Sociology

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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
Theory of City Form
Prof. Julian Beinart
This course covers theories about the form that settlements should take and attempts a distinction between...
Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
The Art and Science of Negotiation
Prof. David Laws
This course provides an introduction to bargaining and negotiation in public, business, and legal settings. It...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Japan in the Age of the Samurai: History and Film
Aaron Moore
This course covers medieval Japanese society and culture from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, when...
Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
NextLab I: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users
Mr. Jhonatan Rotberg
Can you make a cellphone change the world? NextLab is a hands-on year-long design course in which students research,...
Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies Business & Management
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Power of Place: Media Technology, Youth, and City Design and Development
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
This workshop provides an introduction to urban environmental design and explores the potential of information...
Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Environmental Design
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Moral Problems and the Good Life
Prof. Sally Haslanger
This course will focus on issues that arise in contemporary public debate concerning matters of social justice....
Social Sciences Sociology 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
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free
Feminist Thought
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction;...
Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies
intermediate
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
Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered
Dr. Katrin Käufer
Do you know what your bank does with your money? What is the role of a bank in producing societal well-being? This...
Business & Management Finance & Accounting Social Sciences
advanced
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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
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free
Neuroscience and Society
Prof. Natasha Schüll
This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once...
Social Sciences Sociology Science & Math
intermediate
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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
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Andrea Walsh
This course offers an introduction to women’s and gender studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that explores...
Social Sciences Sociology Gender Studies
intermediate
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
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
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
Spatial Database Management and Advanced Geographic Information Systems
Prof. Joseph Ferreira
This semester long subject (11.521) is divided into two halves. The first half focuses on learning spatial database...
Business & Management Digital Business & IT Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Japanese Politics and Society
Patricia Gercik
This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...
Social Sciences Anthropology Economics
intermediate
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free
Psychology of Gender
Prof. Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer
We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility of commonly accepted gender...
Social Sciences Psychology Sociology
intermediate
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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
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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
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free
East Asian Culture: From Zen to K-Pop
Prof. Emma Teng
This subject is an introduction to various forms of culture in East Asia (focusing on China, Japan and Korea),...
Social Sciences Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Mitali Thakor
This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its...
Social Sciences Anthropology Economics
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
Practice of Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
This course introduces students to the techniques of participatory action research (PAR) and the practice of case...
Social Sciences Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
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
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
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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
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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
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free
Analyzing Projects and Organizations
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course teaches students how to understand the rationality behind how organizations and their programs behave,...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
advanced
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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
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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
Urban Sociology in Theory and Practice
Prof. Justin Steil
This course explores the creative dialectic—and sometimes conflict—between sociology and urban policy and design....
Social Sciences Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Prototypes to Products
Mr. Andrew Heafitz
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (EC.701J or EC.720J), Product...
Business & Management Systems Thinking Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures
Prof. Nasser Rabbat
This course introduces the history of Islamic cultures through their most vibrant material signs: the religious...
Art, Design & Architecture Architecture Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Women and Global Activism in Art, Media and Politics
Abha Sur Abha Sur
This course explores theoretical issues and concerns underlying global feminisms, and their expression through...
Social Sciences Political Science Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
City Visions: Past and Future
Prof. Diane Davis
This class is intended to introduce students to understandings of the city generated from both social science...
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
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
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
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
Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development
Prof. Langley Keyes
As an introduction to the field of Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED), the course is structured...
Social Sciences Economics Policy and Administration
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Chinese VI (Regular): Discovering Chinese Cultures and Societies
Tong Chen
This course is the continuation of 21G.105. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...
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
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
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
Organizations and Environments
Prof. Pablo Boczkowski
The goal of this doctoral course is to familiarize students with major conceptual frameworks, debates, and...
Business & Management Organizations & Leadership Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Sustainable Economic Development
Prof. Karl Seidman
This course explores the application of environmental and economic development planning, policy and management...
Economics Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Chinese V (Regular): Chinese Cultures & Society
Tong Chen
This course is the continuation of 21G.104/108. It is designed to further help students develop sophisticated...
Sociology Language Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Queer Cinema and Visual Culture
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course analyzes mainstream, popular films produced in the post-World War II 20th century U.S. as cultural texts...
Visual Arts History Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
The Sociology of Strategy
Prof. Ezra Zuckerman
This seminar provides an introduction to scholarship in a growing research community: the sociologists and...
Sociology Management Organizations & Leadership
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Social Theory and the City
Prof. Richard Sennett
This course explores how social theories of urban life can be related to the city’s architecture and spaces. It is...
Sociology Urban Studies Anthropology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Media in Cultural Context: Popular Readerships
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
What is the history of popular reading in the Western world? How does widespread access to print relate to...
History Media Studies Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Drugs, Politics, and Culture
Prof. Hugh Gusterson
This class examines the relationship between a number of mind-altering substances and cultural processes. We look at...
Sociology Public Health Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Social Study of Science and Technology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course surveys canonical and recent theories and methods in science studies. We will organize our discussions...
History Sociology Philosophy
advanced
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free
Gender & Media: Collaborations in Feminism and Technology
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media, with a particular...
Communication Gender Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Justice
Prof. Lucas Stanczyk
This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...
Sociology Philosophy Political Science
intermediate
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free
Social and Political Implications of Technology
Prof. David Mindell
This course is a graduate reading seminar, in which historical and contemporary studies are used to explore the...
Humanities History Anthropology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience
Prof. Emma J. Teng
This course provides an overview of Asian American history and its relevance for contemporary issues. It covers the...
History Anthropology Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
German Culture, Media, and Society
Dr. Kurt Fendt
The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German...
Art, Design & Architecture Humanities Visual Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Gender, Health and Marginalization Through a Critical Feminist Lens
Prof. Chris Bobel
In the course we will use a feminist interdisciplinary lens and invite students to look critically at how practices...
Sociology Mental Health Public Health
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Workshop II: Qualitative Social Science Methods for Media Studies
Prof. Ian Condry
This course focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods that can be productively used in media studies...
Sociology Communication Media Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Issues of Representation: Women, Representation, and Music in Selected Folk Traditions of the British Isles and North America
Prof. Judith Tick
This subject investigates the special relation of women to several musical folk traditions in the British Isles and...
Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society
Prof. Sunil H. Sharma
This course is an introduction to modern Indian culture and society through films, documentaries, short stories,...
Media Studies Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Women's Novels: A Weekly Book Club
Faye Kasemset
This pass/fail seminar should be a fun setting where we can all enjoy a love of good books together. Students will...
Literature Gender Studies Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Contemporary Literature: Literature, Development, and Human Rights
Prof. Sarah Brouillette
Central to our era is the gradual movement of all the world’s regions toward a uniform standard of economic and...
Humanities Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
History of Women in Science and Engineering
Maia Weinstock
This course provides a basic overview of the history of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
History Engineering Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Technology in a Dangerous World
Prof. Rosalind Williams
Aim is to analyze important current events for what they reveal about the nature and working of our technological...
Policy and Administration Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Music of India
Prof. George Ruckert
This course focuses on Hindustani classical music of North India, and also involves learning about the ancient...
Sociology Music Performing Arts
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Media Technology and City Design and Development
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
This workshop explores the potential of media technology and the Internet to enhance communication and transform...
Communication Urban Studies Media Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Intentional Public Disruptions: Art, Responsibility, and Pedagogy
B. Stephen Carpenter II
During the fall of 2017, art educator B. Stephen Carpenter II began a residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science...
Visual Arts Policy and Administration Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Trials in History
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This seminar examines a number of famous trials in European and American history. It considers the salient issues...
Humanities History Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
Dr. Nilma Dominique
Accelerated Introductory Portuguese for Spanish Speakers covers the basics of Portuguese grammar and presents...
Humanities Language Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Property Rights in Transition
Prof. Annette M. Kim
This course examines the theories and policy debates over who can own real property, how to communicate and enforce...
Humanities Real Estate Law
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Understanding Contemporary French Politics
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course examines the changes in contemporary French society through the study of political debates, reforms and...
Sociology Political Science Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Japan and East Asian Security
Prof. Richard J. Samuels
This course explores Japan’s role in world orders, past, present, and future. It focuses on Japanese conceptions of...
Policy and Administration Sociology Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Gender, Sexuality, and Society
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course seeks to examine how people experience gender - what it means to be a man or a woman - and sexuality in...
Anthropology Gender Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and...
History Sociology Humanities
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Poverty and Economic Security
Prof. Amy Glasmeier
This course explores the evolution of poverty and economic security in the United States, within a global context....
Sociology Urban Studies International Development
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Leading Organizations II
Prof. John Van Maanen
Through lectures, discussions, and class exercises, 15.322 analyzes the human processes underlying organizational...
Management Sociology Organizations & Leadership
advanced
MIT OCW
free
New Culture of Gender: Queer France
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course addresses the place of contemporary queer identities in French discourse and discusses the new...
Media Studies Anthropology Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Politics and Religion
Prof. Lily Tsai
This graduate reading seminar explores the role of religious groups, institutions, and ideas in politics using...
Sociology Anthropology Political Science
advanced
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free
Science Activism: Gender, Race, and Power
Prof. Edmund Bertschinger
This subject examines the role scientists have played as activists in social movements in the U.S. following World...
Sociology Climate Science Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
MIT-Haiti Initiative / Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti
Prof. Michel DeGraff
The mission of the MIT-Haiti Initiative is to promote active learning in Kreyòl so that Haitians can have universal...
Sociology Linguistics Pedagogy and Curriculum
beginner
MIT OCW
free
International Relations of East Asia
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
The aim of this course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers,...
History Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Advanced Spanish Conversation and Composition
Margarita Ribas Groeger
En este curso el estudiante perfeccionará su comunicación oral y escrita mediante el estudio y la discusión de temas...
Language Communication Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Germany and its European Context
Prof. Charity Scribner
This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche’s...
Humanities Sociology Literature
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
The Making of Modern South Asia
Prof. Haimanti Roy
Survey of Indian civilization from 2500 BC to present-day. Traces major political events as well as economic,...
Humanities History Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law
Prof. Malick Ghachem
This seminar looks at key issues in the historical development and current state of modern American criminal...
Humanities Law Political Science
intermediate
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
Engaging Community: Models and Methods for Designers and Planners
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
This course proposes that most cities have neither the infrastructure nor the processes in place to support the...
Sociology Urban Studies Social Sciences
advanced
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
Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public...
Economics Law Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Gender, Power, Leadership and the Workplace
Dr. Elena Mendez Escobar
The course will focus primarily on contemporary discourses concerning gender inequality. Most of the readings...
Gender Studies Organizations & Leadership Sociology
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
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
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
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
Healthy Cities: Assessing Health Impacts of Policies and Plans
Prof. Mariana Arcaya
This class examines the built, psychosocial, economic, and natural environment factors that affect health behaviors...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development
Prof. Langley Keyes
This practicum subject integrates theory and practice through the design, implementation, and evaluation of a...
Digital Business & IT Sociology Communication
advanced
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
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
Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Asia-Pacific
Prof. Yasheng Huang
15.389A Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Asia-Pacific enables teams of students to work with the top management of...
Startups/New Enterprises Sociology Finance & Accounting
advanced
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
Introduction to Spanish Culture
Prof. Margery Resnick
This course has several purposes. The major concern will be the examination of Spanish culture including Spain’s...
Anthropology Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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
Godzilla and the Bullet Train: Technology and Culture in Modern Japan
Dr. Takashi Nishiyama
This course explores how and why Japan, a late-comer to modernization, emerged as an industrial power and the...
Sociology Media Studies Art, Design & Architecture
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
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
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
Chinese Foreign Policy: International Relations and Strategy
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
China’s rise as a great power raises important questions about how that power might be used in its relations with...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Community Growth and Land Use Planning
Prof. Eran Ben-Joseph
This course combines a seminar format with fieldwork to examine strategies of planning and control for growth and...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
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
Science, Technology, & World
Prof. Rosalind Williams
This class is an introduction to studies in science, technology, and society (STS), through examining a series of...
Art, Design & Architecture Visual Arts Anthropology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Mass Incarceration in the United States
Prof. Ariel White
This course covers the current state of incarceration in the United States and proposals for reform. Class materials...
Sociology Law Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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
Introduction to Technology and Cities
Prof. Joseph Ferreira
This seminar is an introduction to the usage and impacts of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on...
Engineering Visualization Computer Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture
Prof. Leonard Buckle
Is marriage a patriarchal institution? Much feminist scholarship has characterized it that way, but now in the...
Gender Studies Law Sociology
advanced
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
Networked Social Movements: Media & Mobilization
Prof. Sasha Costanza-Chock
This seminar is a space for collaborative inquiry into the relationships between social movements and the media....
Art, Design & Architecture Sociology Communication
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Public Opinion and American Democracy
Prof. Adam Berinsky
This course will examine public opinion and assess its place in the American political system. The course will...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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
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
Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena
Prof. Frank Levy
This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of knowledge come to be actionable and influential in...
Communication Political Science Policy and Administration
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
Black Feminist Health Science Studies
Dr. Moya Bailey
Black feminist health science studies is a critical intervention into a number of intersecting arenas of scholarship...
Sociology Gender Studies Public Health
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Gendering U.S. Immigration Policy: Sociopolitical, Theological and Feminist Perspectives
Dr. Choi Hee An
This course uses theories of gender to explore sociopolitical, ethical and theological perspectives on immigration...
Policy and Administration Gender Studies Political Science
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Environmental Conflict
Prof. Christine Walley
This course explores the complex interrelationships among humans and natural environments, focusing on non-western...
Sociology Biology Anthropology
advanced
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
Individuals, Groups, and Organizations
Prof. John Carroll
This class develops basic concepts for understanding individual, group, and organizational behavior through the...
Sociology Organizations & Leadership Psychology
advanced
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 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
D-Lab: Disseminating Innovations for the Common Good
Susan Murcott
In the trilogy of D-Lab courses, D-Lab: Dissemination focuses on disseminating innovations among underserved...
Startups/New Enterprises Sociology Economics
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
Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology: A Problem-Based Learning Experiment
Prof. Peter Taylor
What can we learn about science and technology–and what can we do with that knowledge? Who are “we” in these...
Gender Studies Sociology Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography
Melissa Blanco
This course explores the forms, contents, and context of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in...
Art, Design & Architecture Anthropology Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq
Prof. Yosef Jabareen
This course is being offered in conjunction with the colloquium The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq, which is...
Economics Political Science Policy and Administration
advanced
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
Cultural Performances of Asia
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety...
Anthropology Media Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
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
Changing Life: Reading the Intersections of Gender, Race, Biology, and Literature
Prof. Mary Baine Campbell
In this course, students will develop their abilities to expose ways that scientific knowledge has been shaped in...
Gender Studies Biology Earth Science
advanced
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
Identity and Difference
Prof. Jean Jackson
This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed....
Anthropology Gender Studies Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Targeting the Poor: Local Economic Development in Developing Countries
Prof. Judith Tendler
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to increase employment through...
Sociology Urban Studies Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Civil Society, Social Capital, and the State in Comparative Perspective
Prof. Lily L. Tsai
In recent years both scholars and policymakers have expressed a remarkable amount of interest in the concepts of...
Sociology Political Science Social Sciences
advanced
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
Race and Science
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course examines one of the most enduring and influential forms of identity and experience in the Americas and...
Anthropology Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Economy and Business in Modern China and India
Prof. Yasheng Huang
As markets or production bases, China and India are becoming important and integral players in the global economy....
Sociology Economics Social Sciences
advanced
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
Springfield Studio
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
The Springfield Studio is a practicum design course that focuses on the physical, programmatic, and social renewal...
Sociology Urban Studies Architecture
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Housing and Human Services
Prof. Langley Keyes
This class focuses on how the housing and human service systems interact: how networks and social capital can build...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
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
Conversations You Can't Have on Campus: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Identity
Tobie Weiner
What is race? What is ethnicity? How can communication and relationships between men and women be improved? What...
Sociology Anthropology Gender Studies
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Chinese Foreign Policy
Prof. M. Taylor Fravel
This lecture course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the international relations of the...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
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
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
Information Technology and the Labor Market
Prof. Frank Levy
This course explores how information technology is reshaping different dimensions of the U.S. labor market: the way...
Digital Business & IT Sociology Economics
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Forms of Political Participation: Old and New
Prof. Lily L. Tsai
How and why do we participate in public life? How do we get drawn into community and political affairs? In this...
Sociology Anthropology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Current Events and Social Issues
Claudia Gold
The goal of this seminar is to have open discussions of controversial political and social issues and raise...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Planning Communication
Prof. Deborah Kobes
This three-week module, centered on a focal case, represents the second part of the Department’s introduction to the...
Urban Studies Communication Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Gender and Representation of Asian Women
Prof. Manduhai Buyandelger
This course explores stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and...
Sociology Gender Studies Anthropology
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
American Dream: Using Storytelling to Explore Social Class in the United States
Prof. Christine Walley
This course explores the experiences and understandings of class among Americans positioned at different points...
Anthropology Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Advanced Urban Public Finance: Collective Action and Provisions of Local Public Goods
Prof. Yu-Hung Hong
In analyzing fiscal issues, conventional public finance approaches focus mainly on taxation and public spending....
Economics Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Public Opinion
Prof. Adam Berinsky
This course provides an introduction to the vast literature devoted to public opinion. In the next 12 weeks, we will...
Policy and Administration Sociology Political Science
advanced
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
Special Topics in Women & Gender Studies Seminar: Latina Women's Voices
Dr. Sarah King
This course will explore the rich diversity of women’s voices and experiences as reflected in writings and films by...
Sociology Gender Studies Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Learning by Comparison: First World/Third World Cities
Dr. Aseem Inam
The primary purpose of this seminar is to enable students to craft approaches to so-called “First World”/ “Third...
Sociology Urban Studies International Development
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Citizen Participation, Community Development, and Urban Governance in the Developing World
Prof. Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Citizen participation is everywhere. Invoking it has become de rigueur when discussing cities and regions in the...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
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
Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Mission Hill & Egleston Square, Boston
Prof. Karl Seidman
Revitalizing Urban Main Streets focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
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
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
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
Equity & Inclusion: Local Policy-Driven Strategies for Economic Development & the Just City
Dr. Karilyn Crockett
This course explores equity as a key value, measure, and framework for operationalizing local economic development...
Policy and Administration Sociology Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning: Economic Development Planning Skills
Prof. Karl Seidman
This intensive and brief 4-day seminar, taught during MIT’s Independent Activities Period in January, uses a case...
Sociology Urban Studies Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Globalization
Prof. Suzanne Berger
This seminar explores changes in the international economy and their effects on domestic politics, economy, and...
Sociology Economics Social Sciences
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
The Business of Politics: A View of Latin America
Maria Vidart-Delgado
This class looks at the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing, with a...
Anthropology Sociology Political Science
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Ecuador Workshop
Prof. Jan Wampler
This is a project to assist in the design, drawing, modeling and hopefully constructing of a small Community...
Sociology Architecture Environmental Design
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Community-Owned Enterprise and Civic Participation
Prof. J. Phillip Thompson
This course will examine literature and practice regarding community-owned enterprise as an alternative means of...
Policy and Administration Sociology Economics
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans
Prof. Karl Seidman
This course focuses on the physical and economic renewal of urban neighborhood Main Streets by combining classroom...
Environmental Design Policy and Administration Sociology
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Feminist Inquiry: Strategies for Effective Scholarship
Prof. Renee Bergland
This course investigates theories and practices of feminist inquiry across a range of disciplines. Feminist research...
Gender Studies Sociology Social Sciences
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Katrina Practicum
Prof. Ceasar McDowell
In the wake of Katrina the entire gulf coast is embroiled in a struggle over what constitutes “appropriate”...
Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Downtown Management Organizations
Prof. Lorlene Hoyt
This course focuses on the origins, functions, and implications of downtown management organizations (DMOs), such as...
Policy and Administration Sociology Urban Studies
advanced
MIT OCW
free
Gender Issues in Academics and Academia
Dr. Holly Sweet
Does it matter in education whether or not you’ve got a Y chromosome? You bet it does. In this discussion-based...
Gender Studies Sociology Social Sciences
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Reproductive Politics in the United States
Dr. Rachel Roth
In this seminar, we will explore the significance of struggles over reproductive rights in the United States....
Gender Studies Political Science Sociology
intermediate
MIT OCW
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
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Wellesley College Global Sociology
Sociology
edX
edX
audit free
University Of California Berkeley Bridging Differences
Sociology
edX
edX
audit free
Universita Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii Introduzione Alla Sociologia
Sociology
edX
edX
audit free
The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Introduction To Sociology
Sociology
edX
edX
audit free
Doane University Fundamentals Of Sociology
Sociology
OPE
Openyale
free
Foundations of Modern Social Theory (SOCY 151)
Iván Szelényi
Open Yale course by Iván Szelényi.
Sociology
intermediate