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Introduction to Psychology
Prof. John D. E. Gabrieli
This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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What is Capitalism?
Prof. Christine Walley
As we live in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, there are renewed questions about the nature of the...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Urban Energy Systems and Policy
Prof. David Hsu
This class is about figuring out together what cities and users can do to reduce their energy use and carbon...
Energy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Social Sciences
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Methods of Policy Analysis
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. It is designed for students who may be planning a...
Business & Management Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability
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The Meaning of Life
Prof. Graham Jones
This course examines how a variety of cultural traditions propose answers to the question of how to live a...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies
Prof. Richard Schmalensee
This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and...
Business & Management Economics Energy
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Congress and the American Political System I
Prof. Charles Stewart
The United States Congress is the most open of the national branches of government, and therefore the most closely...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Psychology and Economics
Prof. Frank Schilbach
Psychology and Economics (aka Behavioral Economics) is a growing subfield of economics that incorporates insights...
Economics Psychology Social Sciences
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Introduction to International Relations
Prof. Richard Nielsen
This course provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Introduction to Anthropology
Prof. Graham Jones
Through the comparative study of different cultures, anthropology explores fundamental questions about what it means...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Intro to Japanese Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines the major aesthetic, social, and political elements which have shaped modern Japanese culture...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Introduction to Latin American Studies
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed as an introduction to Latin American politics and society for undergraduates at MIT. No...
Humanities International Development Philosophy
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Feminist Thought
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction;...
Gender Studies Social Sciences Sociology
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The Art and Science of Happiness
Dr. Holly Sweet
This seminar looks at current theories on happiness and positive psychology as well as practical implications of...
Psychology Social Sciences
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Philosophy of Law
Prof. Julia Markovits
This course examines fundamental issues in the philosophy of law, including the nature and content of law, its...
Humanities Law Philosophy
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Making Public Policy
Prof. Christopher Warshaw
This course aims to get students thinking about politics and policy as a part of their everyday life. We treat...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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Economics of Education
Prof. Frank Levy
This class discusses the economic aspects of current issues in education, using both economic theory and econometric...
Economics Education Policy Education & Teaching
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The Anthropology of Sound
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines the ways humans experience sound and how perceptions and technologies of sound emerge from...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
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Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Andrea Walsh
This course offers an introduction to women’s and gender studies, an interdisciplinary academic field that explores...
Gender Studies Social Sciences Sociology
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Sexual and Gender Identities in the Modern United States
Prof. Caley Horan
This course provides an introduction to the history of gender, sex, and sexuality in the modern United States, from...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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Social Psychology
Stephan L. Chorover
This course examines interpersonal and group dynamics, considers how the thoughts, feelings, and actions of...
Psychology Social Sciences
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Anthropological Theory
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
This course introduces students to some of the major social theories and debates that inspire and inform...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Infant and Early Childhood Cognition
Prof. Laura Schulz
This course is an introduction to cognitive development focusing on children’s understanding of objects, agents, and...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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Gender and Japanese Popular Culture
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines relationships between identity and participation in Japanese popular culture as a way of...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Gender Studies
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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...
Humanities Philosophy Policy and Administration
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Law and Society
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Law is a common and yet distinct aspect of everyday life in modern societies. This course examines the central...
Anthropology Humanities Law
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Gender and Technology
Dr. K.J. Surkan
This course considers a wide range of issues related to the contemporary and historical use of technology, the...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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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...
Gender Studies International Development Political Science
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Magic, Science, and Religion
Prof. Graham Jones
This course explores the origins of magic, science, and religion as forms of belief within and across cultures. It...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Slavery and Human Trafficking in the 21st Century
Mitali Thakor
This course explores the issue of human trafficking for forced labour and sexual slavery, focusing on its...
Anthropology Economics Gender Studies
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Emerging Technology and International Security
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg
This course explores how emerging technologies—including drones, artificial intelligence, social media, additive...
Political Science Social Sciences
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The Anthropology of Biology
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This course applies the tools of anthropology to examine biology in the age of genomics, biotechnological...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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The Once and Future City
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Class website: The Once & Future City What is a city? What shapes it? How does its history influence future...
Architecture Art, Design & Architecture Geography
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Japanese Politics and Society
Patricia Gercik
This course is designed for students seeking a fundamental understanding of Japanese history, politics, culture, and...
Anthropology Economics History
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For Love and Money: Rethinking the Family
Prof. Heather Paxson
Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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Gender and the Law in U.S. History
Prof. Christopher Capozzola
This subject explores the legal history of the United States as a gendered system. It examines how women have shaped...
Gender Studies History Humanities
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Food, Culture & Politics
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal and...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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How Culture Works
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces diverse meanings and uses of the concept of culture with historical and contemporary examples...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities
Cherie Miot Abbanat
This course introduces undergraduate planning students to the role of the planner in researching issues in cities...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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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...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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Introduction to French Culture
Catherine E Clark
This course examines major social and political trends, events, debates and personalities which help place aspects...
Anthropology Humanities Language
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The Anthropology of Politics: Persuasion and Power
Dr. Xenia Cherkaev
This course introduces the ethnographic study of politics, i.e., what anthropologists understand to be “political”...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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Introduction to American Politics
Prof. Devin Caughey
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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Technology and Culture
Prof. Stefan Helmreich
This subject examines relationships among technology, culture, and politics in a range of social and historical...
Anthropology Policy and Administration Social Sciences
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Psychology of Gender
Prof. Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer
We will examine current research and theory regarding the validity and utility of commonly accepted gender...
Gender Studies Psychology Social Sciences
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U.S. National Security Policy
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the making of US foreign and national security policy. It...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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Political Science Laboratory
Prof. Charles Stewart
This course introduces students to the conduct of political research using quantitative methodologies. The methods...
Mathematics Political Science Science & Math
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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 Humanities Philosophy
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Cultural Performances of Asia
Prof. Ian Condry
This course examines cultural performances of Asia, including both traditional and contemporary forms, in a variety...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Media Studies
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Justice
Prof. Lucas Stanczyk
This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by...
Humanities Philosophy Political Science
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Portuguese I
Dr. Nilma Dominique
This course provides an introduction to the language and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world, with special...
Anthropology Humanities Language
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Sustainability: Political Economy, Science, and Policy
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines alternative conceptions and theoretical underpinnings of sustainable development. It focuses on...
Earth Science Economics Political Science
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East Asia in the World
Prof. Peter C. Perdue
This subject examines the interactions of East Asia with the rest of the world and the relationships of each of the...
Business & Management History Humanities
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Disease and Society in America
Prof. David Jones
This course examines the growing importance of medicine in culture, economics and politics. It uses an historical...
Health & Medicine History Humanities
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East Asian Culture: From Zen to K-Pop
Prof. Emma Teng
This subject is an introduction to various forms of culture in East Asia (focusing on China, Japan and Korea),...
Anthropology Social Sciences Sociology
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Neuroscience of Morality
Prof. Rebecca Saxe
How do we decide whether an action is morally wrong? How do we choose to do what is right? When and why do we punish...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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Introduction to the American Political Process
Prof. Asya Magazinnik
This course provides a substantive overview of U.S. politics and an introduction to the discipline of political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology Humanities Language
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Cross-Cultural Investigations: Technology and Development
Prof. Heather Paxson
This course enhances cross-cultural understanding through the discussion of practical, ethical, and epistemological...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Political Science Scope and Methods
Prof. Chappell Lawson
This course is designed to provide an introduction to a variety of empirical research methods used by political...
Political Science Social Sciences
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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 Social Sciences Sociology
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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...
Engineering Gender Studies History
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Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public...
Economics Gender Studies International Development
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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 Social Sciences
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Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes
Kian Goh
This course explores the physical, ecological, technological, political, economic, and cultural implications of big...
Social Sciences Urban Studies
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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...
Anthropology Gender Studies History
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Memory, Culture, Forgetting
Prof. Manduhai Buyandelger
This course introduces scholarly debates about the sociocultural practices through which individuals and societies...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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Environmental Justice Law and Policy
Prof. Justin Steil
This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing...
Climate and Energy Policy Energy, Climate & Sustainability Humanities
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Understanding Contemporary French Politics
Prof. Bruno Perreau
This course examines the changes in contemporary French society through the study of political debates, reforms and...
Political Science Social Sciences Sociology
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 to the Present
Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
This course explores the political and historical evolution of the Soviet state and society from the 1917 Revolution...
History Humanities Social Sciences
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Gender, Power, Leadership, and the Workplace
Dr. Mindy Fried
This course will provide students with an analytic framework to understand the roles that gender, race, and class...
Business & Management Gender Studies Organizations & Leadership
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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...
Anthropology Art, Design & Architecture Gender Studies
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The Anthropology of Politics: U.S. Presidential Election Edition
Maria Vidart-Delgado
This course examines the birth and international expansion of an American industry of political marketing. It...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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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....
International Development Social Sciences Sociology
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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 Humanities Political Science
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Infrastructure and Energy Technology Challenges
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
This seminar examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions to create, finance, and regulate...
Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Economics Energy
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American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future
Prof. Stephen Van Evera
This course explores the reasons for America’s past wars and interventions. It covers the consequences of American...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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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 Humanities Philosophy
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Affect: Neurobiological, Psychological and Sociocultural Counterparts of "Feelings"
Stephan L. Chorover
This course studies the relations of affect to cognition and behavior, feeling to thinking and acting, and values to...
Biology Cognitive Science Psychology
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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 Social Sciences Sociology
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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...
Art, Design & Architecture Communication Gender Studies
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Power: Interpersonal, Organizational and Global Dimensions
Prof. Susan S. Silbey
Using examples from anthropology and sociology alongside classical and contemporary social theory, this course...
Anthropology Business & Management Humanities
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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...
History Humanities Policy and Administration
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Thesis Research Design Seminar
Prof. Roger Petersen
This seminar is for students who plan to write a senior thesis in Political Science, and is required of all MIT...
Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology History Humanities
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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 Social Sciences Sociology
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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 Political Science Social Sciences
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International Relations Theory in the Cyber Age
Prof. Nazli Choucri
This course examines cyber dynamics and processes in international relations from different theoretical...
Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
History Humanities Law
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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...
Anthropology Gender Studies Humanities
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Gender and Representation of Asian Women
Prof. Manduhai Buyandelger
This course explores stereotypes associated with Asian women in colonial, nationalist, state-authoritarian, and...
Anthropology Gender Studies Social Sciences
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Speak Italian With Your Mouth Full
Dr. Paola Rebusco
The participants in this seminar will dive into learning basic conversational Italian, Italian culture, and the...
Humanities Language Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Resolving Public Disputes
Prof. Judith Layzer
This course is an introduction to real-world dynamics of public policy controversies. Topics to be considered...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Gender Studies Humanities Literature
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Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics
Prof. Ariel White
This course explores the role of race and ethnicity in modern American politics. It focuses on social science...
Political Science Social Sciences Sociology
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Global Freshwater Crisis
Susan Murcott
For the first time in history, the global demand for freshwater is overtaking its supply in many parts of the world....
Economics Engineering Environmental Engineering
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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 Humanities International Development
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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....
Anthropology History Humanities
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European Politics
Prof. Kathleen Thelen
This course examines similarities and differences in politics and political economy in Britain, Germany, Denmark,...
Economics Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Humanities Language Social Sciences
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Topics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences Human Ethology
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
Survey and special topics designed for students in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Emphasizes ethological studies of...
Cognitive Science Psychology Science & Math
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American Elections
Prof. Devin Caughey
This course provides an overview of electoral politics in the United States, covering presidential, congressional,...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Climate Science Earth Science Energy, Climate & Sustainability
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Women's Novels: A Weekly Book Club
Faye Kasemset
This pass/fail seminar should be a fun setting where we can all enjoy a love of good books together. Students will...
Gender Studies Humanities Literature
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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...
Business & Management Digital Business & IT Economics
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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...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Identity and Difference
Prof. Jean Jackson
This course explores how identities, whether of individuals or groups, are produced, maintained, and transformed....
Anthropology Gender Studies Social Sciences
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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...
Anthropology History Humanities
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U.S. Social Policy
Prof. Andrea Campbell
This subject examines the historical development and contemporary politics of social policy in the United States. We...
Policy and Administration Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
Gender Studies Humanities Literature
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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 Political Science Social Sciences
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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...
History Humanities Law
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Ethnicity and Race in World Politics
Prof. Melissa Nobles
Discerning the ethnic and racial dimensions of politics is considered by some indispensable to understanding...
Anthropology Political Science Social Sciences
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Reparations for Slavery and Colonization: Contemporary Movements for Justice
Prof. M. Amah Edoh
This class brings anthropological concepts to bear on contemporary movements for justice for harms committed during...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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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...
Gender Studies Humanities Literature
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Israel: History, Politics, Culture, Identity
Dr. Nahum Karlinsky
This course examines Israeli identity using a broad array of materials, including popular music, film,...
Anthropology History Humanities
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Ethnic and National Identity
Prof. Jean Jackson
An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social...
Anthropology Social Sciences
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