adequate recognition of beauty could, however indirectly,...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Foundations of Western Culture II

Prof. Mary Fuller

Complementary to 21L.001. A broad survey of texts - literary, philosophical, and sociological - studied to trace the...

History Literature Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Science Writing in Contemporary Society

Karen Boiko

This class addresses the craft of writing about science in and for contemporary society, both its pleasures and its...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Technology and Change in Rural America

Prof. Deborah Fitzgerald

This course considers the historical dimensions of rural production from subsistence to industrialization, both in...

Humanities History Anthropology

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

War & American Society

Prof. Christopher Capozzola

Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted that “the real war will never get in the books.”...

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction

Prof. Margery Resnick

This subject serves as a broad introduction to the field of European and Latin American fiction. It is taught in an...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Authors: Autobiography and Memoir

Dr. Wyn Kelley

What is a “life” when it’s written down? How does memory inform the present? Why are autobiographies and memoirs so...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Marketing, Microchips and McDonalds: Debating Globalization

Prof. Christine Walley

Everyday we are bombarded with the word “global” and encouraged to see globalization as the quintessential...

Humanities History Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Environmental Struggles

Prof. Christine Walley

This class explores the interrelationship between humans and natural environments. It does so by focusing on...

Policy and Administration Anthropology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing

Prof. David Kaiser

The MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) aims to advance new efforts within...

Humanities Philosophy Pedagogy and Curriculum

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Performance Studies: Comedy Across Media

James Stanley

This multidisciplinary lecture / workshop engages students in a variety of approaches to the study and practice of...

Media Studies Literature Performing Arts

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: Melville and Morrison

Dr. Wyn Kelley

This seminar provides intensive study of texts by two American authors (Herman Melville, 1819-1891, and Toni...

Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Media Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Contemporary Literature: Street Haunting in the Global City

Dr. Anna J. Abramson

In this class we will focus on the connections between urban exploration and reading, attending to such shared...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

Playwrights' Workshop

Prof. Alan Brody

This course provides continued work in the development of play scripts for the theater. Writers work on sustained...

Literature Performing Arts Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Reading Fiction: Dysfunctional Families

Prof. Sandy Alexandre

This course explores the form, content, and historical context of various works of fiction specifically through the...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective

Prof. Anne McCants

This course will survey the conditions of material life and changing social and economic conditions in medieval...

Humanities History

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Prizewinners

Prof. Mary Fuller

This 6-unit subject gives students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the poetry of two living Nobel...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

American Foreign Policy: Theory and Method

Prof. Stephen Van Evera

This course examines the causes and consequences of American foreign policy since 1898. Course readings cover both...

Humanities Policy and Administration History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

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

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Literary Interpretation: Interpreting Poetry

Prof. Alvin Kibel

This seminar offers a course of readings in lyric poetry. It aims to enhance the student’s capacity to...

Literature Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Human Rights: At Home and Abroad

Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal

This course provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the...

Policy and Administration Sociology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Phonology: Phonetic Realization

Prof. Edward Flemming

Many details of phonetic realization cannot be predicted from standard phonological representations on a...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Marathon Moral Reasoning Laboratory

Prof. John Mikhail

This seminar focuses on the cognitive science of moral reasoning. Philosophers debate how we decide which moral...

Humanities Philosophy Cognitive Science

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Social Movements in Comparative Perspective

Prof. Melissa Nobles

This course seeks to provide students with a general understanding of the form of collective action known as the...

History Sociology Philosophy

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Invention of French Theory: A History of Transatlantic Intellectual Life since 1945

Prof. Bruno Perreau

In the decades following the Second World War, a cluster of extraordinary French thinkers were widely translated and...

Language Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Prohibition and Permission

Prof. Jeremy Wolfe

Explore where the prohibitions and permissions that occur in every day life come from, why they exist, and what...

Literature Philosophy Law

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005

Prof. Peter Shulman

A survey of how America has become the world’s largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the...

Energy Civil Engineering Policy and Administration

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Writing About Race: Narratives of Multiraciality

Dr. Kym L. Ragusa

In this course we will read essays, novels, memoirs, and graphic texts, and view documentary and experimental films...

Media Studies Literature Anthropology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: After the Masterpiece: Novels by Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and Morrison

Dr. Wyn Kelley

This seminar provides intensive study of exciting texts by four influential American authors. In studying paired...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Topics in Linguistic Theory: Propositional Attitudes

Dr. Tamina Stephenson

This course explores topics related to the representation and expression of propositional attitudes (e.g. belief,...

Linguistics Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Readings in American History Since 1877

Prof. Meg Jacobs

This seminar aims to develop a teaching knowledge of the field through extensive reading and discussion of major...

Humanities History

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Civil War

Prof. Roger Petersen

This course surveys the social science literature on civil war. Students will study the origins of civil war,...

Policy and Administration History Political Science

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Making Books: The Renaissance and Today

Prof. Anne McCants

This course explores the impact of new technology on the recording and distribution of words and images at three...

Humanities History Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Sexual and Gender Identities

Prof. Caley Horan

This course offers an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from...

Humanities History Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Marguerite de Navarre Society Website

Prof. Leanna B. Rezvani

Recent decades have seen a sharp increase in critical interest in Marguerite de Navarre and her work. This society...

Language Literature Humanities

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation

Aron M Bernstein

This course, organized as a series of lectures, aims to provide an interdisciplinary view of the history and current...

Engineering Humanities Policy and Administration

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Vocal Repertoire and Performance: Women Composers

Ms. Pamela Wood

This course is for the singer and/or pianist interested in collaborative study of solo vocal performance. This term...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major European Novels

Prof. Alvin Kibel

This subject traces the history of the European novel by studying texts that have been influential in connection...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present

Prof. Haimanti Roy

This course is designed to introduce and help students understand the changes and continuities in the lives of women...

History Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Marguerite de Roberval: A Web-Based Approach to Teaching a Renaissance Heroine

Prof. Leanna B. Rezvani

This website is designed to introduce students to Marguerite de Roberval and the sixteenth-century texts she...

Language Literature Humanities

beginner

MIT OCW

free

Race and Gender in Asian America

Prof. Emma J. Teng

In this seminar we will examine various issues related to the intersection of race and gender in Asian America,...

History Sociology Gender Studies

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Studies in Poetry: "Does Poetry Matter"

Prof. John Hildebidle

The landscape we will explore is the troublesome one of the relevance, impact, and importance of poetry in a...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Vocal Repertoire and Performance: African American Composers

Ms. Pamela Wood

The primary focus of this Vocal Repertoire and Performance course is placed upon the works of African American...

Music Art, Design & Architecture Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The New Spain:1977-Present

Prof. Margery Resnick

In this class we will come to understand the vast changes in Spanish life that have taken place since Franco’s death...

History Language Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Political Behavior

Prof. Andrea Campbell

This graduate seminar provides an examination of mass and elite political behavior in the United States, with an...

Philosophy Political Science Social Sciences

advanced

MIT OCW

free

The Architecture of Cairo

Prof. Nasser Rabbat

Cairo is the quintessential Islamic city. Founded in 634 at the strategic head of the Nile Delta, the city evolved...

History Architecture Art, Design & Architecture

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Major Authors: Oscar Wilde and the '90's

Prof. Stephen Tapscott

At this distance Oscar Wilde seems not only to be on the threshold between centuries and between cultural-systems:...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Popular Narrative: Masterminds

Prof. John Hildebidle

Our purpose is to consider some of the most elaborate and thoughtful efforts to define and delineate...

Media Studies Literature Art, Design & Architecture

advanced

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free

Writing About Race

Dr. Sarah King

Does race still matter, as Cornel West proclaimed in his 1994 book of that title, or do we now live, as others...

History Anthropology Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Modern Conceptions of Freedom

Dr. Linda Rabieh

This course examines the modern definition of freedom, and the obligations that people accept in honoring it. It...

Philosophy Humanities

intermediate

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free

The American Novel

Prof. Sandy Alexandre

This course explores the metaphorical, historical, social, and psychological value of ghosts in the American novel....

History Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Kanji Learning Any Time, Any Place for Japanese V

Dr. Takako Aikawa

This resource aims to enhance students’ learning of kanji by providing a series of video lectures that cover the...

Language Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Syntax

Prof. Daniel Fox

This course is a continuation of 24.951. This semester the course topics of interest include movement, phrase...

Linguistics Humanities

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Women and War in the 20th Century

Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu

This seminar examines women’s experiences during and after war, revolution, and genocide. The focus of the course is...

History Gender Studies Sociology

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

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

advanced

MIT OCW

free

Seeing the City Afresh

Garnette Cadogan

This course explores the city through writing—listening to the voices of poets, short story writers, novelists,...

Humanities Literature

advanced

MIT OCW

free

After Columbus

Prof. Mary Fuller

Sometime after 1492, the concept of the New World or America came into being, and this concept appeared differently...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

International Women's Voices

Prof. Margery Resnick

International Women’s Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary...

Literature Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

The Coming Years

James Rising

Explore the future through modeling, reading, and discussion in an open-ended seminar! Our fields of interest will...

History Humanities

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar

Prof. Donald Sadoway

This freshman course explores the scientific publication cycle, primary vs. secondary sources, and online and...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Teaching Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron

Prof. Leanna B. Rezvani

This site is designed for scholars and students interested in exploring Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron to help...

Language Literature Humanities

beginner

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free

Prizewinners: Nobelistas

Dr. Wyn Kelley

This half-semester Samplings course, worth six instead of the typical twelve credits, drew attention to the thirteen...

Humanities Literature

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past: Galileo

Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi

2010 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s astonishing sightings of features on the moon, stars, and moons around...

History Humanities

intermediate

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free

Reasonable Conduct in Science

Prof. Matthew Wilson

To provide instruction and dialog on practical ethical issues relating to the responsible conduct of human and...

Philosophy Cognitive Science Humanities

advanced

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free

Youth Political Participation

Prof. Jennifer S Light

This course places contemporary youth activities in perspective by surveying young American’s political...

History Sociology Communication

intermediate

MIT OCW

free

Advanced Japanese I

Yoshimi Nagaya

This course covers lessons 22 through 27 of Japanese: The Spoken Language by Eleanor H. Jordan with Mari Noda. The...

Language Humanities

intermediate

KA

Khan Academy

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Grammar overview

Grammar is the collection of rules and conventions of a language. Whether you're learning English for the first time...

Humanities

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Art of Africa

Brought to you by Smarthistory. Discover the diverse arts of Africa from select cultures and time periods on the...

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US government and civics

Learn how the U.S. government works and how you can make a difference in your community and the country.

Humanities

KA

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Global cultures 1980–now

Brought to you by Smarthistory. 1980-the present: Beuys, Hirst, Hadid and more.

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The Seeing America Project

Seeing America was created by Smarthistory with 17 leading museums collections. Together we examine the long history...

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KA English Grammar Class 6

This course is designed in line with the NCERT grammar syllabus.

Humanities

KA

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KA English Grammar Class 10

This course is designed in line with the NCERT grammar syllabus.

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KA

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AP®︎/College US Government and Politics

Learn AP US Government and Politics: videos, articles, and AP-aligned multiple choice question practice, covering...

Humanities

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Europe 1800 - 1900

Brought to you by Smarthistory. People use the term “modern” in a variety of ways—often very loosely, with a lot of...

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Medieval Europe + Byzantine

Brought to you by Smarthistory. 400-1400: This was the period during which Christianity first flourished in Europe....

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AP®︎/College Art History

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An exploration of classical music as a living tradition. Top orchestral players from across the United States meet...

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World history

From the earliest civilizations to the modern world, geography, religion, trade, and politics have bound peoples and...

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US history

The United States of America is a nation with a rich history and a noble goal: government of the people, by the...

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OER Project: Climate

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World History Project AP Review

Looking for a review of Ancient World History before you dive into the WHP AP course? This unit provides a refresher...

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Constitution 101

Created in collaboration with the National Constitution Center, with support from the Yass Foundation, Constitution...

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Prehistoric art

Brought to you by Smarthistory. You’ve seen the drawing of human evolution showing a procession of monkey, ape,...

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Ancient Mediterranean + Europe

Brought to you by Smarthistory. 3000 B.C.E. - 400 C.E.: The Great Pyramids at Giza, the Parthenon in Athens, the...

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KA English Class 11

This course is designed in line with the PUC grammar syllabus.

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Art of the Islamic world 640 to now

Brought to you by Smarthistory. Studying the Art of the Islamic world is challenging—partially because of the large...

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Art of Asia

Brought to you by Smarthistory. This section looks at the art and cultures of Imperial China (for ancient China...

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KA English Grammar Class 8

This course is designed in line with the NCERT grammar syllabus.

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Art of Oceania

Brought to you by Smarthistory. Oceania is a vast area of the Pacific Ocean that includes the island regions of...

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Brought to you by Smarthistory. 1300-1600: In part, the Renaissance was a rebirth of interest in ancient Greek and...

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AP®/College World History

[OER Project: World History AP®](http://oerproject.com/AP-World-History) is a yearlong high-school world history...

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AP®︎/College US History

Learn AP US History: key concepts, themes, and periods from the pre-contact era right up to the present, all...

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KA English Class 12

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Middle school Big History

Big History is a unique course that looks at the history of the entire Universe, stretching 13.8 billion years into...

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KA English Grammar Class 9

This course is designed in line with the NCERT grammar syllabus.

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Modernisms 1900-1980

Brought to you by Smarthistory. This is the era of "isms"—Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract...

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Art of the Americas to World War I

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Wellesley College Ap R Italian Language And Culture

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The University Of Michigan Strategic Planning For Public Libraries

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The Smithsonian Institution Managing Museums In The 21St Century A My Armenia Program Series

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Humanities In Focus

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Seoul National University Religious Symbols Of The World

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Harvard University The Return Of China

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