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21W.784 Becoming Digital: Writing About Media Change, Fall 2005
(2005-12)
The computer and related technologies have invaded our daily lives, have changed the way we communicate, do business, gather information, entertain ourselves. Even technology once considered distinctly "modern" - photography, ...
21W.035 Science Writing and New Media: Elements of Science Writing for the Public, Spring 2013
(2013-06)
This class is an introduction to writing about science–including nature, medicine, and technology–for general readers. In our reading and writing we explore the craft of making scientific concepts, and the work ...
21A.226 Ethnic and National Identity, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
An introduction to the cross-cultural study of ethnic and national identity. We examine the concept of social identity, and consider the ways in which gendered, linguistic, religious, and ethno-racial identity components ...
11.540J / 1.252J / ESD.225J Urban Transportation Planning, Fall 2006
(2006-12)
The history, policy, and politics of urban transportation are discussed in this class. Also covered are the role of the federal government, the "highway revolt" and public transit in the auto era, using analytic ...
CMS.801 Media in Transition, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
This course centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. It includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital ...
21F.730 Twentieth and Twentyfirst-Century Spanish American Literature, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
Este semestre la materia combina obras ya canonizadas de finales del siglo XIX y del XX con algunas obras de reciente aparición. De los géneros literarios, vemos poesía, el cuento corto, la novela y ...
STS.011 American Science: Ethical Conflicts and Political Choices, Fall 2004
(2004-12)
Explores the changing roles, ethical conflicts, and public perceptions of science and scientists in American society from World War II to the present. Studies specific historical episodes focusing on debates between ...
21M.775 Hip Hop, Spring 2003
(2003-06)
Subject explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal, visual, spoken word, and literary manifestations of hip hop over its thirty year presence in the American cultural ...
ES.2H3 Ancient Philosophy and Mathematics, Fall 2009
(2009-12)
Western philosophy and theoretical mathematics were born together, and the cross-fertilization of ideas in the two disciplines was continuously acknowledged throughout antiquity. In this course, we read works of ancient ...
17.565 Israel: History, Politics, Culture, and Identity, Spring 2011
(2011-06)
The course provides the students a basic understanding of modern Israeli history, politics, culture and identity through lectures, discussions and projects. Among the topics to be explored are: ideational, institutional ...