Browsing History (21H) - Archived by Title
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11.013J / 21H.231J American Urban History I, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to the present. Among the institutions to be looked at are political machines, police departments, courts, ... -
11.014J / 21H.232J American Urban History II, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department ... -
11.124 Introduction to Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course provides an introduction to teaching and learning in a variety of K-12 settings. Through visits to schools, classroom discussions, selected readings, and hands-on activities, we explore the challenges and ... -
11.129 Educational Theory and Practice I, Fall 2006
(2006-12)This course concentrates on a core set of skills and knowledge necessary for teaching in secondary schools. Topics covered in the class include educational reform, student behavior and motivation, curriculum design, and ... -
11.131 Educational Theory and Practice III, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This is the final course in the three course sequence (11.129, 11.130 and 11.131) that deals with the practicalities of teaching students. Our areas of study will include: educational psychology, identification of useful ... -
11.165 / 11.477 Infrastructure in Crisis: Energy and Security Challenges, Fall 2009
(2009-12)The purpose of this seminar is to examine efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions to create, finance and regulate infrastructure systems and services that affect energy security. We will introduce a variety ... -
11.701 Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing Countries, Fall 2005
(2005-12)This introductory course is structured to cultivate the key sensibilities necessary for effective planning practice in newly industrializing countries. The word "sensibility" refers to an awareness of key developmental ... -
12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative ... -
12.086 / 12.586 Modeling Environmental Complexity, Fall 2008
(2008-12)This course provides an introduction to the study of environmental phenomena that exhibit both organized structure and wide variability—i.e., complexity. Through focused study of a variety of physical, biological, ... -
17.424 International Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This graduate class is designed as a PhD-level overview of international political economy (IPE), with an emphasis on the advanced industrial countries. The syllabus is divided into three sections: international trade; ... -
17.433 / 17.434 International Relations of East Asia, Spring 2005
(2005-06)The aim of this lecture course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers, three nuclear weapons states and two of the world's largest economies, East Asia is one of the ... -
17.57J / 21H.467J Soviet Politics and Society, 1917-1991, Spring 2003
(2003-06)At its greatest extent the former Soviet Union encompassed a geographical area that covered one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. It spanned 11 time zones and contained over 100 distinct nationalities, 22 of which numbered ... -
18.152 Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course analyzes initial and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations and the wave and heat equation in one space dimension. It also covers the Sturm-Liouville theory and eigenfunction expansions, ... -
21A.350J / SP.484J / STS.086J / WGS.484J The Anthropology of Computing, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course examines computers anthropologically, as meaningful tools revealing the social and cultural orders that produce them. We read classic texts in computer science along with works analyzing links between machines ... -
21A.750J / STS.250J Social Theory and Analysis, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This course presents a survey of social theory from the 19th century to the present. The focus is on (a) the social grounds from which the theory arises; (b) the utility and limitations of older theories for current ... -
21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2003
(2003-06)Extensive reading and discussion of how visual images impose a variety of identities on individuals and societies. Case studies drawn primarily from the Pacific region, and include: identities of individuals in a society; ... -
21F.027J / CMS.874 / 21H.917J Visualizing Cultures, Spring 2008
(2008-06)In this new course, students will study how images have been used to shape the identity of peoples and cultures. A prototype digital project looking at American and Japanese graphics depicting the opening of Japan to the ... -
21F.040 A Passage to India: Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course introduces students to Indian Culture through films, short-stories, novels, essays, and newspaper articles. The course examines some major social and political controversies of contemporary India through ... -
21F.043J / 21H.150J Introduction to Asian American Studies: Literature, Culture, and Historical Experience, Fall 2005
(2005-12)An interdisciplinary subject that draws on literature, history, anthropology, film, and cultural studies to examine the experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. society. Covers the first wave of Asian immigration in the 19th ... -
21G.027 / 21G.590 / 21H.250 / CMS.874 Asia in the Modern World: Images & Representations, Spring 2012
(2012-06)Asia in the Modern World: Images and Representations examines visual representations of Asia, interpreting them from both historical and modern contexts. This course is based around using the Visualizing Cultures website. ...